If you respect education and a real career, go elsewhere - Anonymous employee Artonic Employee Review

As the owner of Artonic, I would like to take the opportunity to respond to this review. - Reviewer: "No benefits" + Owner: I assume the reviewer is referring to health insurance. 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: "awful PTO" + Owner: 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: "low salary compared to industry standards" + 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: "The worst management experience you will ever encounter. You will be treated like a child and that you know nothing" + Owner: I have the upmost respect for all employees at Artonic and it's disheartening to see a comment like this. - Reviewer: "All ideas will be turned down" + Owner: I consider everyone's input to be invaluable to the direction of the company and rely on it to make decisions every day. - Reviewer: "management will talk about you behind your back" + Owner: Sometimes management will have a conversation about an employee's performance without the employee being present. So I guess this is technically true, however, if the reviewer is suggesting that malicious things are said about someone behind their back by management, that is absolutely not true. - Reviewer: "Zero respect for the education system and college degrees" + Owner: I have great respect for the education system. My parents were teachers. Many educational institutions are clients of Artonic. Several of Artonic's employees have degrees from local universities. The knowledge from the degree is more important than the degree on paper. - Reviewer: "They believe they are industry experts" - Owner: We are. That's why businesses hire us. Are we #1 in the world out of 100K agencies, probably not, but we strive to be and there is no question that we are one of the top agencies in Michigan. I am looking at what each review has in common and coincidentally, almost all of the negative reviews were posted in the same week, which is odd considering that we have never had four employees leave the company in the same week. 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.