Pros
Other than the location, there is no pro about working in IT at aarons
Cons
The best way to describe Aarons is that it is a culture of hypocrisy, from the CIO down. There have been several rounds of layoffs in IT, letting great people go, but somehow management’s favorite friends, contractors, were not let go, while long term Aarons employees were. This never made sense to me. There is no bonus structure, salary is subpar for IT jobs, and it’s like working in a good old boys club. Management claims to want radical candor, but if your opinion is different than theirs, you are reprimanded, punished, bullied and teased. There is no telecommute and you can’t believe the words coming out of managements mouths. When there was a salary freeze, no one got any merit increases, but to keep the golden children happy, they found a way to “promote” employees as a way of giving them a pay increase without saying it was a merit increase. If you are not in the in crowd, you are treated as a second class citizen. In the two years I was at Aarons, we have seen a lot of changes but none of them good. Yeah, you have a nice open type office, which just lets you see how poorly everyone is treated while the golden team gets to go do what they want. Training is a joke, and there is NO tuition reimbursement program. They give you like $500.00 for continuing education, if you qualify. The bonus is a turkey. A literal turkey, and the merit increases, when you have them, are weak. You will lose money working for Aarons. There is no real opportunity for advancement into management. The only way to get into that track is to be a friend of management. This insurance benefits are extremely expensive, and your out of pocket is way above average for a larger company.