Good place to work - IT Technical Support Engineer Microtech Computers Employee Review

- The pay is pretty good for an entry-level job, no previous office experience required. - Excellent performance is rewarded with raises, even early on. - You get the opportunity to learn a lot about computer server hardware, which is pretty cool. - The work itself is fun if you like figuring out complex systems, tracking multiple tasks, hunting down the paperwork needed to solve a mystery, and helping out with all sorts of different little jobs in different areas. - If you want to stay busy, you can always find something to do. - Sometimes the CEO wants to go home early and lets everyone (who's worked there longer than 3 months) take the afternoon off for full pay.

- The CEO is extremely inconsistent. One day she's effusively complementing your work and offering a raise; the next she's lecturing you for an hour and insulting your work ethic, manners, skills, and obedience - Directions from the CEO are also inconsistent. Be ready to get berated for misunderstanding her instructions, following her instructions exactly, assuming you know how to do anything without asking her, or asking her about things she thinks you should already know. - A couple positions have employees who have been there for ages because they've learned how to deal with the CEO, but a couple have constant turnover, because the CEO fires new hires on a whim if they don't live up to her expectations quickly enough, or people quit when they can't take it anymore. - The inventory-tracking software is old and unintuitive. I thought it was fun to figure out, but many people find it confusing and frustrating. It's common for people in this position to make mistakes and then just brute force a workaround, causing all sorts of inventory discrepancies for future employees to deal with. - You may be expected to do all sorts of work other than what you were hired for. - Some days are slow, but some days there's a lot to do and you need to be able to prioritize and jump between tasks without mixing up any small, complex details. - Since the company is quite small, there's not really any room for advancement, even if you're doing very well.

Few nice co-workers, flexible hours

Degrading boss, no to little tolerance for mistakes when you are a total beginner and would bully you if you made errors, way to high expectations and stress for the very little money you make here, no benefits, boss is totally only looking at you as a tool for her to shovel as much money for herself as possible, no career opportunities, is a family owned business so you better kiss the whole family's butt or you are always the bad guy and they'll talk down on you. Inequality in pay between family members and regular employees that work here, like bonuses.