Do not work here if you are seeking structure, stability, leadership, competitive wages/benefits - Project Manager CTS Companies Employee Review

1.0
11 May 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility-Able to work from home when needed. Working here helped me vet out exactly what I would never want from my future employer. Not much else, this company is severely flawed and owned by incompetent individuals

Cons

Ownership is blind and unaware of their employees’ contributions. All they're concerned about is appeasing the salesforce at the expense of other employees. The sales team is well tenured and an evil entity all on their own. On average, they have been working for the company for 20+ years while the Operations team and IT have extremely high turnover and a retention average of less than two years. It’s a metaphorical revolving door. The sales team is as cancerous as the owners. They are held accountable for absolutely nothing and get away with whatever they please. When addressed and confronted about their ineptness, the owner told me verbatim, "You are right, but they have been here for x amount of years and will never change." In other words, everyone else must do their legwork regardless of the responsibility. Taking a lunch is virtually nonexistent, although it's legally required for salaried employees. There is an innumerable number of instances where I was forced to get back to work even if I was out of the office. I was actually scolded by the owner for being out of the office for 15 minutes simply because I wasn't able to answer my desk phone when the owner needed to ask me a question. They simply do not care about their employees if it affects dollar signs. Trade. The worst form of "currency" in existence. Instead of giving cash incentives for bonuses. They elect to divvy out bonuses in the form of Trade dollars. It's essentially worthless. The appeal of this only reflects on the owners, rather than their employees. The perceived benefit is it can be used at restaurants in the same network to alleviate the use of paying for your meal with your own cash. However, the companies participating can choose not to accept the currency at their discretion and you have to pay the tip with your own money. If I am to receive a bonus, I would much rather use it on every day necessities or towards bills instead of putting more money in the pockets of the companies partaking in the scheme. The worst part about it is that CTS does not disclose this as a form of bonus pay. They tactfully exclude that when in discussion of bonuses. Vacation offerings is subpar. They offer a meager amount of (5) days for year one. Their insurance is awful. It was too expensive and the coverage was lacking so I didn't even enroll in it.

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5.0
30 Oct 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Growing company in a great industry to work in. People are really great, tight knit community. They pay people well, long tenure for most employees. Excellent benefits.

Cons

None come to mind for me.

1.0
27 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

the other employees are great

Cons

Compensation is completely unreliable. Commissions are consistently wrong, and fixing them is a slow, painful process that can drag on for months. Closing business doesn’t mean getting paid—it just starts the waiting game. Getting paid three months late isn’t an exception here, it’s standard practice. The company thrives on empty promises. I was told I’d inherit accounts from retiring or departing reps—none of that ever happened. The few accounts I did receive had already been renewed by senior management, making them effectively worthless. It feels less like mismanagement and more like intentional misrepresentation. Instead of paying employees properly, they push “trade” as compensation, which is practically useless unless you’re interested in spending it at a limited pool of subpar restaurants. It’s a poor substitute for actual income and comes off as tone-deaf at best. The culture is equally problematic. Company events include retired employees who openly make inappropriate comments toward women, including my wife, and leadership does absolutely nothing to address it. That kind of behavior being tolerated says a lot about the organization. Management is either overbearing or absent—there’s no middle ground. You’ll either have someone micromanaging every minor detail of every sale or someone so disorganized they can’t remember a conversation from the day before. Neither approach sets anyone up for success. They advertise “work-life balance,” but that’s meaningless when compensation is so unstable you’re constantly worried about paying basic bills. Any time off is overshadowed by financial stress, which defeats the entire point.

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