Scott Brown Media reviews

The biggest problem in SBMG lies with the top two head honchos for the company. The name you wear on the shirts they give you, the name on your checks you have the pick up (no direct deposit,) and the name you tell people you work for is a man that does not exist. He does not care about you, he does not want you to succeed, he wants you to make money for him. He comes around a few times a year and will tell you everything is ok and that the company is making progress but it’s all lies. The second in charge is the worst boss you’ll ever have. Like the owner, he doesn’t care about your well being, or your happiness with the company, he cares about you making him rich. He will talk down to you and micro manage you to the point of you feeling trapped. The two of them prance around in their big expensive cars, wearing expensive clothes and jewelry, while their employees work long hours for very little pay. The things they will tell you are not true and the ways they manage their company makes this company one of the worst in Charlotte to work for. When you start working at SBMG everything is great. There is a promise of a future with the company. I can assure you, there is no future for you at SBMG. The pay you get in the beginning, is probably the pay you’ll have the entire time you’ll work there. The pay is HORRIBLE. People for this company work hard enough to deserve twice the pay, the pay other, better companies would be more than happy to offer. The culture. There is no attitude around culture for the company. The company office is a dark, dreary place where no employee is happy to go. When you go to the company hotels to work with your co workers, the conversations that you will have will be negative towards the company. Not a single employee for SBMG is satisfied with their working conditions. Every employee speaks low of the company when the bosses aren't around, and even if they say they aren’t, all of them are seeking employment elsewhere. The company does nothing for it’s people. It holds a mediocre Christmas party and meeting once a year but does nothing else. The Attire. If you have worked for other A/V companies you know the standard for attire. Black pants, black polo shirt, black shoes. Most companies with strict attire policies will provide the attire or offer a stipend for you to get the attire they require. SBMG requires you wear expensive dress clothing (usually a shirt and tie,) yes even during setup days, and will hold you accountable even though they don’t provide any of it. They give you a polo shirt that you’re not allowed to wear except on very rare occasions and that’s it. The Gear. The gear at SBMG is old and outdated. Most people don’t understand most of it, and they have the worlds worst inventory system. Forget any kind of organization or neatness. Every hotel is a mess with expensive gear and no one is there to help manage it. Again, the upper management does not care about this expensive issue, they would rather spend money on themselves then do anything for their employees.

VERY low pay. I'm not sure how workers who aren't management are living on their own. If you have experience and are just starting out, you will get paid the same as someone who has little to no experience. No direct deposit and checks are never on time, which frankly I don't know how they keep getting away it. You're also paid for work you did two weeks prior, so you won't see your first check until working there for a month. They will also make you promises to get you hired like getting a raise, but it won't happen. The only raise you have a chance of getting is at the end of the year, maybe. Schedules are also put out way too late. They claim that this is the case because events pop up with little notice. This is rarely the case. I've seen the BEO's for most of their hotels and been to BEO meetings, and these events are planned weeks to months in advance. It's due to laziness or being run ragged because the guy who does scheduling also runs the biggest property; it's too much work for one person. Tim Kolesar is by far the worst co-worker I've ever dealt with. He cares more about employees he knows personally than employees that actually have AV experience and know what they're doing. He will get mad if you aren't dressed in a shirt and tie when trying to load in and set up a show. You really can't set up big AV events with that kind of dress code. He cares more about appearance than actually getting the job done. If the employees at a property meet the bonus quota, he will then raise the quota. I'm not sure how his greed and negligence towards clients has kept the company going. There's a lot of clients that don't know much about AV, but you can't expect to rip them off they do know AV. Properties have been lost like that before, and they will be lost again because I don't think he's going to change his sales tactics anytime soon. Nick Daniels would be a far better replacement because he can sell and knows AV. There's also no gear inventory. When gear is needed at a property, the warehouse guys will call around searching for whatever they need. It has screwed properties over and clients have noticed when they don't have gear they bought. It's embarrassing and stressful for the technicians who have to either travel on their own dime to get the gear they need or wing it.