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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
Jan 16, 2022

NA

Recommend
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Pros

Family based company. Not really anything positive

Cons

Not the best company to work for. It was approximately five to seven African Americans in the whole organization of 500 employees. Horrible benefits, not the best pay, time off horrible. I lost my mom and they only gave three days of bereavement.

1.0
Nov 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Share a hotel room with another full grown man! - Read self help books and write book reports as part of your professional career development! - Daily recorded video chats with the project team so they can make sure you’re at the job site even though they don’t always attend. I don’t know about you, but I sure miss roll call 🙋. - Profit sharing! It’s completely discretionary and could be withheld for any random reason. The best part is, nobody knows how it works! - Pizza parties! You’ve seen the memes, now live your dreams!

Cons

-Minimum hourly requirements per day for salary employees. - Unpaid overtime expected and required. - Raises are based on gossip. - Corporate management has never worked in the field. - Per Diem rate for travel is based on grocery store prices, but the hotels you’re staying in don’t have kitchens. - Lack of integrity. - Profits> safety. - Retaliation from management.

1.0
Mar 14, 2020

The very definition of a toxic work environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Out of necessity, you will develop a lot of grit and discipline that will make you valuable to your next employer.

Cons

Be careful. I could write a book about Ford. The company culture is hyper-conservative and extremely mistrusting. No budget is allocated to making the work experience more enjoyable. The mentality is more "you should be happy that you have a job at all" than that of a modern tech company as you think of them today. Ford is a company that is stuck in the past. Because they experience steady growth on the business side, they see no need to change with the times and adopt new philosophies that would vastly improve the immense amount of turnover they see every year. In the years I've worked for the company I can safely say the only truly happy people I knew, were extremely senior upper management (and even they had their constant frustrations). I think middle management has the most difficult time. They often do the best they can to make the work experience enjoyable but are often hamstrung by upper management and the CEO. Any creature comforts you find in any office will be entirely employee paid for. No coffee, no snacks, no areas where you can get away from your desk for a moment to clear your mind. People who come from companies where they were taken care of by their employees in the past, will find Ford soul-crushing, and won't last long. Those that do will spend their time waiting for a career advancement opportunity that will never come. Your best bet for survival is if you come from extremely difficult work environments, or have no work experience at all. So if you are looking at working in the tech sector, be leery. Below market wages, and untold amounts of micromanagement await.

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Glassdoor has 313 Ford Audio-Video Systems reviews submitted anonymously by Ford Audio-Video Systems employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Ford Audio-Video Systems is right for you.