ATI doesn't pay their people anywhere close to what they're worth. And they didn't give out raises to most people in the first year of the pandemic with the
excuse that even though they were quite profitable, they needed to stay competitive with all the companies hit hard by the country shutting down. They
have some really toxic managers and leaders who will grind you to dust. The workload is unrelenting. They're forever operating lean, meaning they will
overload their people when someone leaves by dividing that person's workload rather hiring a replacement. And the extra work you get never gets
offloaded again even after they've hired new people. Same thing happens during growth. They would rather overload their staff than risk hiring someone
new who might not be fully loaded right away. They present it as good business sense like they're walking that fine line to keep their rates competitive.
Most everyone is a salaried employee, but that "salaried" interpretation is entirely one-sided and only ever works to ATI's advantage. Always more than 40
hours without overtime because you're salaried, but never ever less than 40. They say they offer flex but you don't get that flex time as a one for one. You
can likely work extra hours and use flex for a doctor's appointment so you don't have to take PTO, but you can't flex for an afternoon off even if you've
worked 5-10 extra hours. And during the busy season, you'll be worked even harder. There is honestly no such thing as a 40 hour week in the last few
months of the Government Fiscal Year. If your own workload isn't enough to keep you busy for more than 8 hours a day you'll be loaned to another
manager who'll give you whatever their staff can't handle. During the early days of the pandemic they made a big show with trainings that were focused on
time management and identifying burnout. It seemed helpful and caring at first. This was on top of their weekly training tidbits on productivity and time
management. This also seems helpful for professional growth and development, but to me it was just thinly-veiled contempt for a workforce they weren't
wringing tightly enough. ATI's culture is based on employee exploitation wrapped in a rah-rah-go-team-we-appreciate-everything-you-do-swag-blanket.