Pros
The pros? The management love you the first day or the first week. Plus, you get free Indian food for lunches. If you're of Muslim descent, you're more likely to retain your position as ABM wants a multicultural environment.
Cons
Many companies tout themselves on employee satisfaction. Not ABM College. On my first day of work, I discovered that nearly half of the staff I met were as new as I was. I now understand it’s due to ABM’s model of low wages and high staff turnover. A month after I started working at ABM, they hired two more marketers. Four months later, we're all gone--either fired or quit. Many others have turned over. After my first week of work, my boss threatened to fire me if I didn’t complete a daily impossible task. He made this threat in front of my colleagues. When I confronted him on this later, he told a joke about firing others and belly laughed. ABM also doesn’t respect the contracts they sign; for instance, when I first worked at ABM, they changed the terms of my contract three times in the first month, changing my title and moving me from full-time to part-time to as-needed basis. When they were considering putting me in on an as-needed basis, I was pulled aside and informed this in a brief one minute chat. When I suggested my wage for as-needed work, they informed me that it was too high. Yet, I undercut industry standards significantly. I declined the position. At ABM, employees undergo minimum wage for positions like teaching and marketing. When ABM College moved me into teaching, we discussed a salary of around $25 an hour. But, when I came in to sign the contract, the salary was reduced to $16 an hour. In addition, I was informed that ABM gets rid of instructors as soon as a student complains. The person also informed me that they were removing an instructor as we spoke. As this person told me this, she burst out laughing and said, “Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.” I declined the position. Some companies pride themselves on employee satisfaction. ABM College does not.
