- Micro-management. A LOT of micro-management to the point some have lost their jobs over things that really have no actual sway.
- Unreasonably low pay. The pay is equal to or less than that of the businesses in the area, let alone IT jobs under contractors. The local Wal-Mart pays more at starting wage.
- No SD/PTO. Sick days/Paid-Time-Off is non-existent for many roles. The ones that do earn five (5) days or forty (40) hours per year and are effectively coerced by management into using PTO as sick leave.
- No Communication. Or at least a lack of proper communication. Things are easily misunderstood at all levels of management, leading to confusion and misdirection, which leads to blame that is typically shifted onto lower-tier workers.
- Nepotism. This is prevalent in all businesses, but especially Provalus. Certain individuals that the lower-tier employees all knew to be lazy were regularly earning raises and even heading teams despite under-qualification (even for a job that requires no qualification). Social skills literally and figuratively pay far more at this job than actual work ethic.
- Non-responsibility. Management rarely takes the blame for issues that were markedly their fault and with either blame or actively frame people they oversee.
- Little chance at promotion or growth. Raises have changed but some get a pittance of $0.20 USD/hr per fiscal year. Promotions are next to impossible due to the aforementioned Nepotism section.
- Low Morale. Overall has become a place of soul-rending monotony and I have witnessed this place cause once-close friends and colleagues to become spiteful and bitter on multiple occasions.
- Resume-Wounding. Other IT firms collectively ask the question "you're from THAT company?" in a clearly disgusted tone when the name Provalus is mentioned.
