Where to begin here. If you are a professional and value your self-worth as an employee, or human, do not even entertain the thought of working at iKeyless/Car Keys Express. It is as simple as, if you think you are capable of sending an email without review from management think again. Printing a flyer informing staff of something widespread like parking issues or staff meeting? You better get that reviewed and OK’d by the CEO—yes the CEO wastes his time on things like memos and flyers. Would you like to take Christmas Eve off and use one of your vacation days (if you have any because you wont get vacation until after a year) so that you can plan and make time for family? Think again. You will get docked two vacation days instead of one because the PTO policy states that you cannot use YOUR vacation days before or after a paid holiday without losing another on that paid holiday. Confused yet? Yeah us too.
Management has started implementing quarterly action plans. Fine, but these meetings turn into such a deep dark rabbit hole because of the CEOs rude and inconsistent banter that they are a waste of time and a dig at all of the hard work you put into your position. You could have made the company money and he will wonder why your second block doesn’t have a period, isn’t written correctly and is a shade lighter than the rest. WHY???? The company also uses Basecamp in a way that has turned a perfectly good project management tool into a Big Brother so that you have to take time out of your day working for the company to note what all you did during the day. Forgot to post that you wrote a memo that now has to be reviewed before sending out? Do not worry! You will get called out in the weekly meetings held regarding BASECAMP. Yes people. Weekly meetings to talk about micromanagement and why the managers cannot get buy in. Well for starters humans do not do well with micromanagement.
I could go on and on about the dysfunctional mess that is this company but you will never know until you are fully submerged into it. My suggestion-do not risk your happiness and sanity for the flashy offices and promise of promotion/pay increase. It is simply not worth it.
