Company Requires Major Overhaul. - Anonymous employee Spartronics Employee Review

The company culture is the worst I've ever seen it. Toxic managers push even the best employees to leave for their own mental well being. The company has had a ridiculous amount of turn over at the site-leader level. They claim that the site-leaders don't align with their values, which makes sense. However, they don't look any further than that. The management issues go much deeper than the site leader, flowing all the way down to the group leaders at the site. Our group leaders, supervisors, and managers also don't align with the company values. While the PTO policy is generous, using the PTO you've earned feels more like a punishment. If you can get it approved, your manager will make sure you hear about how much you've inconvenienced the company or how far you've pushed your department behind by taking time off. Mix this with the fact that hourly employees have been forced to work consistent overtime and it is a recipe for disaster. Our quality will continue to decline as more employees face severe burnout. Salaried employees have been shafted on their increases for two years now. They have been promised bonuses that don't exist to make up for the lack of salary increase. Many employees now bring home less than they did three or four years ago. They are also expected to work well over 40 hours a week to keep up with the demands of their job. Even if you are out on medical, bereavement, or PTO, the company still requires full access to you. The salaries also vary heavily, with no real connection between experience, skill, and education. One employee may make 40K, while the brand new employee with no experience sitting next to them makes 100K. Yes, the company says that we "can't talk about wages", but people talk.. There is also no room for advancement at this company. At least not if you're the hard-working type. They have plenty of incredibly talented, passionate, and experienced employees that could help set the company up for success, but it is never the hard working employees that receive promotions. Many of the good people at the company don't even bother trying to advance after being shot down for every opportunity. I have seen people with 10+ years of experience be told that they are unqualified, and then someone with less experience and a terrible attitude suddenly fills the same position. In production, group leaders and supervisors receive their promotions if A) they are friends or family of the managers, or B) they blindly follow direction from management and never question anything they are told. In salaried roles, managers are often promoted based off of convenience. It does not matter if they treat employees like dirt or if they take the department backwards as they create inefficiencies. Because of these issues, I have seen many employees that used to care deeply about their roles completely give up. People can only take so much. There is also no teamwork at this site. Even management strives to make only themselves look good, even if it is at the expense of their team. Oh and you might as well forget working with teams from other sites when we can't even work with each other. The building 2 leadership consistently feeds the animosity between building 1 and building 2. Making consistent comments about how much better they are, as she simultaneously pushes defects out the door at the end of the month just to make numbers.. Teamwork and collaboration will never be achieved at this site. Employees are terrified to question anything or speak up about concerns because they are immediately chastised by their managers. Even if your manager is blatantly asking you to go against policy, if you speak up, you will pay for it. These issues also can't be taken to HR because the toxic management and HR employees are the best of friends. This creates an environment that is impossible for employees to navigate, so they feel as if quitting is their only option. Spartronics takes pride in the fact that they are better than the company that they acquired; however, the culture, quality of product, attitudes of employees, etc., says otherwise..