Martinez Geospatial Reviews

From the first day I started here I was told that you should only learn from certain people because everyone in the office has a different way of doing things. This should have a red flag from the beginning. The way that the workflow is structured in the office is messy and very unorganized. There were attempts at creating organization and making a uniform way of doing the work. However, these ideas were often not followed by everyone and were looked down upon by employees refusing to change the ways they do their work. New ideas are often shot down and abandoned very quickly. The turnover rate of employees is high. Often people work there for a couple weeks to a couple years. With no room to move up in the company and the amount of work to be done always fluctuating with the seasons, it’s understandable why so many people are in and out of that place. The worst problem in the office is communication. Upper management comes in and out of the office at odd times of the day without checking in or letting employees know when they will and won’t be there. This makes it incredibly difficult to do the work. With the way that the work is structured, you have to ask a lot of questions to upper management to make sure you’re doing your work correctly. This could be VERY EASILY fixed if a uniform way of doing things was set in place. That way, so many questions wouldn’t have to be asked throughout every work day. And while all the jobs can be slightly different, it would still be incredibly useful to implement more structure and organization into the workplace. Another problem is the toxicity of the workplace. People often talk behind other peoples backs. There are obvious problems with nepotism that are quickly denied. Management plays favorites but denies this when confronted about it. There are very few women that work there and there are no women in upper management positions. I worked here partially during the beginning of the pandemic as well. And how a company responds to a crisis like this shows who they are. They initially shut down for a couple weeks and then brought employees back into the office slowly and cautiously. Precautions were set in place like taking our temperature during the start of a shift, wearing your mask if you leave you desk, plenty of hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes were provided. This was reassuring to start, however these precautions slowly but surely stopped being followed by a lot of employees. Some employees were allowed to work at home while this was denied to others for reasons unknown. There are also no yearly reviews or raises unless you ask. PTO is so minimal that it barely added up to two days off per month. Overall, this was one of the worst places I’ve ever worked.

Toxic work environment. Little to no morale or work culture. No holiday parties or events to boost morale within the company. Many people on staff have very negative attitudes. You will rarely ever hear anything positive, just everything you are doing wrong. Management will direct employees to work a certain way and tell them they are doing things completely wrong weeks later. Management makes no effort to communicate with employees on the state of the company, events being held, absences, or important meetings with clients. We frequently had clients tour the offices with no notifications from management, we even had a school field trip that no one announced or mentioned to the entire staff. Management places too many responsibilities on leads to communicate to everyone instead of doing it themselves. They also never let anyone outside the leads know when they are not coming into the office, making it hard to ask specific questions that required upper management to answer. Management creates unrealistic goals on projects they dont give enough hours for. Pressures staff to work harder and faster when deadlines aren't met (which is commonplace at this company). Micromanagement runs rampant here. The entire company runs on a scarcity mindset, they do not plan well long term. They will train new employees on what they need done instead of giving them proper training, which can leave you feeling frustrated and confused for a large majority of the training period. Leads don't provide adequate positive feedback for training new hires which can and will wear you down. There are many inconsistencies in what staff are told to do which creates unnecessary tension between coworkers. If you offer any ideas on how to improve workflow, be prepared to be shut down without any hesitation. As other reviews have stated, this company is ripe with nepotism. Family members and friends make up an unhealthy amount of people that work there. Should be a big red flag to anyone considering working here. You will be required to work a weekly nightshift once every few weeks which will affect your social life negatively. No 401k available until after 1 year of work.