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Cult culture company - Anonymous employee Acuity Technologies Employee Review

1.0
9 Apr 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Company provides beer in the office

Cons

Really low salaries for the amount of work that's expected and the torture they cause you. You're expected to hustle everyday like you're running a marathon. You need to be willing to take on other tasks outside of your normal job functions despite already being swamped with your own work. There are not enough employees to handle the workload and management is not interested in hiring additonal people. Company runs like a cult with their EOS operating system. If you don't agree with their rules and unrealistic demands you're fired. If you call in sick when you're really sick and there are deadlines coming up you're fired. There is no concern for the employee's well being although they try to project that they are pro-employee. Don't believe the fake facade of a party place, because that's not the reality once you're in their jail. Management lacks in providing procedures and proper training, but expect you to be perfect at the job and produce in an instant. Management does not provide performance plans to employees if they feel they are not performing to their crazy standards, they fire you without any warning. They forbid current employees to speak to past employees about the company stating it is a violation of company security. They expect you to be in meetings every morning to state what you're working on for the day. They expect you to enter in your Outlook calendar your tasks, which you must share with them to view. You must also enter everything you do every hour in a ticketing system for them to keep track even when you're a salary employee. Although you're in meetings for hours at a time, which keep you from doing your job, you still have to meet their insane deadlines. Their cultish EOS operating system meetings are mandatory weekly, which don't result in anything constructive or productive. After the EOS meeting you're expected to rate it while the manager is present. As a result no one rates the meetings poorly in fear of the consequences. Don't count on taking any regular breaks at work, they don't think you need breaks. Managers that don't like their employees for whatever reason they come up with, fire you without your side being heard. Managers will bad mouth past employees so you can have an idea what they're saying about everyone. They do not have a human resource manager, the CIO assists with some of the HR functions for onboarding. In essence there is no protection for employees. They can do, say, treat you however they want, and get away with it. The employee turn over rate is extremely high and management has no interest in finding out why. Management is blinded by their EOS cult culture. They ask inappropriate questions to see if you have other commitments at home that may interfere with their plans of slave driving. They don't like those that speak up or have a different opinion. They prefer to have robot like employees that take orders and keep their mouths shut. Their health benefit options are extremely expensive if you prefer a lower deductible. They don't offer sick time. They only observe 3 holidays and 4 floating holidays. Their benefits and salaries are seriously lacking. Steer clear of that type of work environment unless you're a masochist and enjoy abuse. This company will drain the life out of you and if you don't make it your top priority watch out.

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Acuity Technologies Response
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Thank you for taking the time to give such extensive feedback. It's important to us as an organization that our employees have an environment that allows them to excel and feel valued. We also want everyone on the team to feel free to bring their unique personality to their role. I'm sorry that wasn't the case for your experience. To your specific points, I agree that the EOS framework can feel a little cultish at times, which is why since our initial implementation we have modified how we use it to make it less rigid. Your feedback about the meeting ratings was shared by other employees (myself included) and has since been stopped. We've tried to use the parts that help us function better and get rid of the parts that don't seem helpful. HR for any growing company can be challenging. We have never had a CIO, so I'm unsure who you're referring to. At one point our Controller handled HR alongside a third-party HR management company. Today, we rely on our third-party HR partner for parts of onboarding, and our team members say the experience is excellent. Overall, we want new employees to feel comfortable, so our onboarding process is a multi-week plan that includes introductions to all departments in the organization. Regarding benefits, we offer a variety of healthcare options and recognize all major US holidays and offer several weeks of PTO. Healthcare is challenging for everyone, and we have worked hard to put in place a variety of options. However, it is true that low-deductible plans tend to be more expensive. Because we service other countries, the US-only holidays like July 4th were in the past floating holidays, meaning employees could choose to take the day off paid or could work and use that day some other time. While it offered flexibility, it did create confusion, and as a result we have since reverted to a standard holiday schedule with 7 public holidays. Our PTO policy is designed to make time off available for vacation or sick days. We believe this gives employees more flexibility on when and how they use their well-deserved time off. I apologize that you had an experience that was not consistent with the environment we strive to maintain for our team members. While this review was left some time ago, I'd welcome the opportunity to discuss your experience personally. Please feel free to reach out to me directly. Josh Anderson CEO

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