Poor Culture Due to Departmental Bias and focus on symptoms of issue rather than cause - Warehouse AHEAD Employee Review

2.0
Jan 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Some Great People to Work With - Lots of Overtime - Occasional Free Lunches - Way above average PTO / Sick-Time

Cons

- Upper Management focuses on departments responsible for fixing the symptoms of a problem rather than those responsible for the root cause of major known issues. Continual "firefighting" is leading to a waste of resources which is hurting morale and placing blame on the wrong people. As a result people are loosing their jobs or leaving as in my case. - Misaligned / non-achievable expectations - Impossible to get the work completed with the extremely lax PTO Policy, Workers can miss time without consequence (doctors notes aren't needed for extended time missed). Workers can even no call no show without consequence. - HR micromanages everything rather than focusing on what it should be, it's workers. - For an I.T. company, the onsite I.T. department is non-existent. If there's an issue with hardware or software be prepared to wait while you're unproductive and unable to do your job. - More interested in acquiring or buying other companies to grow their portfolio rather than internally scaling first. - They love their custom software and focus only on adding more and more applications rather than fixing their broken core software.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong culture and support system. Everyone wants to support and help others succeed. Leadership, especially the CEO are very transparent and supportive

Cons

A LOT of balls in the air. The company is still growing very fast, we "punch above our weight class" in many industries and the teams that are growing the business are extremely small.

5.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Going from a toxic employer to AHEAD has been the best change for my happiness. Everyone at AHEAD is motivated, positive, and willing to help each other. I no longer dread logging into work, and even enjoy the days where I have to work a bit longer or go the extra mile, because I know it will be appreciated and I can take the time I need in return. Having unlimited PTO you don't get shamed for using is amazing. I've been supported in my efforts and have a lot of autonomy without micromanagement, which is a great feeling. Upper management really trusts you and trusts in the hire.

Cons

While being in a high-growth company is exciting, it can also be exhausting. Sometimes you need the "rocket ship" to take a beat, but there is no real lull. More company-wide time off would be helpful so that you can get a break where you don't come back to 50+ emails per day. The only other downside is that due to the fabulous employee retention, people stay in their roles for a looong long time. There are not a lot of opportunities for upward mobility as a result, from what I have seen thus far.

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