AERCO reviews

extremely crooked, poorly ran company. i was hired as a forklift mechanic, the company disregarded how i needed to be in the union in order to work on the machines i was hired to work on. they had no plan. they proceeded to use me like a pawn to try and kick back against the union because two of the higher ups, mark and lewis, do not like the union. for the few weeks i was hired, i received no hands on training on how they wanted me to work on said machines. i was cleaning toilets and taking out garbage instead whilst in my union probation period. one day, while on my union probation period, while being OSHA compliant, the one day they have me work on these machines, i am called into the office and fired. no write ups, no paper trail, only a verbal warning. i was being OSHA compliant as they had me work on these machines without any hands on training. the good people i met there, who genuinely want the company to succeed, are overshadowed by people who got their degrees from cereal boxes. when i was terminated, they agreed with me that this termination was not fair, but the HR rep said ‘well the termination has already been put through so there is nothing else i can do’.

The effects of the pandemic coupled with poor leadership decisions have led to an incredible loss in employee retention with no light at the end of the tunnel. The environment is toxic and most Operations employees are scared of being targeted and fired (scapegoated by management) and/or are left completely demoralized. I can say in good confidence that 90% of staff in this department are looking for other jobs as of this review. I would be remiss if I didn't specifically note the difficulty that female professionals have working under current operations leadership. I've seen "rising stars" demoted for no reason, targeted, and completely ignored in terms of professional development. Meanwhile, several mediocre and underqualified men part of "the club" have been given prominent roles. They are running the business into the ground, but management continues supporting them out of "loyalty", which means they are all willing to cover for each other's unethical practices. HR is weak and there is no true confidentiality for whistleblowers. Employees that speak up are fired or retaliated against in other ways. All of this to say, I would not touch this company with a ten-foot pole until major structural changes have been made within the organization.