Connection reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(154 total reviews)

Timothy McGrath

51% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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1.0
Dec 23, 2019

Attention Home Office...SOS

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Pros

Start with 3 weeks of vacation. Interest free computer loan.

Cons

Deep breath...The list of cons for this company at least for the Wilmington branch would be a novel to say the least. This company is like a depressing comedy in the sense that one minute you will be angry and feeling hopeless, and the next you will be laughing hysterically at how ignorant the people in charge are. Fake it til you make it is the motto and culture. The brilliant minds that run this company promise the moon during daylight hours and blame the lab when it doesn't happen. One of the most senior members of management reminds you of an angry frat boy that loves to fist bump. The nerve he has to tell everyone to quit complaining about overtime when we have been on mandatory for 3 months is astounding. He obviously has anger issues and im waiting for the day his issues manifest into a physical altercation. The tech labs stand in Leadership is always quick to throw any ideas that are not hers out the window that is if you can even get her to listen to you. She takes narcissism and controlling to a new level. The newer portion of upper management come from the automotive industry and instead of learning how this business runs they try to change the business into something they are familiar with. Management preaches "employee empowerment" but if you speak on anything you better believe a target is going to be on your back. This company also makes dumb mistakes like leaving a spreadsheet with all hourly associates pay unprotected where everyone could see it and by the way everyone did see it. You would think home office would notice that Managers and Supervisors are quiting at an alarming rate especially since one supervisor was a 30 year employee and another was close to a 20 year employee. Just last week a multi-person walkout almost occurred. Its companies like this that Unions exist which is why the employees are working on getting representation.

3.0
Nov 21, 2019

Great people, poor management

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Pros

Great culture and amazing people.

Cons

Poor management and growth opportunities.

1.0
Nov 1, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

co-workers are easy to get along with

Cons

We have been on mandatory overtime plus Saturdays quite a bit this year (currently) and everyone is getting tired and unable to focus well, morale is low and this is when the mistakes start to escalate and make it out to the customer. There is barley any pushing back on sales when they decide to drop massive orders on us at the last second although this may have more to do with corporate greed wanting to rush everything through so they can make that money instead of trying to have a smart level work load the lab can efficiently handle. We were told by our manager that the reason for the O.T. was because their not sure what was coming... Really? How can we properly function in the dark? We were told back when we got our raises that it was to promote better behavior among the employees meaning better work ethics but what also drives better work ethics is having well rested employees ready to start their shift, I believe with smart work load managing this can be achieved within 8 hour days 5 days a week.

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