Open Access Technology International reviews

Coming into work felt like being checked in at an adult daycare - arrive promptly at 8am and cannot leave until 5pm. If you arrive a minute late or leave a minute early emails are sent to upper management to take action. If you are lucky, you will get a good manager who will make your work experience enjoyable while at OATI. Most of the managers I had worked under were extremely rude, demeaning, forceful, and acted more like dictators rather than leaders. Managers need training on how to treat their teams with leadership, managers need a mentality like "let's work to resolve this issue" instead of "what are you thinking, YOU need to fix this right now". Although the paycheck is regular, it is very below average. Expect only 1.5% pay increase per year, which is apparently standard across the company. When managers realize you can handle extra responsibilities, they are not afraid to pile work on your plate without extra compensation. I was given responsibilities of a higher job title and was not given raise/promotion for the extra duties until 3 years later when I had to keep pushing my manager to finish promotion paperwork with HR. The CEO fired 40 people based on personal opinion of those people, then re-organized the entire company which added more workload to many employees without extra compensation. Dress code is not enforced, many people show up in sweats and sandals which looks sloppy. Those employees who came to work in sweats often lacked in personal hygiene and smelled of body oder - this type of environment is not pleasant to work in. Not to mention I identified a male employee who often "took care" of himself in the bathroom, absolutely disgusting.

There is dysfunction from top to bottom, and executives treat their employees with little respect. There will be no professional growth for you as a PA or as another position unless you're willing to spend years being disrespected, bored, and poor. You'll be treated like dirt and won't ever get out of Admin because they can't hire any new staff. Mary has unrealistic expectations and will not listen to even her fellow executives if they suggest change. As long as she is in charge at OATI, it will remain the one of the WORST companies to work for in the state. Horrible communication skills. Awful management. No impact and boring work. No flexibility on time. You have to sign in at 8:05 or before or else you will have automated emails sent to the CEO. Felt like walking into a jail every morning. Raised health insurance costs after layoffs (which they sent mail notices after hours on a Friday). Micromanaging everywhere. Nepotism. The turnover rate is shocking, seemed like someone was leaving the company every week. Really nothing good to say about the actual work life at this company other than some of the people you work with.