Aimia Reviews

Again, this review is for the Detroit office, doing automotive work. It doesn't apply to any other offices. 1. Things. Move. Very. Very. Slowly. - Most of the people who work here are old. Not older. But old, either in age or thinking. No decision is ever made without multiple meetings. So many meetings that a decision is finally made only because the deadline to make it is usually only hours away. Don't expect a start-up mentality here. 2. Your changes for promotion are nil - Most of the staff has been with Aimia/Carlson Marketing for over 20 years. Yes, really. Many have never worked for another company. And they ain't going anyplace. So if you want one of their jobs, you better be prepared to wait many moons. 3. Change and Progress are not appreciated - All those people who have been at Aimia all those years like things just the way they are, thank you very much. And any newfangled ideas you have about using computers or going paperless or recycling or videoconferencing or making a process more efficient are not welcome. At all. 4. That's the way we've always done it - This old chestnut, plus "The client is always right," are used everyday. Get used to hearing them. 5. No HR department - Yep, despite having almost 200 employees and bringing in a gargantuan share of revenue, the Detroit office doesn't have an HR department or representative. Good luck getting your healthcare issues fixed. 6. Office supplies and equipment? Nope - Clearly, someone in finance has been reading the Wall Street Journal and learning all the wrong lessons. Not providing office supplies? Check. Not providing comfortable chairs in an effort to make people leave their desks? Check. Making cube sizes smaller so everyone can overhear your conversation? Check. At least we're not in Minneapolis,where some "visionary" bought into the idea of getting rid of cubes all together, forcing everyone to sit at random tables with no privacy or personal space. I can hardly wait for that stroke of genius to be adopted in Detroit. 7. Not conducive to career building. The work is very, very easy. The atmosphere is hypnotically boring. You come in. You shuffle some papers. You go home. ou find you're redoing the same projects, over and over and over again. Not much is expected of you. It's very comforting. Like being a half-awake Rip Van Winkle. And just like that, 20 years have passed. Someone asks you about your career. You think back to when you had a career. When you had goals. When you were aggressive. When you dreamed of promotions and accolades. Then Aimia Detroit lulls you back to sleep. It's the Hotel California of Detroit. You can check in anytime you like, but you can never leave.

The current London based CEO, President of Coalitions and the Canadian Board are absolutely clueless. Their core skillset is Powerpoint deck creation. Their collectively inept and timid leadership have stewarded Aimia from a $3b market cap to $250m in 3 years. What should have been a remarkable Canadian success story is now struggling to survive. All the highly talented executives have fled.