FastSigns reviews about "communication"

Not challenging, pretty much did the same work everyday Zero room for creativity They made racist jokes every now and again, can't work there if you're sensitive. Got blamed for a lot of things that I myself couldn't have known and that production should've have caught. Did a lot of free work because manager wanted to treat customers (Owner which didn't know about) Poorly trained and unorganized, you learn a lot on the fly. That they expect you to already know (that doesn't pertain to the graphic design part) Not a lot of room for growth here, if you're here for graphic design that's pretty much all you'll ever be. You got incentive based checks if your store hits goal, but most the time our Sales man would make mistakes so much that month that the owner(s) would deduct their mistakes from the entire stores bonus checks. So you wouldn't get it anyway. But hey you hit store goals and broke records right? RIGHT! DO NOT WORK HERE IF YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR MANAGER MICROMANAGING AND WATCHING YOU WORK OVER YOUR SHOULDERS. Constantly feeling like you're being tugged in two different directions between production and your store's management. Both want the same results but can't seem to figure out the path they want YOU to take to get there. So when you do it and one side doesn't like how you do it, it's a problem and it comes back directly on you. Voice your opinion on things if you don't like how it's going because it'll end up being your fault anyway. Communication is the #1 thing lacking here.

Communication with the owner is lacking, no direct deposit, fellow employees act like it's high school and gossip about each other behind backs, there is no management, I could go on.

No respect, hostile work environment, unhappy people, poor communication, boss throws temper tantrums. Threats of being fired were a common occurrence, threats of pay being deducted for mistakes from miscommunication in orders. This shop is run by fear and talented employees get treated like idiots on a daily basis.

Communication between management and employees.

Owner is not good at communication with his employees. The pay is average, and there is no room to grow.

Overall atmosphere really depends on the franchise owner, which constitutes a varying work environment from shop to shop. My experience was unfavorable; the employees at the family-run shop were downright miserable every day, would often hide-out to pass time without assisting with the workload, and (including the owner) were very easily prone to temper tantrums. Family issues were sometimes brought into the workplace and friendly, casual communication seemed near-impossible. Overall, it just really seemed like no one wanted to work there, which created a bland, miserable atmosphere with very low morale. Aside from the environment, the pay-scale was rather low for one with a degree in Graphic Design (especially considering there were no benefits), there was barely any room for advancement, and the hours were horrendous.