Manager - Anonymous employee InfoComm International Employee Review

Wow. I’d first like to thank everyone who’s been commenting on Glass Door for caring so much about InfoComm – even strong negative feelings are better than apathy. Of course I wish that everyone who was posting to this web page had strong positive feelings – but clearly the last 3 or 4 don’t. I want to try and respond to some of the sentiments that have been posted in the past month because you deserve that. And I want to reinforce that I’m very happy to talk with anyone about any issues raised. There is no doubt that 2015 has been a year of significant changes in the team. In context, we have, since 2013, added over 30 positions to our company – nearly a 25% increase. And there have been internal promotions across every level of the organization as recently as last week. The talent that has joined us and the new opportunities for our promoted employees is almost literally breathtaking. We’ve also seen people leaving, some by their own choice and others because we decided that it was best for them and for us if we replaced them with people of different experiences, skill sets or perspectives. And you see, that is the rub. I don’t believe that anyone that has left our organization was a bad person. All the people that left were “good people” and many I continue to keep in contact with. But some times, when environments change, good people are a bad fit and if we ignore that then you’ll be posting that we aren’t making the changes that need to be made. InfoComm is changing from a place that prioritized stability and predictability to a place that values innovation and experiment. In order to be successful in the coming years we must transform ourselves into a responsive and relevant association that can contribute to an industry that has seen product lifecycles move from being measured in years to quarters to months. We cannot be an industry association of the future with a mindset of the past. This demands that we be an organization that can drive decisions down to the entire organization, find good ideas wherever they are born and nurture them into new solutions for our customers in short timeframes. It also means that we must stop doing things the way they always were done – it means change. Let us respect the successes of the past and those who helped us achieve them – and let us look towards the future with an eye towards even greater success. I think what is reflected in a few recent comments is individuals’ opinions on whether they preferred the historical InfoComm or the emerging InfoComm. I certainly respect your opinion regardless of the perspective you hold. But isn’t it obvious that if you liked it the old way then the changes happening are probably terrible in your opinion? If you like the new InfoComm then those changes are probably long past due and creating a new and exciting place to work. I am firmly committed to an InfoComm that values our employees. This is why we’ve actually instituted a performance bonus that balances your own personal contributions with the organization’s success. And this is why we have focused so intently on providing you with a rich canvas of compensation that includes the benefits, life-work balance, commitment to your career and of course fair salary that even our strongest detractors on this page have acknowledged. It’s why everything we do is being questioned and analyzed so that everyone has an opportunity to work on that which excites them. And most importantly, this is why I personally have been so incremental but unflinching in ensuring that you have strong leaders that can help you achieve your greatest potential in whatever career you have chosen. That is an uncompromising core of my value system. And when adhering to that principal results in a change, then it is almost inevitable that there will be additional changes in a team. But again, change isn’t bad and if you look at the opportunities we’ve created in the past few years its pretty amazing. I must say that I’d prefer to have a conversation with anyone of you on the other side of my “open door” rather than the Glass Door. Together we can actually find a path to a solution that would help to make things better for all of us. I am absolutely certain that mistakes have been made – I need your help to learn from them. We won’t always agree but I promise you I’ll always fully and fairly both listen to you and explain my position to you and I’ve never found that doing that in an open environment can ever result in anything but a better tomorrow. Dave