Rotten to the core - werkgeversreview Project Manager bij Fiskars Group

Long serving business leads who lack vision run new A star players out the company in an attempt to retain their standing and influence within the wider Fiskars organization. This years latest round of layoffs at Fiskars affect stakeholders in a variety of sectors and good folk who were doing the tiresome work needed to repair this broken organization. These were pivotal players at Vice President level who were leading the audit of the full design and market process and bringing in much needed revitalisation to these stagnant brands. Also impacted were sales leaders who recognised the shortcomings of the way the brands represent at retail and were addressing these shocking realities which have been overlooked by the business leads for years. It is a viscous cycle of the group bringing in talented leaders, just to back track and eliminate roles before their effect is embedded. The rebuke of new talent is driven by business stakeholders with 10+ years service who are scared to loose their jobs which creates a pack mentality against new comers and a survival of the most ruthless culture inside the brands. Of all the absurdities I have observed most startling was witnessing a sexist smear campaign by an egomaniac male leader mid 40s against a new woman in creative leadership mid 30s who achieved quantifiable results for the business against such headwinds. The brands are now back to square one with business leaders running design and crushing the souls of those of us who trusted Fiskars with their creativity.