Great company that suffers from terrible middle management and impossible caseloads - Anonymous employee Aires Employee Review

3.0
Mar 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

AIReS is a great company that has a unique service offering in the relocation industry and is populated by passionate people that are mostly career-oriented. They offer a huge bonus based on company performance and not individual performance. There is a great team atmosphere and people are used to working together to achieve company goals. There is very little showboating and the majority of employees are more focused on team accomplishment than their own agenda.

Cons

Mid-level management serves only to regurgitate upper management policies and has no actual effectiveness on the team members, and does not quickly resolve issues. In fact, there is a great deal of bureaucracy to overcome between the various mid-level managers who are all throwing their weight around when it comes to managing the operations teams. This results in a severe loss in productivity. Actual service failures are typically a result of hard to manage caseloads. Not only are operations team members overwhelmed by their assigned volume of work, but when service issues arise due to being overwhelmed, necessary overtime is either discouraged our outright denied. Objective decisions (such as raises and promotions) are made using subjective feedback from transferees.

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5.0
Jul 18, 2025
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Pros

The good truly outweighs the bad. They are pretty flexible to make sure you have a good work/ life balance. Summers are busy, but that's expected in this industry. If are looking to just ride a clock Monday- Friday 8-5pm then this is not the place for you. You stay busy. I'm not aware of them ever having a layoff, so that speaks volumes about leadership.

Cons

I wish the heath insurance package was better/ cheaper and they provided tuition assistance, but other that's all I can think of. I also wish we received pay increases were more in line with inflation, but at least we received one.

1.0
Jan 2, 2026
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Pros

- Hybrid work culture - There were some genuine good people I worked with here

Cons

Worst IT department I have ever worked at. Weak leadership that flat out ignored concerns that were brought up and only sought to place blame instead of correcting problems when something went wrong that they were warned about multiple times. This contributed to their mindset of making every little thing "urgent" - even when it wasn't, or when other employees didn't follow proper procedures they wanted it done anyway. Toxic environment with extremely poor communication and dishonesty. Micromanagers who lied and manipulated information, constantly covering up their incompetence and inability to manage others - with an extreme lack of accountability and integrity. Would tell people to get certifications and then never empower or promote employees who got them. Just got shoveled more work onto their plates without proper training on an already small staff while they never lifted a finger to help out or defend their teams when needed. Refused to enforce established policies and instead bowed down to other managers/directors who had no business sticking their nose in IT department operations - most of whom had subordinates who could barely use a computer correctly or follow directions, then cried like a toddler until they got their way.

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