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2.6

32% would recommend to a friend

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Brian X. Tierney

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3.0
Feb 18, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits, Great pay. Atmosphere is relatively good. I worked in the new west akron campus building. Nice people to work with. Had a fitness area on-site. They hire a lot of interns so it is a good place to get in the door. They will definitively give you a lot of work to do.

Cons

Not everyone gets equal opportunity towards training. Expected to learn on the job and master it on your own when you have never done a certain skill set before. Not everyone who is a team lead or manager has the time to do proper training because they are spread so thin with their time. Ability to be promoted requires you to sell your sole. If you aren't a kiss ass who likes to constantly work past a standard 40 hour shift, you get bypassed. promotions come from senior level management who don't know you. If you are a programmer or have a position that is tough to hire someone, then you get better treatment, but if you are in a position that has lots of options, then you are seen as expendable.

2.0
Jan 2, 2013

Employee life going downhill

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Yearly bonus (usually), tuition reimbursement, pension plan, and possibility of internal training. There are some really good people here.

Cons

Pay raise/promotion is poor so take that into consideration when starting - apparently based on friendships in some cases. Tuition reimbursement plan has been limited and is restrictive - used to be better. You get sick days, but it will be held against you if you use them. Benefits cost more to get less every year. For the past couple years, if you are not healthy, don't meet their expectations and don't agree to provide information on your health each year, then you don't get the "reward" which means your benefits cost more. They state that they do not get individual results and that might be true but they can see if what you pay for your benefits, so... they have a clue about who is costing them $ on insurance.

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