AVI-SPL Reviews

Current Employee – been working at AVI-SPL full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great people! Excellent office atmosphere

Cons – Inefficient processes, change is not easily accomplished

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AVI-SPL full-time for less than a year

Pros – past leadership is gone - has to be better than it was

Cons – no leadership - cronyism and NO team environment
west coast offices are treated like a step child - very east coast centric

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AVI-SPL full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good training available for growth

Cons – Too big sometimes get lost

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AVI-SPL full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I honestly cannot think of anything positive about AVI-SPL; this was the most stressful job I've ever had with employers who were just short of bullies at best.

Cons – Lots of processes - zero execution. They look for any and all ways to avoid paying commission or obligations. I was laid off with no notice - no severance - and no means by which to settle my expense accounts, including no means by which they paid to have their equipment shipped back to Tampa. Treat employees like commodities.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AVI-SPL full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Very good treatment from vendors and Tech Support. Looks good on your resume.
Programmers, Project Managers and Engineers are Top Notch.

Cons – Understaffed, you are expected to work 60-70 hours per week. If you don't, you are not a "Team Player'. Technical levels of installers is REALLY low. Lots of broken promises, no bonuses, no raises, no promotions, no training. Don't even think about using your personal time off (PTO), there is no time for that!
Sales, sales, sales, sales... all they care about is the numbers.
Project Managers are expected to handle 20 projects at the same time and all what the engineers do fix projects after they have been sold.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat your employees with the respect they deserve. Train them, promote them, listen to them!!!!, or better yet, please resign.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AVI-SPL full-time for more than a year

Pros – I left and my life immediately improved. Co-workers, AT FIRST, seemed nice and helpful. Then they threw me under the bus at the first chance they got.

Cons – Culture of fear from management stifles creativity. Unstable financial situation, you never know when you'll be forced to take unpaid time off because they can't afford to pay you. Insultingly bad benefits. Zero 401(k) matching and a choice of three (bad, worse, and worst) medical benefits packages.

Advice to Senior Management – Loosen up a little. Pretend you like your employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AVI-SPL full-time for more than a year

Pros – -Management is friendly and generally approachable.
-The office is small enough that you know everyone fairly well.
-Co-workers are (generally) friendly, which is one of the only reasons I stayed for so long.
-There is room for advancement if you prove you have the skills.

Cons – -Extremely low pay, not at all competitive (approx. 40% below average).
-They often do not hire new employees to fill vacancies, current employees are expected to pick up the slack.
-Their budget is excessively stingy. 15 or so employees were expected to share tools that got used every day. Meaning if someone else was using it, you had to wait- and if your project didn't get finished on time, it was your fault.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay competitive wages. If it were not for the pay, I would have considered staying for life. You can't expect to hire college graduates with 5+ years of experience and then pay them what unskilled laborers make. It would be cheaper for you to match competitive pays and retain your employees than to have to constantly hire and train new people.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AVI-SPL full-time for more than a year

Pros – AVI-SPL has a great leadership team. They have a clear vision for the company and communicate with the employees often and well. People here are generally happy and helpful. There's lots of room to advance if you have the right attitude and are willing to work hard. The leadership cares about the employees and shows it through a great wellness program, award-winning training department, and by encouraging volunteerism in the community.

Cons – Benefits are average. Like all places, there are some people who aren't very friendly or helpful (though these people are the minority).

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work with communications!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AVI-SPL

Pros – Very friendly at first. Plenty of work. Training was good when available. Clients ok.

Cons – Low pay. Too many subs. Cut benefits. Small niche that share drugs. Everyone else is dirt. Broken promises. Lots of blaming techs for bad project management.

Advice to Senior Management – Mandatory Random Drug Testing from corporate office to everyone at branch locations. Better project management. Only permanent employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AVI-SPL

Pros – I did enjoy the fact that the department in which I worked was small enough to be able to know everyone that worked there, including their strengths and weaknesses.

Cons – The pay was extremely poor, and there was talk of the bosses wanting to pay no more than minimum wage, for web development positions.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay your employees enough so that they can at least tolerate their job. And don't demand mandatory overtime instead of hiring competent employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend