proAV reviews about "manager"

Very top heavy and way too many vague "manager" job titles. Won't provide the correct equipment to those who really need it because of cost but manage to keep a healthy amount of expensive sports cars in the carpark. No learning process & discipline from mistakes meaning the same issues arise from job to job. The very sales driven way the business operates means that those who actually do the work after sales promise unrealistic and uneducated things often end up with a lot of pressure from the client to do the impossible with very little backing from senior management. Employees are given long notice periods to make it hard to leave and then struggle to get deserved increases and progress careers. You are treated more as a number than a person. No bonuses! Ever!

Management are extremely horrible - rude, zero acknowledgement and favouritism towards 'friends' in the business. There for multiple years and not once did I receive a salary increase in line with inflation. My line manager was racist.

Constant pressure to do more, You have to fight for a cost of living rise increase, so don't expect any review increase or bonus. Wish I had stayed at my last av company to be honest with you.. grass is not always greener Have been onsite with proav for a few years now, heading up a small team, proav just do not care that the team are struggling with inflation - no rises, no cost of living, just ignored.

Management, and by that I mean the Directors, have successfully created an atmosphere of where certain managers are fearful of their own shadow and scared witless about rocking the boat, leaving them conditioned not to encourage to exercise any initiative from the team for fear of incurring the wrath of the Directors. This invariably leads to frustration, demotivation and rock bottom morale. My immediate manager was a total roadblock and would take every opportunity to not just create all manner of obstacles but throw me under the biggest bus that came along just to save own miserable backside!

Don't pay on time, not interested in paying on time, I honestly believe account have the book 101 excuses next to the phone as their always an excuse! Senior Management do not recognise talent or listen to advice, especially when the employee is the main contact from client to company. Account managers do not pay attention to warning signs, that the client is fed up with their BS and is seeking a new supplier. Blame culture, own your mistakes don't look for an escape goat!

Huge staff turnover - Our team had 4 managers within 2 years. Micro-management - Colleagues are often always being kept an eye on/spied on. Often your desk-phone would ring 1 minute before the end of your shift to make sure you were still there. Bullying - Certain staff members will go out of their way to report you for the smallest of things that could often be resolved with a short conversation. Overtime - Often always given to a "select few", sometimes we weren't even made aware. So the chances of being able to earn extra income were slim, if not impossible. Team Drinks - Often a nightmare. Were never organised properly, and you'd often end up paying for your own drinks as managers would not turn up. Pay Rises - Almost non-existent. Continued false-promises of potential payrises but they never seemed to appear. If/when they did, they were insulting. If your trains are EVER late, don't bother applying for a role here. I was disciplined for lateness, despite have screenshots and photos of my delayed trains, being told "it's not good enough". Seems the staff here don't know what delayed & cancelled trains mean.