Q&A With The Honest Company Employees
The Honest Company employees answer questions about what life is like behind the scenes at their company, including queries about culture, leadership, professional development, and compensation.
How employees describe working at The Honest Company
The team wotks in a collaborative way. Their is a lot of cross funtional work and everyone is helpful
base and bonus and equity
The work space is nice and inviting. I notice Honest has an issue with employee retention. Employees are staying for short periods of time. Compensation is not within the competitive market salaries. Overall, it's a good place to work
Always positive. Great communication. Always have the purpose of the company in mind.
Honest has provided me with the best corporate experience in my career thus far. The company culture is inclusive and vibrant and I'm fortunate to work for this purposed-based company in the beautiful office in Playa Vista. I feel empowered as an employee, ERG leader and an individual.
What it's like to work at The Honest Company
- The Honest Company employees generally work 8.9 hrs a day
- Employees at The Honest Company report the work pace is comfortably fast
- 97% of The Honest Company employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- The Honest Company employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
- 90% of The Honest Company employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With The Honest Company Employees
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What are some of the best things about your team at The Honest Company?
Top Employee Response
Collaborative, Competent and Positive
Dedicated to mission and growth
Team members are smart and funny. Also everyone here dresses insanely well.
What do you like best about the leadership team at The Honest Company?
Top Employee Response
The leaders are inspiring and truly care about their employees, customers, and partners
The leadership team members are passionate about the company's mission, and it shows.
Passion about the mission
What is the best part about your compensation package at The Honest Company?
Top Employee Response
Flex time, aka unlimited paid time off if you're salaried
Benefits
The Company treats employees fairly and has a terrific culture
What do people at The Honest Company think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
Honestly, they think he is a bit smarmy
CEO is new. Everyone's intrigued, but he has already had quite a few communications gaffes. So far he's promising, but not super exciting.
How's the work life balance at The Honest Company?
there is no work life balance
Very manageable. Hour are flexible. During the week hours tend to be on the longer side, but with good planning they can be reduced. Weekend work is very rare, except on major releases maybe 2-3 times a year.
What makes you most happy at The Honest Company?
Working alongside talented people and making a big impact in the world
Fun work, and feeling like I'm making a difference.
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining The Honest Company?
That they were vapid and poorly run
How would you describe your overall experience interviewing at The Honest Company?
Terrible
What's the pay like for Sales roles at The Honest Company?
Sub par
What's the vibe like in the Sales dept at The Honest Company? How many hours are you working?
Non existent
How's the vacation policy at The Honest Company?
wide open
What interview questions does The Honest Company ask?
what's your favorite color..... if you were an animal what type of animal would you be.
What's the interview process like at The Honest Company?
slow and childlike
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at The Honest Company?
Take faster action when issues are identified. Especially pat more attention into breakdown of processes that cause a lot of internal friction and wasteful overhead. Fix or reduce processes that cause communications failures. Imorove up-down and cross departamental communication and expectations setting. Try to generate more startup-y excitement.
What benefits does The Honest Company provide?
Unlimited PTO for engineers, Health/Dental/Vision, 401k matching 4% of salary, 8 weeks of paid paternity leave, 16 weeks of paid maternity leave. Volunteer opportunities, charity donations matching. Life/disability insurance, FSA accounts.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at The Honest Company?
Top Employee Response
Our shared mission and goals






