There are so many cons, I honestly do not know where to begin. I worked here for over a year and a half and it was the most miserable year and a half of my life. Most of the people that work in the office have been there since it opened or pretty close to that. They are mostly middle aged or over and are completely miserable, unfriendly and frankly, unapproachable. I have honestly never in my life seen or heard of a more unsatisfactory working environment.
The owner's first and only concern is the bottom line. He also works in the office and is pretty involved in the goings on but only speaks with the higher ups. They haven't had ANY pay increases in 13 years because of the "declining economy" HOWEVER, just 2 years ago they started over a million dollars in office and warehouse renovations. How do you explain that? Just despicable. He is one cheap S.O.B.
The conditions of the warehouse, which I frequently had to work in, are deplorable. If they were ever inspected by OSHA, they would be shut down in a heartbeat. I had to work amongst mountains of filthy, dust-caked boxes which I had to constantly sift through and attempt to organize - all in office clothes. The air quality is so poor and dust-filled that if you blew your nose, you'd see black matter on the tissue. I actually had to see a doctor due to a newly developed dust allergy...can't imagine why. There was one time when part of the ceiling actually caved in due to a leak. They finally had someone come and take part of the soaked ceiling out and shortly thereafter, I realized they had just placed it nearby. To this day they STILL have not cleaned it. It recently began leaking again! So we put a trash can underneath it. The trashcan was still there the day I finally quit.
I am not done - Something else I found infuriating; no employee is allowed to take any time off within the months of October through December (including the day after Thanksgiving). The company is apparently busiest then, and god forbid they lose any money. They are considered "black out" dates AS WELL as any day before and after a holiday. If you decide to call out sick during these black out dates, you are written up and not paid for the day. They do not offer sick days (!).
Employees are treated like absolute scum. And on top of all of this, the owner expects his employees to worship him because of an "incredible health care package". Yes - the health care is decent, but that does not even COME CLOSE to outweighing the negatives.
