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Alaska Communications

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Lots of potential, but lot's of problems too. - Anonymous employee Alaska Communications Employee Review

2.0
17 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They pay well, and they generally do a good job of supporting the end customer

Cons

1. Career growth opportunities are extremely limited and they don't invest in their people. They say they do, but in my experience it is lip service only. 2. Compensation is pretty good, but benefits are getting worse. We used to have stock grants, but not anymore. We also used to have a defined vacation policy which is now "unlimited" and what "unlimited" means isn't well defined. This ambiguity means that most people are reluctant to take time off. Management said they enacted the unlimited vacation policy "for" the employees, but they really did it to free up cash. My accrued time is allegedly banked and be paid out at a fraction of what those hours are worth. 3. work life balance is difficult here. My supervisor and his supervisor will call on weekends & evenings, and there is an unwritten expectation that you are available during time off. 4. Senior management appear to be more interested in playing politics than working together. They are also scared of the CEO who runs the company in an autocratic fashion. The CEO says he cares, but rarely interacts with the employees. He doesn't even live in Alaska anymore. 5. The culture is toxic with heavy micromanagement, and little in the way of accountability. Most decisions are made to cover one's backside and to protect ones' bonus than doing the right thing.

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5.0
14 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with. Forward thinking in technologies company. Good C level management.

Cons

Health cost is a little high. Pension but no matching 401k

2.0
11 June 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great customers, some good people

Cons

So many things are broken processes, IT systems, corporate owners are a VC firm and another telecom which suck the company dry of $ that is needed for years of mismanagement and deferred maintenance. No discernable strategy, POOR communication from C Suite. CEO, CFO, COO, CTO, VP leadership and director level positions have changed over several times in the past couple of years. The listed CEO (Bill Bishop) passed away several years ago, and we have had not one, not two, but three CEO's since his passing. Recent layoffs to reduce headcount (to save $$) were arbitrary, and the lack of a plan to compensate for less headcount has crippled the org. There is massive dysfunction at virtually every level. If not for a few people who are not in management the whole place would fall apart. Advice to job seekers- RUN AWAY.

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