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1.0
Apr 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Lynchburg has very beautiful scenery

Cons

Training: Initial in-doc training was great. Came in as a manager was also transitioning in (this happens a lot, don't expect to work for the manager that interviews you) I was not assigned a co-worker to assist me in learning the position or given any direction as to what to do with my position. Left to figure it out on my own, which I'm a good worker I can do that, but it would have been nice to know what I should have been doing. Co-workers tried to assist with helping but had outstanding tasks of their own. At one point two months into my taking on the position my manager and manager's manager called me into their office and had a interrogation style questioning on what my job was. I was left thinking I might get fired and shouldn't they at this point be telling me what my position was. With little or no understanding of what the position was, I was tasked by management to re-write the procedures that affected a lot of different groups. This task was instructed to be done myself but fortunately for me my coworkers assisted greatly because they knew that undertaking this task was huge. Also tasked with being the primary point of contact for the customer about four months in. Most of the tasks that I was given were management's tasks. I understand delegating to employees but I feel there has to be some kind of learning curve. Interview: Job Recs were very high level as well as interviews. Standard questions were asked, and when you ask for further information on the positions not much is given. I went into this position thinking that it would be technical based on the background that I had and described in my interview, but found that I was more of a paper pusher/signature checker. I came from a system administrator background and thought this position would be more of a step a head in that field but it was not. I have also been told that others applied and interviewed for positions and ended up in different positions then what they were hired for. Within my group there were 7 people who left or moved to another job in 7 months. That is a pretty outrageous turnover that was not looked into . When I left the exit interview did not ask why I was leaving, It couldnt be the company could it? DO NOT take a relocation benefit. when it states that you are to pay back 100% it is more like 160% of what you received. I am not another "angry employee" I had worked in a similar industry for the past ten years. I know how this place could have worked and assumed that it would be similar to the past experiences I had. I am writing to inform because the company did not seem to care why employees are leaving. They just know that the newer generation of workers are not staying with the company and don't understand why. I'm sure I could go on and on as to why not to walk in the door but hopefully this helps some. This company needs to come up to the standards of 2019 quick or it is not going to make it. ~deuces

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Pay, benefits, and going home at the end of shift are the only good thing about this job.

Cons

Supervisors don't communicate with each other. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing from shift to shift. If you're a woman or person of color, watch your back. Even though there's a union contract that should protect you, it's worthless. If they just don't like you or your political view, they'll fabricate reasons to get rid of you. There's a "salary vs hourly" resentment because hourly gets better pay and benefits through the union. Salary takes that out on hourly. When I was there, overtime wasn't mandatory. That's the only way to have a work life balance, is you get to chose when enough is enough. It's very much a "good old boys club" culture. They make a good show of trying to hire diversity candidates. Again, will find a way to get rid of them as they see fit. They didn't like when I spoke up and told them, it doesn't matter how many women they hire. If we aren't getting the same respect as our male counterparts, it doesn't mean anything. It's such a toxic work environment.

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