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A Career Designed to Be Different. People inspire everything we do. From our foundation of trust, we’ve built a culture rooted in meaningful work, respect and holistic well-being. We do the right thing while doing great work helping our customers create homes they love. Our difference is designed for your success. Room & Board is a privately held, national retailer of modern home furnishings based in Minneapolis, Minnesota with locations across the country. Since 1980, we’ve been providing extraordinary experiences for our customers as we help them create homes they love. We create exclusive contemporary designs and believe expertly crafted American-made furniture offers the best value in terms of quality, design longevity and environmental sustainability. We seamlessly serve our customers through 22 retail locations, a robust e-commerce site, our Room & Board for Business channel and Customer Care support. read more
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Room & Board Employee Reviews

Out of 69 Room & Board employee reviews, 90% were positive. The remaining 10% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Room & Board improve their work culture.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

Leadership Reviews

They are approchable, deeply engaged in the business and lead with people first

Very approachable, humble and stay true to the companies core values and guiding principles.

They are grounded in guiding principles that shape how they work and lead their teams.

Impact on people always leads our work, initiatives, and investments. We are conservative focused on stability and long-term health vs. short-term financial gains.

There isn't a lot of hierarchy at R&B so people pitch in to help each other. All of the leaders I've worked with have good team spirit, are kind and fun to work with and also professional.

What does the leadership team need to get better at?

Leadership Reviews

Communication. Transparency. Honesty. And focusing locally.

Absolutely terrible, the worst kind of people. Perspective employees beware

What is the best part about your compensation package?

Compensation Reviews

Strong holistic well-being approach. The ESOP will be great longterm

Rewarded for talent and contribution to the company.

The progressive approach to total wellness - physical, mental, financial.

Profit sharing has been hugely beneficial for the last 2 years during the pandemic as we have been super busy through and through.

Profit sharing every single year

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

Compensation Reviews

Being able to measure quality and productivity.

Poor management, lack of growth opportunities

What are some of the best things about your team?

Team Reviews

Very smart, engaged and collaborative.

Coworkers look out for each other and are very knowledgable.

Competent, collaborative, respectful, passionate about what they do.

Our work ethic, Being reliable to help each other out when needed

Team work and ability to explain things u dont know in details

What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?

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What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

Environment Reviews

Beyond great people, our work environments are well designed and comfortable

High level of respect and inclusion.

Good benefits and liberal time off allowance.

Collaborative spirit without a lot of rigid rules/processes. Respectful, happy and kind people.

Independence - the ability to move without a lot of red tape countered by a culture that demands us to keep our partners informed while using their feedback to improve.

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Environment Reviews

Moral is abysmal and lacks healthy relationships

What did you like most about the interview process?

Interviews Reviews

The care taken to ensure all candidates are treated fairly and the focus on culture fit

Ability to meet others from departments outside of where I was interviewing for.

Thorough, thoughtful, involving partners and direct reports.

The process is comfortable but time consuming. We will get to know candidates well before we extend an offer. It's a time investment, but the process works so we ask for the time.

Learning about all the wonderful thing that Roomandboard shares with there employees

What would you improve about your company's interview process?

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What makes you most happy at work?

Outlook Reviews

Doing something that matters and that im passionate about

My coworkers are some of the nicest people I've met.

When I clock out and am done with dealing with this company mistakes

Honestly knowing that i have a wonderful job. Truly blessed to have found roomandboard

Eagerness to learn more about furniture

What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

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