Ford Audio-Video Systems reviews

Morale, pay, company culture. It always felt like a revolving door. When brought up, management's response was that the turnover was standard for the industry. Salary employees on install track are treated the same as hourly install techs, but still OT exempt. When I brought up that 29 CFR § 541.2 (job title alone is insufficient) and 541.705 (trainees don't count) seemed to me to make this practice potentially illegal, my concerns were dismissed since "the company's lawyers know a lot more than you about employment law, the company wouldn't do anything illegal". This trainee period seemed like a big reason burnout felt so prevalent, especially when combined with the very frequent travel. Company culture was very.... Oklahoman. No work from home or hybrid except for specific positions (unless you're a favorite or very long tenured), inflexible working hours, mediocre pay. Extremely WASP-y and male-dominated - this is a problem for the industry as a whole, but it's no better at Ford. Extremely old-fashioned tech package. Everything is run off of a bespoke in-house DOS-based program that Mr Ford will never part with. (It's not literally DOS based but it looks the part, keyboard input only and it may have been cutting edge about 50 years ago).

The culture is extremely toxic and authoritative. Too much travel. Even on Sundays. A lot of forced OT but when you ask for it, it’s unavailable. They make you use your PTO if you there isn’t any work in your division or to handle personal matters, and will automatically deduct it. Upper management tend to have massive egos that require a lot of stroking if you want to advance.