Maritz Reviews

Pros

Location, starting salary and workload.

Cons

No advancement opportunity, few raises, poor communication from management, confusing strategies from upper management.

Advice to Senior Management

Clearer and more frequent communications regarding state of the business. Perform reviews and provide feedback to employees more regularly. Tie bonuses and raises to performance of individuals and set specific goals. Company wide performance is not a good measure of individual department or employee performance.

Pros

The employees are the reason the company is still in business. Good people who always seem to rally in the 11th hour to make the loose ends come together.

Cons

Where do I start? A tremendous effort is placed in corporate "cheer leading". The company is staging itself to break apart into separate entities. This makes sense if the result is to sell off profitable pieces and dissolve the unprofitable ones...and still, the "smoke and mirrors" campaign continues by management. Wages are not that of industry standards (enter more corporate propaganda). Advancement opportunities are almost nonexistent, and when there are promotions, the pattern seems to be to promote the inept...at all management levels. Want a future? Look elsewhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop with the act. There's no leadership, just politics. The employees are much smarter than you give us credit for. The result is that we don't believe in what you say, no matter how many surveys you send out to gather "true" feedback. The company sells it's rewards and incentive service to other companies. Too bad you don't really practice that inside your own house.

Pros

Most of the people you work with are great. Mr. Maritz generally does care about his company and does a good job from his level. If you get in the right position, you can do some interesting things.

Cons

The company doesn't have the feel it once had. It seems that the excitement and innovation have been lost and need to be found again.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen

Pros

Very people focused orginzation. Outstanding place to work.

Cons

IT can be a little slow to develop solutions.

Pros

decent pay
good entry level job- if you can get in for a job, it's a good place to start out.
The people are nice enough if you learn to talk the company line and drink the kool-aid

Cons

nepotism, it's all about who you know to even get in the front door
upper management has no clue on how to lead well
people are too busy just trying to keep their jobs to do anything of real substance
no real opportunties for moving up

Advice to Senior Management

they protray themselves as leaders and experts in the field but they are regurgitating the same crap over and over again, just in shinier packages. Follow your own advice, be a real leader and innovator. Make real change happen and offer real value to companies.

Pros

Very family-oriented corporate culture, flexibility and good life / work balance, stable company with relative job security, reasonable pay, opportunities to move within the company, nice people to work with.

Cons

Limited job growth opportunities (at least in certain fields), questionable management decisions (constant restructuring), not a lot of training or opportunities to learn new things.

Advice to Senior Management

Have a more clear and consistent business strategy and better communication withing the organization; provide better growth opportunities, clearer career path to attract and retain talent.

Pros

The employees are great to work with. There is a potential for growth in the company and can be done in a short time.

Cons

There is not much of employee benefits given. Incentives are great, however, employees are not able to get insurance through the company.

Pros

The organization is fairly flexible about allowing employees time off to attend to their personal lives and demands outside the office.
The benefits are good, especially in a down economy; health care and 401k plans are still provided to all full-time employees.
There are a lot of smart people hidden in the cubicles here.

Cons

There are a lot of smart people, hidden in the cubicles, and very few superstars.
The creativity and energy seems to have dissipated from this place - but if you have a ton of it to spare, you might be able to effect a change in this sad corporate culture.
Many corners of this company feel like a throwback to the corporate cultures of the '70's - strong old boy system, lots of all-male golf foursome photos hanging on executives' walls, very few women at the top.
Nothing "new" or growing here.

Advice to Senior Management

Get a leader in who has a true passion for the business and an understanding of the new digital world or you will die.

Pros

Good client list and great way to gain exposure

Cons

Severe incompetence in Human Resources leadership

Advice to Senior Management

Lead...plan...have a vision and stick with it. Stop jerking your people around on direction and then another. Steve Maritz manages by whim.

Pros

It's a decent company overall to work for. Management is very supportive of the work/life balance, and is supportive of your career growth. Upper-management is moving the company in the right direction.

Cons

The projects can be a somewhat boring and tedious at times. Management is also slow to promote (but quick to hire from outside) which is frustrating given our temporary pay cut from the previous year.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't preach about the value and importance of employee loyalty without practicing it. Also, it would be nice to expand the product offering.