Surya reviews

Regardless of you position you will sit in a endless sea of connected desks. You will have absolutely no privacy. Since there is no HR … you may arrive on your first day and find that no one greets you or shows you where you should sit. It took several days for me to even get a phone. You won’t be trained and you will be softly reprimanded if you ask anyone else for help, since it may affect his or her efficiency. People scramble to sit in few rooms with doors… but there are far too few for what needed. At trade show, there is a expectation that you will work until you collapse, and it you do need to rest… they will point to the other that are standing are proof that you should still endure. While I fully understand that Markets require any extra push, this company attends 8 shows a years. For every 14 days in a row that you work, you are given one compensation day off. These are not 8-hour days; you will be working 12-16 hours. It benefits them to abuse your salary status. There have been many who have been so utterly exhausted that on their drive home they driven up on median strip or nearly slept at the wheel. These overworked zombies have come dangerously close to crashes. Firings happen without notice or provocation and with staggering frequency. During my time spent there I was confused how such immense turn over could benefit them. While I still am unsure, I do believe that there are many unethical and potentially illegal activities being practiced. One highly valued competent executive confided in me that she was fired after working several consecutive weekends. She belived that it was beacause she “saw too much. ” She had recently witnessed a sexual harassment advance from upper management, that left a young girl devastated and weeping. It is profoundly sad that a company with such a strong public image and extraordinary sales success hasn't managed to treat its hardworking team without a modicum of respect.

Team Leadership Management of teams often was the cause for additional work because there was an extreme amount of micro-management. Deadlines would be conveyed to leadership but there was often not a response until literally 4:55 PM several days later. That means the worker has to stay late to make up for poor leadership and direction. Projects would be brought in the day they were due or after the fact in many instances even though they were know about for weeks. Teams should be lead by people with experience working in that area. That would speed the process up as well and lead to better work/life balance. When conversations in the office are always about the team leader (in a negative light unfortunately) there is an issue. But, despite numerous people telling upper management about the issues, the issues still remain. They will fire other people to try to fix the problem because they did not listen to the employee who actually knows. Sometimes it appears that there is favoritism. Sometimes management will change the subject immediately after an issue is brought up like they do not want to hear it. Why...? It is hurting the team and causing negative reviews. There are people in the company who really want it to grow and prosper. Don't let management be the reason why there is so much churn. It is not necessary. Hire for personality and the way they fit into the team they are on, fire for lack of ability and knowledge. Don't be scared of change. I felt like I had to keep every communication so I could point out who was the delay in getting things done. It got to the point where I would communicate by email alone so I could have record of what was said. I found it sad, and humorous to some degree, that my director would ask for things that were sent to them already. They didn't check their email because they got too many they said. Sometimes the information that they asked for would be in our project tracking system right above where they put their request for it. Use the tool! Management didn't hold themselves accountable for their action or inaction in some cases. Don't approve something if you obviously didn't look at it. Also, don't threaten employees in regards to their job. That is not professional at all and makes you look like a child to them. You don't earn respect that way. Work/Life balance In my experience, it was not very good. We were expected to stay well over our working hours to get things done. I didn't have trouble doing that but when it becomes an expectation and not the exception, there is something wrong. When the company does their catalog, I know several people on the marketing team had to stay all night to get it to the printer in time. They went the extra mile to get it done for the company. I salute you for you are a big reason the company makes money. My questions is did the management do the same thing since they were the ones late on their delivery to the marketing team. Better preparation and direction... That would speed the process up and lead to better work/life balance for all employees. Family insurance rates When someone left the company several months ago, they told me about the cost of family insurance. It was outrageous. It was cheaper for them to go outside of the company for insurance by about $300 a month, or about $3600 a year. Consider doing this if you have a family. I would recommend Surya look into a larger provider that could offer more reasonable rates. When they left, the company also charged then for a full months of insurance even though they missed about half the month. That is shady to me. Trust The longer I was with the company, the more reason I had to be wary of promises. Some things that were promised never materialized for whatever reason. After seeing how people were let go from Surya, I felt like I always had to watch my back even though I was doing the best I could given the circumstances. I take pride in getting things done on time and I didn't trust I would have the resources to do it. It seemed that there were people who didn't have any trouble telling leadership what other employees were talking about in private. HR There is no real HR team/person. Forget about finding out how much vacation time you have. You will get a rude response in the tone of "How dare you ask that." I wanted to respond in kind but instead imagined about taking a 2-week vacation and not submitting the time or saying the HR refused to help me with how many days I had. I don't think they keep records for HR-related things otherwise asking a question as simple as how much time off do I have could easily be answered. Also, asking the HR person for a simple letter stating that you will no longer be an employee there is impossible. I heard that it took someone til the day before they left to get something like that.