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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
2.0
Mar 20, 2021

Don’t believe ANY of the positive reviews! It’s a joke!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working with some of the hardest working and intelligent people in the industry. Working on rewarding projects with some very respectable clients. You get a paycheck.

Cons

Where do I start??? Let’s start with integrity... the 5 star reviews are obviously fake. Your culture is so toxic that you have to lie on glass door and coax people into writing good reviews. Read every bad review, they are spot on. If you are a highly skilled professional in your field and love being told EXACTLY what you need to do, this is the place for you!! Look at the photos they posted to make this appear like a super fun place to work. What a joke. We have vending machines from the 80’s and truck stop clean bathrooms. If you are a salaried professional be prepared to log in and out like you work in toothpaste factory or a call center in Hyderabad. Every policy and interaction screams “we don’t trust you, you aren’t as smart as we are”. Do you like feedback on your performance? How about exclusively negative feedback and then a performance review whenever they feel compelled to give you one. And you guessed it, don’t expect any positive feedback or a raise. Literally have not been told “good job”...ever. Mentoring and coaching? Nope. ...”if you need help, just ask questions “????? We have a profit sharing program which sounds amazing to offset the incredibly low pay...but it should really be called “the dangling golden carrot fund”. You’ll have to be dredged through the mud for 7 years to get the other 50% of the profit share where it will then be spoon fed to you each year until you retire. If you leave for any reason, you forfeit it! In other words, it’s really THEIR money that they will invest for you and earn interest on if you don’t make it to retirement. This ain’t green grass over here folks...it’s brown and crispy. More turnover here than Taco Bell.

1.0
Mar 17, 2021

Run, Hide, Flee!

Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers are great. Jobs are high profile.

Cons

Pay and benefits are TERRIBLE. Owners have zero trust in employees. Management pressures employees to post 5 star reviews so be wary. Micromanagement doesn't begin to describe the heavy-handed and pernicious interference in the most trivial matters. Management considers all employees in a job title to be interchangeable and utterly replaceable..thus the incredibly high turnover rate.

2.0
Mar 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Quality AV work and job site experience

Cons

Leadership micromanages down to the screws and surrounds themselves with yes-men to implement their policies. Zero trust from the top down or from the bottom up. There is a reason the turnover rate is so high and the reviews are so low. The benefits are egregiously overpriced and offer little to no real coverage. The coporate leadership takes half of all profit sharing and keeps it until you have 7 years with the company, which due to the toxic environment is exceedingly rare.

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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.