The main problem with this company is the owner and his mentality towards the people that work for him. He falsely introduces himself as a very well educated and established graphic designer; something that early on, I realized couldn’t be further from the truth. He may have had aesthetic knowledge of the area his company focuses on, but he had no clue on how things are made or how much time or effort it takes.
Staff’s computers had software installed that allowed him to see what is happening on the users’ screen at any given time, even via his cell phone, criticizing if anyone dared to have a look at their personal e-mails during the day.
A few days after hiring me, he informed me that the company’s working hours are not 8 but 10. I am not talking about staying occasionally late to finish a demanding project, I am talking about working all days with or without reason two extra hours, which other than being illegal, is something we have not discussed during any interview session.
The salary had no standard date, it was a “somewhere around the beginning of the month” kind of thing.
He never expressed his satisfaction, always criticizing everything, while placing all the company’s work on the shoulders of two employees, at the same time.
And finally, on top of everything, were his manners. Rude, ill-mannered, constantly smoking, and self-centered trying to force the idea that you have a lot to learn from him…
In a way, that was quite true…