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
1.0
Aug 6, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Truly there are no pros. You make some friends but it’s sad if that’s the only benefit.

Cons

This is a job, not a career. They try to spin it in as many ways as possible, but that’s all this place is. They preach about internal promotions, but no matter what title they put on you, Associate/Staff/Senior/Associate Team Lead, you are still in the exact same position you had always been in. Did you just get “promoted” to a Client Service Manager? You actually are still at your entry level job, just dealing with a different side of the relocation. This is a company that tries throwing different titles out there to combat the complacency they breed here. They remove your soul, make you feel trapped then give you a shiny new title that really didn’t change a thing. All they want are ‘Yes men’ for the echo chamber they’ve created in the office. Anyone who does not live and breathe the ‘Aires DNA’ is ostracized and sent off to isolation. If you can’t stomach their false caseload reports submitted to clients (current and potential) then you just stopped your fictional career growth before you even started. They actually tried selling us that caseloads do not peak in the Spring/Summer, the busy time for relocation. That is true, however they conveniently left out all the details where client totals increased and workforce decreased, so your caseload is always high 12 months of the year. So the Spring/Summer influx is just not that noticeable. As a team lead, you actually do not truly lead your team as your title might suggest. Based on who the favorites are of upper management, you are politely told where to rate your team annually. Nevermind they do not know half of their names, but they apparently know how everyone performed. Most Team Leads have 4-5 generic answers to questions asked of them. Their ability to adjust and handle individual situations and circumstances is embarrassingly poor. The few, very few, competent team leads are so put off by this place that they actually voluntarily isolate themselves from their fellow TLs and management. The good one(s) are working to leave as soon as possible. As all the other posts here state, the pay is shockingly bad, benefits and 401K is a joke (pray to win the lottery if you want to retire) and caseload/workforce is off balance. Management likes to say they run workforce lean and has workshops on how to address (spin?) this with fellow employees or potential new hires. No ownership is taken by anyone here. It’s always someone else’s fault. If someone leaves, they were not cut out for this place/wasn’t the right fit/weren’t the right type of person. Never has a time come where they said maybe we should look at how we are doing things. It’s always the other person who was wrong in their eyes

1.0
Aug 2, 2019

PPC, run

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

location: in beach radius, beautiful building

Cons

Unrealistic caseload, you cannot get everything you need to get done in less than 40 hours a week. You just can’t. Plenty of jobs today require a extra work now and again. This is not a little extra now and again. It’s constant extra complicated work at no overtime. Get ready to cause tension if you ask for frequent overtime if you’re an MSPEC. To get my job done, retain a high PRS score (also bs ), I work closer to 50-60 hours a week. Anyone can attest to this. Its constant extra work and just gets worse in the summer. Tipping point is that higher ups had a presentation saying there is no busy time in the summer. Basically made a joke of it flat out telling everyone in the trenches on the ground floor that they do not care, nor do they wish to acknowledge how it is really is. Everyone comes here expecting to work and put in a good effort. AIRES requires more than extra effort, all the time, but for little benefit. Culture is curt and the only feedback is when you do things wrong. Training is abysmal. Asking for ‘help’ after your training period ends is always a hassle. Get ready for a culture of finger pointing and blaming. The culture is rude. CSMs exist to be vapid and throw MSPECS and PPCS under the bus. Ive heard that it’s this way in all of the offices. If you like passive aggressive finger pointing blame avoiding emails constantly, this is the place for you. If you want a culture that lies to the clients about the caseload of employees and how AIRES is run, this is the place for you.

1.0
Jun 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Managers don't micromanage and you can plan your day

Cons

Working as a mobility specialist is an extremely stressful job. The summer is the busiest season, and you are expected to be avaliable for work issues 24/7. I feel like this wasn't depicted accurately when first offered the job. (Also, I don't like the fact that they expected employees to use their personal cell phones and computers on weekends/nights to work.) Mspecs have huge case loads. If you're a good employee, who cares about your job and performance, they will take advantage of you and just give you more cases. I felt like I wasn't trained properly. I understand there is a learning curve for any person that isn't familiar with the relocation industry. Assigning other employees as mentors to new employees, puts a huge burden on mentors. More responsibility for training should be placed on management to assist new employees. I didn't even have any relocation experience, and they assigned me cases before I even went through training. The mentality there was very much sink or swim, and they could care less about people who were sinking. It's almost impossible to take days off here. In order to do this, you have to have other employees cover your desk, while they try to work on their own cases. If you have someone who isn't diligent covering for you, you'll be screwed. There were many times that I had to deal with work issues on my "vacation days". Also, during my experience here, I realized management is ineffective and poorly trained/unqualified for the position. I had a few discussions with managers that I felt were discriminatory and unprofessional. If you don't agree with something the company believes, or something you feel is wrong is going on, don't try to speak out. Management will not listen to you. In fact, you will have a target on your back for the rest of your time there if you speak up. All in all, this position took a huge mental and emotional toll on me, that I didn't feel like any job was worth. This wasn't just due to the stress the job comes with, but the extremely hostile work environment there.

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