The CEO is one of the worst micromanagers I've ever experienced. When the company started, it was mainly here and her husband, and she did most of the administrative work. Since the company has grown a lot, there are a lot more employees. However, Mrs. Ford still scrutinizes everyone at corporate to the most minor detail. Even if you are doing your job as well as anyone else could reasonably expect, she will give you a laundry list of what you're doing wrong. She seems to be incapable of thinking that anyone is doing a good enough job. Part of my duties was to assist the project manager in gathering documentation and auditing in order to complete a project. I was admonished for not closing enough jobs on multiple occasions. despite the fact that I was closing more jobs per month than my predecessor (who had been promoted).
At the time I was there, there were a number of outdated rules such as not being allowed to listen to your own music (meaning you were forced to listen to whatever satellite radio station is being pumped through the whole building all day)..
There was definitely a sense of cronyism in the job center. After a year, I applied for the position directly above mine, but I was passed over. A friend of one of the other employees at that position received the job, despite the fact that this employee worked in the warehouse and didn't have experience in the administrative side of things. This could also be seen in how the Job Center was very much a "boy's club" and if you didn't fit the mold, you would probably be a bit of a black sheep.
Finally, they promise you a one-year evaluation that leads to pay increases when you start. I worked at Ford AV for 19 months, never saw a raise and never had that evaluation despite asking numerous times. It became pretty clear that they liked me where I was and didn't want me moving up.
