Aires reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(228 total reviews)
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Jeff Wangler

67% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Aires has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 228 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aires employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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228 reviews
3.0
Jun 26, 2017

Mobility specialist

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Pros

Aires has a great recruiting team. They truly know how to spot great talent. I enjoy most of everyone I work with.

Cons

The benefit packet is subpar and the salary the mobility specialist is not adequate enough for the stress and the caseload for this position. The growth opportunities for this position is quite limited.

1.0
Aug 24, 2014

Oy vey!

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Pros

The great thing about working at Aires is all the places to eat, nearby.

Cons

I have worked several places in my career. I am not usually a complainer. With that said: Where do I start with the challenges of working at Aires? Tons of work, unrealistic expectations, very cliquey, favoritism and nepotism are rampant. You can get the work done in 40 hours, if you've got two heads and four arms. Don't make a mistake, someone will email everyone about it. Client's complaints are taken as gospel. Save your emails so you can refute what clients like to complain about. Relocation specialists want high grades on their work, from the clients, so they will circumvent ANYTHING or anyone. A/P person told me that RS's would wire a final equity amount of $5.00 to a transferee, though it cost $30 or more to do that. (That isn't good business sense.) They are so desperate to keep clients that the clients end up running the business. Whatever the clients want they get, no matter the cost or the workload put on the staff. I never saw any of my previous employers do that. It's crazy! The company was so desperate to keep employees and improve morale that they formed committees or teams to provide "team spirit", reduce turnover, have breakfasts and such. The company even hired a magician to walk around and entertain groups of employees. (Are you kidding me? That's the response I hear when I tell that story.) I would sell flowers on the corner, before I would work there again.

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Aires Response
11y
The company has grown rapidly because of our commitment to customer service and we realize that our great employees have been and continue to be a critical part of our success. We are working hard to analyze and improve our processes and listen to employee feedback; our strategic planning process is currently focused on this effort. We have never "furloughed" anyone because they are truthful. Best of luck in your career. It sounds like AIReS was not a fit for you.
1.0
Jun 30, 2014
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Pros

For a company this size they have the most drama-free environment I've been a part of. There was only one person I didn't get along with in the company and she is part of the reason I quit. The medical plan USED to be good but the only benefit of the current plan is the money the company puts in your HSA account on their own. They have a Christmas bonus but if the company spent more money upgrading the servers and security to appease a new client you better expect to get a smaller bonus...plus everything you get for bonus and once a year raise is pro-rated based on your time working at the company. What's good? You get an hour lunch break and they definitely know how to have good Food Days.

Cons

Salary is awful for the positions that are doing the most work. Plus, there is absolutely ZERO incentive to work harder. Your annual raise is not based on performance and everyone gets the same amount of raise. Once you show signs of being caught up (if you ever GET to this point) they throw a ton more on your plate until you're so overwhelmed you want to die. Christmas Bonus may be far less than projected if the company decided to go above and beyond upgrading the entire office. Way too much work for the current amount of staffed employees. Lots of false promises about what's going to happen in the near future, everyone is forced to help bill for the company (which gets really annoying), you can't listen to music via headphones and the work is monotonous. Culture is supposedly a big thing at AIReS but unless you become accepted into the core "family", good luck feeling accepted and respected in the workplace.

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Aires Response
11y
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. We try very hard not to make promises we can't keep, and we have paid generous bonuses every year but one out of the past twelve. They are prorated for the first year based on time worked. We try to accommodate requests for specific seating arrangements, but that's not always possible. We are proud of our workspace, which is spacious and pleasant. We like to encourage our employees to be available for customers and to interact with one another and we feel that headphones distract from those efforts. It sounds like the job was not a fit if you were falling asleep and found it "monotonous" Best of luck in your career search.
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