Q&A With Loot Crate Employees
Loot Crate’s mission is to discover, create and share the best content experiences in the world and transform the way people connect with pop culture both on and offline. Working here means that you’re super innovative and endlessly creative. We craft solutions via cutting-edge technology, we design with a human-centered approach and we make data-driven decisions that continue to help cement our reputation as a trailblazer in the subscription commerce industry. Our teams are small, agile and autonomous--all attributes that help foster the success we expect. We’ve assembled an amazing team of passionate, inventive, ambitious and impossibly nerdy people who create and curate our physical and digital products, cultivate our amazing fan community, provide support of the highest caliber and generally just sit there radiating niceness. Our employees are hard-working and enjoy everything from ping-pong tournaments to free loot. Basically, be fun, be spontaneous, be a risk-taker and come unleash your inner geek with us!
How employees describe working at Loot Crate
Get people their products theyve paid for in a reasonable amount of time.
The product quality itself is goof but the condone went downhill when they sold. There's no customer support anymore if you need to talk too sobering they make IT very clear they don't care. Expect your product anywhere from one to eight months after they told you
It’s has its ups and do
La Croix in the fridge now.
Everything absolute terrible
What it's like to work at Loot Crate
- Loot Crate employees generally work 9.6 hrs a day
- Employees at Loot Crate report the work pace is extremely fast
- 88% of Loot Crate employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Loot Crate employees most often take 10-15 paid vacation and sick days each year
- Loot Crate employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work
- 75% of Loot Crate employees call their work environment negative
Q&A With Loot Crate Employees
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How much diversity is there among employees at Loot Crate?
Very little compared to how it used to be. Loot Crate laid off and lost through attrition well more than half of its people of color. C-suite leadership is all male and until recently the entirety of executive leadership was all white.
Poor diversity
How's the vacation policy at Loot Crate?
Great. It's unlimited but you might comeback without a job
You can accrue 2 weeks vacation time per year currently. You start with 2 weeks sick time. They're constantly talking about "thinking about switching to unlimited PTO." This has been in discussions for over a year now, but they have a history of broken promises, especially in regards to benefits.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation at Loot Crate?
Very underpaid
I'm making considerably below market rate for my role, and less than comparable employees here. Would be nice to get 401k match
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at Loot Crate?
Top Employee Response
We bring in people who have tenured careers in corporate settings, unable to adjust and do the full scope of work and given a director title
Holding management accountable
What unique perks and benefits does Loot Crate provide?
Almost none today, budgets have been cut for perks.
What's the office layout like at Loot Crate?
Huge open warehouse footprint with rented furniture and rented divider walls to create conference rooms.
How's the morale at Loot Crate?
Medium. Better than it used to be since the new COO came onboard, who is incredible. Still hard times and there’s a cash flow problem so long term folks are leaving in droves.
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Loot Crate?
That its inexperienced CEO would make so many of the same bad decisions over and over
How's the leadership on the Engineering team at Loot Crate?
Leadership doesn't care about the employees. They say they are being transparent but hide a lot of secrets.
What's the pay like for Design roles at Loot Crate?
Pay was good, until "lay-offs".
What's the vibe like in the Design dept at Loot Crate? How many hours are you working?
I was working over 9 hours daily
What's the Design team like at Loot Crate?
Design is a tool for getting things done without a lot of considering, prepared to be shocked by the incompetence of managers.
How challenged are you at Loot Crate?
Yes but challenged by executives making bad decisions and you must learn to work within the constraints
What's the company culture like at Loot Crate?
Very bro-culture driven by some of the leaders at the top. Men's voices and ideas are prioritized over women's. Little room for promotion unless you're in one of the two favored departments. Inconsistencies in who gets bonuses or raises. Morale is low due to leadership disorganization. People are actively job hunting to get away from the craziness.
What are you most excited about working at Loot Crate?
Able to tackle more responsibilities than my title would suggest
What benefits does Loot Crate provide?
Top Employee Response
401k (no match), choice of HMO or PPO, vision and dental, free yoga twice a week, pet insurance, monthly $100 EAT club lunch credit, and free snacks and beverages.
What does the leadership team at Loot Crate need to get better at?
Everything absolute terrible
What needs to change to make the company culture better at Loot Crate?
Top Employee Response
Increased transparency, increased accountability, checks and balances, end of nepotism, and discipline.
What are some of the best things about your team at Loot Crate?
Holding management accountable
What is the culture like?
What do employees at Loot Crate think about their benefits?
Loot Crate employees rate their overall benefits a F and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 33% of Loot Crate employees say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees also get 10-15 days of paid vacation, and most of the employees believe the cash value of their benefits is $500 -$1000/mo.
How are the managers at Loot Crate?
Loot Crate employees rate their manager a D or 57/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. Most of the employees (67%) also doesn't feel comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Loot Crate?
Loot Crate employees rates their pay and overall compensation a F or 44/100. 50% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 40% of employees get raises every year.
How's career growth and advancement at Loot Crate?
17% of the same employees also feel like Loot Crate is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Loot Crate.










