Skilled AV warehouse worker - Anonymous employee Freeman Employee Review
3.0
12 June 2017
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 8 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Generous PTO, stock ownership, 401k with matching, good insurance. Stable, established company that pays its bills on time and doesn't have debt. Reasonably current technology.
Cons
Work/life balance can be acheived, but your career will suffer for it. Very few opportunities for employees who can't or won't let the company rule their lives.
Pay for non-union hourly employees is on the low end for the industry.
Freeman Response
8y
It’s great to hear that our efforts in creating an amazing benefits package are going noticed. Our track record of ensuring that events and expositions go off without a hitch does require some long hours occasionally, and we love providing generous PTO to attempt to offset that. Come speak with our training team so we can share with you more details about growth opportunities within our company!
The pros were the per diem and the opportunity to travel. I really enjoyed visiting new cities and collaborating with kind, interesting people from across the country at different show sites. The pay was also very strong during busy seasons.
Cons
If you want to join a company where employees are undervalued, expected to obey rather than think critically, and favoritism is openly visible, then please avoid this company. The environment often felt heavily micromanaged at every level of leadership, with experiences of both covert and overt racism in the workplace. There was also a strong sense of competition and distrust among coworkers, where people would undermine one another for personal gain. Leadership and upper management appeared far more focused on optics and appearances than the actual well-being of the employees working on the show floor.