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Ford Audio-Video Systems reviews

2.8

38% would recommend to a friend

(303 total reviews)
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Jim Ford

47% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ford Audio-Video Systems has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 303 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Ford Audio-Video Systems employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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303 reviews
1.0
Oct 9, 2017

Enjoy Being Underpaid and Micro-Managed?!

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Pros

- Top 10 National AV Company - Willing to give you lots of industry training - aka Ford University - Not much past that...

Cons

-Everyone works on 1970s MS-DOS software making things extremely inefficient. Which isn't going anywhere as Jim Ford created it and refuses to change. -EXTEMELY negative work atmosphere as everyone feels underpaid and over-worked. -2 month hiring process with lots of tests and tons of paperwork -Policies and procedures for EVERYTHING, including even having a cup of coffee, which you must pay for. -EXTREMELY slow processes which really annoy customers and make getting anything done VERY time consuming. -Almost everyone is micro-managed straight from the top. The Ford's have their hands in EVERY part of the company. -Told straight from ownership you are expected to work nights, weekends, travel, etc. while on salary pay. -Tons of policies in handbook to screw you on pay, PTO, holidays, etc. when you put in your departure notice. -Every manager is simply a puppet that the Ford's can pull the strings on whenever they like and follow to Ford's pathetically slow beat!

1.0
Jan 31, 2025

Worst Place to Work!!

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Pros

A paycheck is the only thing FORD AV offers. Just a paycheck.

Cons

No Advancement, nothing but empty promises, I was lied to time after time and time company is so cheap they will make you purchase your own chair to sit in!!! Worst company that I have ever worked for!!! Don't trust their HR department ever!!! This place was the wost employment experience!!!

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Ford Audio-Video Systems Response
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Ford treats all candidates and employees with respect, courtesy, and integrity. We wish you the best in your future endeavors and bear you no ill will.
1.0
May 4, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

I did meet some good people that I still talk to. (They all quit too.) I got some extra brisket in Dallas when I got locked in a restaurant because of an active shooter in the area. Sad news but my day was good. If you hate your family. You know your annoying wife and ugly kids. Then this is the job for you, because you'll never see them. You get to travel so often, home will be a distance memory. Of coarse you'll still have to pay for a house you don't live in and a car you won't drive. But hey! No stupid family.

Cons

You are micromanaged all the time. You are made to share a hotel room with the other installers. The profit sharing is a joke. I think I made $300 over the span of 4 years. You are treated well if you are in management and in Oklahoma and if you are buddies with the right people. Top management is so lost and refuses to see the major moral issue, the constant turnover rate and the fact that it's not the 1980s anymore. The company makes a good amount of money but does not believe in investing back into the company. Their computers, printers, and other tech is very out of date. Their vehicles are death traps. (But its your fault when the breaks go out.) Safety 3rd. They love to preach about safety until it comes with a price tag. True story - I found sidewall damage on the tire of a company vehicle. Significant damage. Guess what... no spare cause that would cost money. I was told to "safely" drive down the freeway until i could get to a tire shop. You want a raise? you have to threaten to quit. I didn't believe this when I was told but i found out the hard way that is 100% the truth.

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