Pros
Everyone is incredibly kind and hardworking (with the exception of a few people in upper management) Restaurant projects are beautifully designed, and managing these projects is very interesting
Cons
-I’ve been in the industry for decades and have never seen a poorer run company -Bare minimum employee benefits -All employees are overqualified and underpaid, and there is no tiered salary structure to compensate people as they improve. For years, I have seen many people ask for raises, and be turned down. -Absolutely no operational standards or procedures. No business development goals, they’re stuck 30 years in the past. -Only focused on building projects as cheap as possible. Every subcontractor bid is awarded to the lowest bidder, regardless of quality. this makes trade coordination in the field next to impossible -lack of standardized internal procedures makes communicating between departments absolutely awful -one of the higher ups refers to the company’s profit as “his money” and has seemed to make it clear that all his employees are pawns to make him wealthier. This shows up in his actions, the way he treats his employees, and the way he speaks to them. It seems like he has absolutely no genuine care for the people who spend their lives showing up everyday to work here. -One of the women in upper management is one of the worst people I have ever worked with professionally. Her actions come across as abrasive, angry, and incompetent. She seems to have absolutely no idea what she is talking about 70% of the time and makes it everyone else’s problem. When you tell her that she is in the wrong, she seems to play the victim card and does not ever seem to assume responsibility. Over the years i’ve been here, I know multiple people who have left vanguard solely because she is so impossible to work with. -someone in upper management has said multiple times that “employees are easily replaceable”