Great benefits, terrible leadership - Anonymous employee Micro Jig Employee Review

1.0
Sep 13, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fully subsidized health insurance, flexible schedule, unlimited (kinda) PTO

Cons

Inexperienced, idealistic CEO with no firm grasp on reality. Despite the business profiting at an unusually high rate year over year, it was never enough. The unrealistic (and unattainable) goals imposed on employees was tied to an unnecessarily convoluted incentive plan, which served to demotivate employees, and cause undue stress on a daily basis. The office environment is uncomfortable due to the constant bickering between the father and son co-owners, which often puts non-family employees in uncomfortable positions.

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Micro Jig Response
3y
Thank you for acknowledging our great benefits. I'm sincerely sorry you've had a bad experience with our leadership. Correct that we do not employ any warehouse worker at Microjig; however, I assure you that I (CEO) would never falsify a review. It may be a review from one of our US-manufacturer warehouse workers with whom we have a very close and long relationship. What's great about this US-based family-owned factory is that they often have dedicated staff working on our product lines. I agree with your advice on growing at a responsible rate. We've been fortunate to grow at a double-digit average annual rate over the last 15 years. I couldn't agree with you more to continue to count our blessings and listen to our team. We do offer an open vacation policy. It's a generous benefit that comes with great responsibility. Our culture tends to lean more towards the liberal, generous, and give the benefit of the doubt when respecting our team's requests for time off. We're always looking for opportunities to promote from within and award raises for fair contribution. We are in a fortunate position that our average salary per full-time employee is much higher than the Local and National salary average. Could it be even more in the future? We hope so. I'm also extremely grateful that I have the opportunity to work with my parents and to run our organization in a family-friendly way. When I started with Microjig in 2004, it was just my father, mother, and me. Do we butt heads from time to time? Indeed, it's a continual opportunity for us to align on essential matters for the business, our customers, and our teammates. Over those past 18 years, I've learned a tremendous amount from my father, our customers, our advisors, and our teammates; however, I've still got so much more to learn, which gets me excited to improve our products and business daily. I'm also very fortunate to have the opportunity to purchase the majority share in 2018 and serve as CEO. It's a responsibility I cherish and take each day with reverence. I know our core team, dealer partners in 37 countries, and community of builders are counting on me. Nonetheless, I'm sorry it didn't work out for you at Microjig, and I really wish you and your family well with success and fulfillment in all that you do.

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Wonderful, thanks so much for your thoughtful review! So glad to hear you can focus on you enjoy doing and being a great contributor while overcoming challenges together.
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