Intern - Intern ASICO Employee Review

Company is led by founder and president who is passionate about the work and who has a committed team. Team in sales side is customer focused and helps as much as possible in serving the customer needs. They will go above and beyond. The Sales team leader (General Manager in ASICO) also is a great resource who does all aspects of Sales, marketing and strategizing along with management team. Also good product training from an education point of view. Other teams also contribute to sales and operational activities. WOrking here teaches you of various aspects of business operations.

Some non-sales departments are slow to react.

Good for Entry Level - ASICO is willing to take chances on hiring and training people new to the field. If you are just starting out it can be a good introduction to learn from. Flexibility - Managers are very open to working with you on alternative schedules or other accomodations

Management issues - This mainly refers to the company president. Extreme micromanagement. Often unclear or conflicting objectives, and expect to be berated if goals are not met in any way. Hiring practices - Very high turnover due to toxic work environment. Discourages more qualified employees due to rigidity and micromanagement. Many new hires quit or were let go within a month. Poor communication - Expect to be kept in the dark to a ridiculous degree. This compounds with the hiring issues as you often won't be informed of new people starting or leaving, even if you're expected to work closely with them. Misguided directions/Stagnation - Over the time I was at the company, the same ineffective practices were used with no change. Any attempts at improvement were quickly rejected or abandoned. As a result the company does not grow or advance for its employees in any significant way. Toxic Work Environment - Micromanagement and expectations brew issues for the team. Most of the team works very late most days due to excessive deadlines and workload. Issues or mistakes are resolved ineffectively and met with verbal abuse from upper management.