I worked at Birchbox full-time for more than 3 years

Cons

The Leadership team lies to its employees and makes it seem like everything is great. That is, until one day the company laid off 75% of the company, including pretty much all of the very first employees. What was so awful is shortly after, the CEO was on the podcast "How I Built This" and only talked about herself and how great SHE was and how SHE built the company. Didn't ever thank the people she worked with. They also covered up the layoffs by not reporting it to the press, and then they proceeded to post on their social account about how their employees worked their way up, which was a huge slap in the face. It's very sad, because Birchbox was a great concept, but I felt completely used and betrayed. Everyone was completely taken advantage of, underpaid. Ideas were stolen and the CEO and leadership would take credit for them when reporting to the board and international teams, and then all the best talent was laid off. They only kept low levels who they could pay less and then a handful of managers. Horrible way to run a business, and also sickening to watch. Also, the place is very gossipy, and anything you say to a manager will be bubbled up to upper management.