Sinking ship - Anonymous employee School Zone Employee Review

I love being part of a family business! We have many employees that have been here over 15 years. You don't find that happening much anymore. I've seen our work community come together to help each other in times of great need. The owners have provided year-end bonus's and extra perks along the way that seem to always come at the most appropriate times. I feel my contributions and input are welcome and considered.

I live 35 miles from work so it can be a difficult trip in the winter weather of MI. In the past it was hard to work out flexibility to make needed appointments back in GR work with my hours. School Zone has made strides in providing more flexibility!

Hard working employees who are good at what they do. Work stays in the office. Overtime is a rarity. Everyone is friendly and professional. Mostly stress free. Management is mostly hands off although this causes a disconnect between them and everyone else. Overall it's usually a fun environment and people take pride in doing good work as a team.

Most positions are paid at entry level or less. No incentive to work hard. The CEO uses the office as a gallery for his ever growing art collection while delivering empty promises about pay increases. Promotions are very very extremely rare and each position is a dead end that rarely if ever changes. Time allocation, communication, and planning by upper management are terrible resulting in far too many projects waiting to be rushed at the last minute. Paid holidays and paid vacation are bare minimum. Most computers and equipment are outdated. Management refuses to spend money on even the cheapest of items such as mice and keyboards. Very short staffed and many positions are very overworked.