Pros
I owe 100% credit to where I am in my career today to QVI, but not in the way most people would expect. I worked at QVI for 8yrs and leaving QVI was to date one of the hardest things I have done for 1 reason – the people. Not all the people, but the ones who are loyal to the company, see potential in others and really have a passion for making the company and its technology what it has the potential to be. I owe 100% to where I am today because of those people - I won’t name them here. I had the opportunity to work cross-functionally with manufacturing, engineering, software development and problem solve the most ridiculous issues that no company or a person in a Marketing role should be dealing with. I was on projects that no one wanted that just needed to be done. You need a strong work ethic and can-do attitude to be recognized* and succeed at QVI.
*recognition at QVI is not what todays millennials expect (I am a millennial). You will not get a participation trophy at QVI. You are expected to do your job and you will not get a pat on the back for doing so. Recognition at QVI is gaining more responsibility (without promotion), having a valued opinion and having the trust of others to get things done.
Per my heading - this company has so much potential, just no real modern direction. The owner of the company has a brilliant way of coming up with competitive ideas that could potentially propel the company. Engineers are pulled off projects too soon to support new ideas. They are pulled off before the previous project is completed. A product is launched at the distributors and reps without market research, proper testing and feedback, no marketing campaign or sales tools- “here sell this”. By the time the product is ready for prime time it has already been out in the marketplace and the competition has pillaged the technology, made it better, marketed the crap out of it and the QVI product is not trusted for obvious reasons. The product portfolio is too vast to be sustained in the way things are ran currently, and the consumers and reps are feeling it. In the age of marketing, consumer knowledge and the impact that digital marketing and the internet provides QVI has no chance to survive. Competitors see and have reacted to modern day ways to run a business and sell product, I truly hope QVI will soon. It is such a shame that the company does not put in the engineering time, money and REAL marketing to really give them a chance to reach the potential that this company has.
Leadership at QVI really needs to listen to the loyal, passionate people that see this potential in the company. They are the future that will help keep QVI afloat and help steer it in a direction for success. Too many of these people during my 8 years left - a person can only take so many bad decisions on a crap salary without growth before they see that there is no changing the reality here. Listen to your employees, promote and try to harder to stop the good ones from leaving. Also, not a bad idea to cull the bad decision makers, managers, people who have no business doing what they are hired to do and toxic people.
Lastly - seriously stop fighting internally, become ONE brand Internationally with ONE product portfolio and stop confusing your consumers. There is a right way to do what QVI/OGP is failing to do….
Notable Pros:
Work life Balance
Holiday time off
Benefits
Cons
Low Salary
No career advancement
No company mission / direction