Worst Experience of my professional career. - Executive Director Southwire Employee Review

1.0
Dec 27, 2017
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Pros

The location was relatively close to home with above average benefits

Cons

The worst management structure, leaders without little or no IT knowledge or experience, with no understanding of the latest and greatest technologies. Very poor decision making ability, and built from the top down to micromanage employees with little or no trust in the employees. Treated salaried, professional employees as hourly employees. Hired as a manager for a VP who had no management structure and just lumped in with other employees. Was given no ability to lead or manage.

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1.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Okay pay for the area.

Cons

Previous management made poor hiring decisions and micromanaged the facility. Morale lowered less got done, with horrible favoritism. Certain employees were allowed to work 12 hour days while others were told there was no overtime. Employees who should have been terminated for sexual harassment were promoted to supervisors. Supervisors dated employees they supervised and were kept around instead of fired when caught. Watched employees do less and less, management finally left and better management came in only for the facility to be shut down after being in the area for 50 years. No real reason given other than spreading our work to other facilities. I worked there for 15 years and watched the company go continuously downhill under previous management only for the manager to leave after wrecking the culture and the corporate to shut us down soon after.

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