Carlson Companies Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"I've worked for Carlson since 2007. My experience has been amazing, co-workers, environment and perks have been just as amazing. However, with the downturn in the economy, and being a smaller player, the company struggles to grow, in fact it's shrinking and jobs are now being eliminated. Still a great place to work, just not as it once was for me."

"Good people but not a whole lot of innovation going on at Carlson Companies."

"I was happy there but they trashed my department"

What do you like about working at Carlson Companies?

"I enjoyed working with everyone there. I had an opportunity to build a business from scratch and built it to 5 million in sales. I did reached the top of my career level."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Work in a department that has been there for a long time."

What don't you like about working at Carlson Companies?

"I didn't enjoy the turn over of upper executives. A lot of corporate secrecy. A few people took advantage and took credit for my work. They didn't think out the box and change the business so that it would grow more, instead they shut it down thinking that I had nothing to do with it's success. Now they have about half the amount of sales from when I ran the show."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Talk to everyone. My VP and I never sat and talked. My previous supervisor acted strange and wouldn't reply back to VM or e-mails my last six months there."