Acrodex Reviews

Pros

Corporate decisions can be made quickly
Good work/life balance
Management is open to listening to new ideas
They give back financially

Cons

Be billable or be gone
Way behind on the adoption of technology in our own business
We are partners with everybody
The owners often disagree openly with each other when junior staff are around
A lot of what we do is based on how it will make the owners look to others

Advice to Senior Management

Retire

Pros

Company has some good people at the top. Good contracts, and a decent benefits package.

Cons

A serious lack of progressive and open leadership. Many great people come and go due to the restrictive nature and short sighted view of the top brass. It is like getting asked to make a salad and then being told that you only have lettuce to work with. To grow and build, the soldiers need direction and support but also need flexibility and opportunity. That is not the Acro-way.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your teams, not just the members of the family. Trust the skills and leadership you hire to do the jobs that they could do if you would just let them do it. Know also that the numbers do not tell the whole story, they are but a single indicator. Epcor, Enbridge....many things lost due to the lack of open visionary thought.

Pros

Flexibility is great in terms if you have a family emerge, good employee benefits that
comparable to other companies in the market

Cons

Pay structure is not up to industry
yearly reviews are not a regular thing around here along with salary reviews. Work recognition is poorly seen by management as well as compenstaion and also executives.

Advice to Senior Management

It would be nice to see more team collaboration with in the org itself. More of the social aspect and getting to know who is who in the zoo would help many other people. To see the involvment of the executive team would be nice, recognizing their employees and showing appreciation would be a plus.

Pros

Head Office Environment is pretty good but could be a little more friendly.
Benefits are Ok but you pay for half of them.
Great Place for new people looking to get experience but with Acrodex Subcontracted to Half of Edmonton it is very difficult to get hired elsewhere.
Christmas Party is Fun.

Cons

Offsite / Contract work is Site dependant some sites are far better then others.
No reviews in 4+ Years for Many Employee's
No Cost of Living Increases or Raises of any Sort very often.
Management will take Expense money away if they feel the need to.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop treating the Company like a revolving door
Start developing Employee Loyalty with proper reviews, raises or some form of Perks.

Pros

NOTE: you do not normally work at the main office, you work at a contract site, so I was working in many areas of the city and enjoyed my day to day activities.

Good benefits, same as other large companies

Cons

I have only received 1 performance review and 1 raise.
Felt like a robot
Management did not approach me when there were courses available to take
No communication from management with regard to performance, or other contracts
Salaries were low
I only realized my true potential when I took a risk and applied for a position with another company that I felt sure that I wasn't qualified for, and was shocked when I got a second interview, sadly I realized that I felt incompetent due to my Acrodex experience

Advice to Senior Management

Take some managerial courses, or communication courses
Learn how to help to make your employees feel more valuable and help them to realize their potential

Pros

Encouragement to develop skills
Plenty of growth opportunity
Wide range of knowledge on many products and services

Cons

Underpaid salaries (10k to 25k less then their competition...but this is why then can underbid the competition)
Senior and Executive Management only talk to each other.
Many employees have a terrible team attitude and aren't willing to help others
HR and Payroll departments are incredibly incompetent

Advice to Senior Management

Review salaries and promote a team atmosphere. Acrodex is a springboard into the IT world. They have high turnover because people get in, learn a ton and then get out.

Pros

It is a good stepping stone. Learn, get your work experiences, and GO.

Cons

Wages are below market averages on the same position.

Advice to Senior Management

Reward or give recognitions to your well peformed employees, it will make everybody's life better knowing that management know how well a job one does.

Pros

*Good day to day working environment.
*Technical growth is encouraged.
*Good equipment provisioning services.
*Good at maintaining and developing customer relationships.

Cons

*Underpaid
*HR & Recruitment needs tons of improvement.
*Upper management does not talk to employees.
*Unfair treatment..does not really bother about long term employee development.

Advice to Senior Management

*Listen to employees. They work for you.
*Get constant feedback about middle management from technicians.