Unfortunately a sinking ship - Senior Mechanical Engineer Fives Employee Review

2.0
19 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice people and very nice potential (unfortunately unexplored)

Cons

Bad management in driving the company into the ground. No clue on what to do. The whole operations management team left the company in the last 3 months and it seems to be a very steep spiral down. The sales team is completely out of reach with customers. The ceo is bringing all his friends from his previous company which is closing shop in the USA because they failed miserably. There are rumors now that the entire operation will be moved to Mexico, the ceo is spending much of his time down there instead interfacing with our customers here and looking for work. Very sad to see this but it is time to jump ship. With the current management team in place Cinetic won’t last long.

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Fives Response
4y
Thank you for your feedback. We are pleased to know that you enjoyed the people you worked with and saw potential in our teams. The well-being of our employees is our priority, and we continue to work every day to improve the work environment through town hall meetings, trainings, career development, ... Thanks to the commitment of our employees and leadership, we are on track to achieve another record year of profitability since 2014, and to support our growth and meet customer needs, we continue to expand our business not only in the U.S. but in Mexico as well. We thank you for the time taken to share your feedback and advice and we wish you full success in your future projects.

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