Ambling Companies Reviews

Pros

Excellent company with several viable business ventures. Appears to be an inviting place a first. opportunity to meet bmany nice people

Cons

no clear way to move up the ladder. employees are often treated unfairly with little to no paid vacation time

Advice to Senior Management

to hire more competent people that are more people friendly. for management to work with lower employees would also be a plus

Pros

Dress down day is Friday. Jeans are allowed. All divisions of the company except the Construction company are allowed to get off at 1 pm on Fridays year round.

Cons

The construction company employees are required to work extended hours, without additional compensation, and field staff and project managers are required to be away from their families for long periods of time on construction projects, due to promises of earlier completion deadlines, and / or errors and lack of planning by the other company divisions that shared responsibilities to the projects and that were essential to the timely completion of the projects.
The Construction Division, which is solely responsible for the highest income for the total company, includes numerous accolades that are rarely recognized by the company corporate executives, and other department heads.
No raises have been issued to Construction employees in the past 2 years, however the other divisions have been issued raises and bonuses to several employees.
Vacations for designated field staff and their respective project managers, who are assigned to specific projects, are discouraged and seldom approved when construction projects are underway. When project managers take a few days off they are required to stay in contact with their projects daily during their allowed time off. Accrued hours for vacation not taken are lost at the end of the fiscal year and do not roll over.
When there are financial disputes between the construction Company and the other divisions heads, the construction company is forced to concede due to favoritism extended by owner/executives to the disputing divisions. This is primarily due to the less fortunate financial status of the other divisions.
During the recession period, the Construction company has cut the majority of its operating staff, leaving skeleton crews to run the projects...deeply affecting the quality of the product. The other divisions have made very few cuts of personnel that were essential for the survival of the company.

Advice to Senior Management

This is a recession. Get rid of the yachts, jets, vacation homes, hunting ranches, luxurious expensive vacations and start making cuts to highly compensated and key leadership personnel working on the non-productive divisions such as the Student Housing and Development teams. Start listening to the key personnel that produced the most income for your company...The Ambling Construction Co.