AVI-SPL reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(999 total reviews)
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John Zettel

88% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

AVI-SPL has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 999 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AVI-SPL employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jul 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

When I first started working here, the place was great and everyone was so nice and helpful. You can learn a lot in this company if your values are profit over customers and how to live in the "grey" with your morals.

Cons

Where do I even begin? Just from the company side of things, the policies are great but nobody wants to follow them and regional management doesn't enforce it. We were always on credit hold with vendors and sadly it is just getting worse. Their financials will be the ultimate downfall for this company and it is a sinking ship. Get out now! As far as individual offices and their environment, they seem great at first. However once you're they're long enough, you see just how much animosity people have for each other there especially for regional management. That is partly due to their lack of professionalism and back-stabbing nature though. Lets not even start about what they do to their customers. It's appauling! How they became the largest commercial AV integrator is beyond me!

4.0
Jul 30, 2014

Worth checking out

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Industry leader and well recognized

Cons

HQ management needs to get plugged into the local offices

4.0
Jul 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great name recognition and a lot of respect from other companies such as vendors, other competitors, and clients. Also, AVI-SPL has a great education program - sort of like a private college with online courses. They want you to succeed by making sure you have all the necessary qualifications and certifications available. Great team work and support at my branch - I can't say enough about the people. Very pleasant working conditions with less stress than you would find at a comparable company/office. Local management at the branch level developed an atmosphere where you wanted to work, and...'happily' work long hours (I was salary).

Cons

On the local (branch) level, working at AVI-SPL is great. However, having to deal with 'corporate' (in Tampa and other HQ offices) is certainly a significant drawback. There are many restrictions handed down to the branches as well as a fair amount of 'red tape' in the form of reporting, basic day to day functions such as service procedures, etc. The corporate structure impedes the efficiency of the local branches. Finally, being at the local level it's difficult to be recognized for your accomplishments - unless you're in sales where your numbers are obviously monitored. Case in point - I went from being told I was on track to being "Employee of the Year" to being laid-off within a three month period. The corporate office instructed my branch they had to lay off six to eight people to balance the budget because sales were down for the first two quarters. So, due to seniority, I was let go. I was treated with respect and given a fair severance during the layoff process. C'est la vie...

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