V2Works reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Troy Turner

100% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

V2Works has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The V2Works employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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17 reviews
1.0
Feb 26, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Free Keurig coffee? You won't often work OT, but it will be unpaid if you do.

Cons

Forced schedules (you will be forced to be there between 7 and 8 every day, because the owner likes that schedule. No matter if you're more productive at 9), no unpaid time off allowed, you're only given 3 sick days per year (so if you get the flu you can kiss any vacation time goodbye), work days are ruled by the demand to clock 6.5-7 hours billable time every day (unrealistic), management is dishonest, manipulative, and self-serving. Any attempt at creativity is squashed by outdated design aesthetic, and you will be forced to design terrible ads for terrible clients (clientele is 95% corporate science/medical field contracts). Micro management runs rampant, and any suggestion of improvement to management style is seen as mutiny. Entire design staff continuously turns over every 2-5 years. This is not a place to go if you value your design work, your career, your personal morals, your personal growth, or your sanity/happiness. The two positive reviews written for this company were written by management trying to cover themselves from the truth of what this place is like.

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V2Works Response
11y
V2Works would like to first start off by saying how sorry we are that you were so unhappy working for us. We truly believe people should love what they do, and be happy where they are at. As a successful design company, we continually strive for a great working environment, and honestly feel we go out of our way to take care of our employees — both on a professional level and personal level. Not only do we care for our team on a daily basis, we truly value our team members from every point of view, getting to know each person individually, and support them as much as possible to allow them to thrive. While we expect our employees to contribute 100%, V2Works still focuses very hard to cultivate a cheerful, creative atmosphere where our designers can sit down at their desk every day and feel satisfied with the work, as well as the organization. V2Works has spent over 20 years building a company that works hard, but balances it with also playing hard — however sometimes there are individuals who refuse to be happy no matter how hard we try support and assist them along the way. To not think of a single pro of working with V2Works is extremely sad. We feel our play-hard company activities such as massage days, movie days, bowling, golf, foosball games and weekly lunches out, are a fun environment for all and balances out the work-hard days. With all that said, some people are just not happy, as we feel is the case with you. We do, however, wish you the greatest happiness and success in the future.
1.0
Jan 12, 2014

Glad to be out of this place

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I honestly can't think of a single pro to working at this company. This was truly the worst work environment I've ever experienced in my career.

Cons

Management/Owners: The management style was full of dishonestly, regulation, and extreme micro-management.

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V2Works Response
12y
V2Works would like to first start off by saying how sorry we are that you were so unhappy working for us. We truly believe people should love what they do, and be happy where they are at. As a successful design company, we continually strive for a great working environment, and honestly feel we go out of our way to take care of our employees — both on a professional level and personal level. Not only do we care for our team on a daily basis, we truly value our team members from every point of view, getting to know each person individually, and support them as much as possible to allow them to thrive. While we expect our employees to contribute 100%, V2Works still focuses very hard to cultivate a cheerful, creative atmosphere where our designers can sit down at their desk every day and feel satisfied with the work, as well as the organization. V2Works has spent over 20 years building a company that works hard, but balances it with also playing hard — however sometimes there are individuals who refuse to be happy no matter how hard we try support and assist them along the way. To not think of a single pro of working with V2Works is extremely sad. We feel our play-hard company activities such as massage days, movie days, bowling, golf, foosball games and weekly lunches out, are a fun environment for all and balances out the work-hard days. With all that said, some people are just not happy, as we feel is the case with you. We do, however, wish you the greatest happiness and success in the future.
1.0
Aug 24, 2016

Frustrating, disappointing, soul crushing.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Medical benefits were decent enough.

Cons

To say everything about my terrible experience here would take up multiple paragraphs and probably more than anyone want to read. However, I will say simply a few things. Note that I am not averse to hard work, nor a difficult person or high maintenance. Turnover was exceptionally high, with some employees lasting mere months. This can be verified by viewing their blog posts for frequent job openings at a very small company, or by viewing past versions of their employee pages. Reading the review on here by management themselves is eye opening into the way they think -- viewing themselves as beyond reproach, but blaming everyone else for failures. Compensation is far below average. Sick time and vacation was 25-50% less than most places, and pay was at least 35% less than what I've earned elsewhere since. Finally, the way I was treated was so awful, I began developing panic attacks while here. Miraculously, they disappeared when I left. I have never dealt with people that treated me that poorly, that were as disingenuous, micromanaging, and duplicitous before or since.

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V2Works Response
9y
V2Works is very sorry that you feel this way and that you were so unhappy working for us. As a successful design company, we continually strive for a great working environment, and honestly feel we go out of our way to take care of our employees — both on a professional level and personal level. Not only do we care for our team on a daily basis, we truly value our team members from every point of view, getting to know each person individually, and support them as much as possible to allow them to thrive. While we do expect our employees to contribute 100%, V2Works still focuses very hard to cultivate a cheerful, creative atmosphere where our designers can sit down at their desk every day and feel satisfied with the work, as well as the organization. V2Works has spent over 23 years building a company that works hard, and also expects our employees to do the same. But, we balance that with playing hard too. Our play-hard team activities such as massage days, movie days, bowling, golf, foosball games, and weekly lunches out, foster a fun, creative, family-centric environment for all, while balancing out the work-hard days. We also perpetuate a satisfying work-life balance, where our team members come first and reap the rewards of a balanced lifestyle. We truly believe that people should love what they do, look forward to coming to work every day, and be happy with where they are. As such, we have always maintained that people should be happy in life no matter what, and if they are not happy at V2Works, because we sincerely care about them as individuals, we will readily wish them well on their own personal endeavors. Despite the fact that you were regrettably unhappy, we do wish you the greatest happiness and success in the future.
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