Toxic environment. Poorly managed. - Anonymous employee Artonic Employee Review

As the owner of Artonic, I would like to take the opportunity to respond to this review. - Reviewer: "It’s an awesome place to get away from management to discuss with your coworkers the job interviews you have scheduled" + Owner: Thank you for being such an upstanding and ethical employee. - Reviewer: "Centrally located in the muffler shop district of Tecumseh which is in the middle of nowhere" + Owner: We are happy to be located in the beautiful town of Tecumseh, recently rated as one of the top 100 small cities in America. We are also very proud of our amazing office (video and photos on our website). - Reviewer: "like watching management play with their RC cars" + Owner: This review (and others) must be from the one, and only one former employee who didn't like playing with the rc cars last summer. Everyone else sure had a blast with them and appreciated the fun downtime. I'm sorry it wasn't to your liking. You were not required to watch. - Reviewer: "Low pay. No where near market." + Owner: I talk with other agency owners on a regular basis and we are at or above the industry standard for a small to mid-sized digital marketing agency in SE Michigan. I have had plenty of employees reveal their past salaries to me and we are well in line. Salaries have grown faster than any other expense and at a faster rate than revenue growth. Raises and bonuses are considered after the first year. - Reviewer: "Five PTO days is all you get" + Owner: Simply not true. Everyone starts with at least 2 weeks of vacation time, virtually unlimited sick time, and at least 7 paid holidays. This amounts to at least one full month off in a 12-month period and this is the starting point. - Reviewer: "No health" + Owner: While we do not currently provide health insurance, I have a conversation with every employee about health insurance prior to an employment offer being made. I make sure that the employee has it through some other means, or that their salary will afford them the ability to purchase it on their own. So I do take care of my employees with regards to health insurance. It's less expensive and more flexible to allow everyone to get their own policy and then cover the cost through salary. - Reviewer: "Working from home is a no go. If you had to stay home because of illness or weather, it was unpaid" + Owner: Completely untrue. If the weather even looks bad in the winter, we all work from home. If someone doesn't feel 100%, they may work from home. If someone has a doctor’s appt, they may work from home. If someone has a client appointment closer to their house than Artonic, they may work from home. Many times, when the weather is nice, or it's the day before a holiday, I send everyone home early, or we all work from home. I have been told by employees in the past that I'm too lenient with work-from-home time or cutting out early on nice days. I guess I can't please everyone. - Reviewer: "Management is obsessed with time tracking. Make sure you clock out for bathroom breaks." + Owner: As an agency, we are essentially selling our time. Many of our clients pay for a set amount of time for our services each month. This requires that we track our time. Yes, you should turn your client's timer off if you're using the restroom in the middle of working on their account so they aren't charged for the time that you are using the restroom. All we require is to accurately track your time on client projects so that we can invoice our clients accordingly. - Reviewer: "Treated with very little respect by management. They have a condescending attitude." + Owner: I have the upmost respect for all employees at Artonic and it's disheartening to see a comment like this. - Reviewer: "Don’t be surprised to be called out in company meetings for not replacing toilet paper rolls." - Owner: No one has been called out in a team meeting for not replacing toilet paper rolls. - Reviewer: "Outside picnic table has no sun protection" + Owner: It most certainly does. We have a nice, large umbrella that does a great job keeping you in the shade. - Reviewer: "track your time while you’re outside replying to recruiters on Linkedin at the picnic table" + Owner: I'm glad everyone can see the type of person that left this review (and several others on this page). This comment and several others on this website were made by the same person. To future potential applicants, I encourage you to speak with me directly and please feel free to reach out privately to any of my current employees to ask them what their opinion of the company is. It's unfortunate that this reviewer felt the need to lash out at my company on this website, but it clearly wasn't a good fit and I wish him/her the best in the future. At the end of the day, my number one purpose for continuing to build and grow Artonic is to provide a great place for people to work.