Bad work environment - Anonymous employee ALE Solutions Employee Review

1.0
30 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

My coworkers are great and are willing to help out when they can. I guess the location is good too? Plenty of good restaurants for lunch and the river is right there too.

Cons

Where to start? We moved to the new building and it's an entire new company I'm working for. Do Row and Rob read these reviews HR? Because they should. Moving to the new building has been awful. It's like walking on eggshells constantly. We can't have anything on our desk. We can't use our own water bottles to drink out of. We can't use our own coffee mugs. We can't have tissue on our desk. We are harassed constantly about cleaning the kitchen and bathroom. We are only allowed 1 picture on our desk. We are only allowed to sit in certain chairs for break. We are 100% overworked but aren't allowed to eat lunch at our desk. If we can't multitask (eating lunch at our desk and working) we are forced to skip lunch entirely because our workload is too much. It went from a fun company to work for to a job myself and so many others dread going to everyday. It's not fun. The work environment is terrible. The micromanaging is out of control.

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ALE Solutions Response
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I wanted to personally respond to your comments. I read each review and your categorization of ALE as a bad work environment was hurtful. In designing our new corporate headquarters, it was my heart's desire to make every employee feel at home. My intention was to create the most beautiful work environment possible, filled with lots of break room areas, spacious work stations, and warm and personal touches. Much like my own home, I wanted the employees (our ALE family) to take pride in keeping our home clean and welcoming to those working here and to those who visit. My idea was not to take away anyone's individuality, rather to provide some everyday tools, like the water bottles, pictures frames, and mugs as a welcome gift to our home. Responding to catastrophes is a part of ALE and I acknowledge and appreciate that many, like you, have put in extra time to accommodate families in need following Hurricanes Irma and Harvey and the CA wildfires. Thank you! I care deeply about how employees are feeling. In fact, the design of the building was centered upon how employees would feel each day as they came to work. My door is always open if you would like to talk to me personally about your thoughts and to better understand my hopes for ALE.

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