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1.0
Aug 31, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Aires became flexible at the onset of the pandemic to allow workers to WFH. The time off is most likely an industry standard with starting you off with 2 weeks of paid vacation. The company did give a 1/2 percent match to your contributions in the 401k. Also, Aires did contribute into an HSA for you since they know that the high deductible insurance plan that is not very employee friendly.

Cons

Where to begin when it comes to this? Let's first let those reading this that this is an honest review. This isn't a 5 star "fake" review from someone who just walked in the door and doesn't know what really happens. First, it's a fact that if you are a talented employee, you are going to be piled on with the most difficult clients and also be asked to mentor lots of new hires that come down the line. They do give you a couple hundred extra dollars for this additional burden in the form of a raise. However, after about 2 levels of promotions, which typically happens within 2-3 years if you have the talent, the only way up the company is to become team leads. If the team leads haven't left, you are stuck essentially receiving the standard 3% cost of living raise they graciously give everyone, whether or not, you are a good worker. The processes that you are expected to work with are not backed up with technology and you find that you have to perform a lot of manual interventions to ensure there are no mistakes with the client. When Aires thinks or hears watercooler talk about potential employee unhappiness, they will send out an employee survey to gauge that. However, most employees feel like the employee reviews are not anonymous and won't give honest feedback to tell the company how undervalued they are. They will do salary studies saying they pay within industry norms or even above industry standards, but if you ask to see the studies you will be brushed aside. As you get more tenured, you get more vacation time, but taking a vacation means that your work is not going to be handled while you are out and you are going to come back to 100s and 100s of e-mails. I know times are tough right now, but please I urge you to continue to look and not get roped in with the Aires DNA.

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5.0
Jul 18, 2025
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Pros

The good truly outweighs the bad. They are pretty flexible to make sure you have a good work/ life balance. Summers are busy, but that's expected in this industry. If are looking to just ride a clock Monday- Friday 8-5pm then this is not the place for you. You stay busy. I'm not aware of them ever having a layoff, so that speaks volumes about leadership.

Cons

I wish the heath insurance package was better/ cheaper and they provided tuition assistance, but other that's all I can think of. I also wish we received pay increases were more in line with inflation, but at least we received one.

1.0
Jan 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Hybrid work culture - There were some genuine good people I worked with here

Cons

Worst IT department I have ever worked at. Weak leadership that flat out ignored concerns that were brought up and only sought to place blame instead of correcting problems when something went wrong that they were warned about multiple times. This contributed to their mindset of making every little thing "urgent" - even when it wasn't, or when other employees didn't follow proper procedures they wanted it done anyway. Toxic environment with extremely poor communication and dishonesty. Micromanagers who lied and manipulated information, constantly covering up their incompetence and inability to manage others - with an extreme lack of accountability and integrity. Would tell people to get certifications and then never empower or promote employees who got them. Just got shoveled more work onto their plates without proper training on an already small staff while they never lifted a finger to help out or defend their teams when needed. Refused to enforce established policies and instead bowed down to other managers/directors who had no business sticking their nose in IT department operations - most of whom had subordinates who could barely use a computer correctly or follow directions, then cried like a toddler until they got their way.

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