PEI Genesis reviews

2.5

23% would recommend to a friend

(109 total reviews)
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Steven Fisher

28% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

PEI Genesis has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 109 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The PEI Genesis employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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109 reviews
1.0
Jan 22, 2025

Don’t Waste Your Time

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

45 minute lunch on pay days 1 day work from home A few select good people who actually care

Cons

- pay is not competitive - they are not flexible - they are not considerate - “rules are rules” unless you’re upper management - the owner just wants a private jet of his own - the people who have been there for years only stay because they’re basically untouchable - the people who voice their opinions and actually try to make the company better are fired - if you have an opinion, you don’t. - you have every capability to work from home. If you don’t feel well on a non-WFH day, you are forced to use sick time or forced to come in resulting in infecting the entire office - if you do something well, no you didn’t - if you do something wrong, you absolutely did - HR is pointless. HR is supposed to represent the employees, but all they do is nothing. Their 3 yappy dogs are heard from more than HR. - no raises, no incentive, absolutely no reason is given to work there other than the job market sucks right now - if you’re good at what you do; get ready to do everyone else’s work - if you do the bare minimum, you may as well look for a different job - there is no room to grow unless you’re already upper management. They are given new and shiny job titles all the time but that’s it. - I can’t find any politically correct words to describe how much of a nightmare this place is. New people are constantly hired with no experience, and the training is basically pushed onto the people around them to show them what needs to be done, even if they don’t have the same job as you - the owner has some seriously hard core rose colored glasses on if he thinks his employees enjoy working there. - the entire environment of the company is uncomfortable and petty. - every single employee, no matter what, WILL get talked about behind their back - people smear poop on the walls and there isn’t a cleaner so a lucky employee has to do it. ENOUGH SAID.

1.0
Sep 21, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Entry level to kickstart your career.

Cons

PEI is being rapidly left behind in the market by its competitors, with an ancient ERP, out of date website, limited E-Commerce and a management team who don’t know what they are doing. There is no route for progression at this company unless you either are directly related to the owner or sell your soul by massaging the owners ego as the ship hits the iceberg.

2.0
May 25, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

There are kind and sincere people here. They work with you and take the time to speak with you. If they see that you are having issues then they take the time to show you again. There are a couple of exceptions, as there are in every company, but for the most part I experienced outgoing people who were engaging were willing to get link with you. They're thinking of selling in the next five years, they have some VC invested, and there are a lot of initiatives going to make the company look great and operate at a crisp clip before they sell it off and the owner sails off into retirement.

Cons

I want to be clear, forthcoming and honest with my rating so I don't appear to be on a passionate tirade against PEI. I worked at PEI for 22 business days and then I was fired. I was fired because I was not good at the job. 22 days did leave me with a sour taste in my mouth. I had taken a lot of additional time to work through all of the components of the job that I didn't understand. I had showed up early some days, and left late some days in order to show my commitment to the job and learn when I realized I was having difficulties. I had left another job at a different company - frankly a great company - for more pay - which obviously I have come to rue.. 22 days felt premature and pre-emptive. I looked at my notes from the interview after I was fired and the person who had fired me stated that training would take in the neighborhood of 4-6 months during my interview. No one is perfect, but I hadn't even reach my second month. They were not aware they were going to fire me three hours before the end of the work day - because at 1 O'clock they'd sent someone over to train me on something new. The bottom line of all of this though is this. I acquired the job too easily. They didn't do a drug test - which costs 5 grand (I've been told) and is demonstrative of commitment on the employers part because it shows they're putting money into you upfront. I was doing work within the second day - which is not altogether untoward but a little suprising - and the nature of the role, which was purely processing, had little or nothing to do with what I had been hired for - which was my capabilities with excel. A lot of the people are nice and senior management seemed nice enough. I noticed a strong intimate bond between the highest levels of management and the tenured mid-level management people, which was indicative of a strong sense of belonging and personal community. In addition to demonstrating low integrity by being inconsistent with what was said during my interview process though and being perfectly comfortable with that, I did not observe a high level of organization (In my department.) Additionally, discipline was lacking. On one occasion I observed a tenured employee yell, openly, at the director on the floor, and nothing was done about it at all. If you know what you are getting into, and are confident in your abilities to navigate tumultious and troubled waters, than PEI is a great place to go and make a lot of money. If you expect something out of your employer though, some runway or quid pro quo I can't promise you you'll get it. I gave this company a 2 out of 5 stars. I hope you'll have a better experience than I did.

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