IP Video Market Info Reviews

How do you distill an intensely negative experience from which your bruised psyche is still recovering, into bulletpoints? I would love to suggest that time heals all, but it seems when it comes to IPVM and its founder John Honovich, history is quite the opposite. I know how it looks, you see an organization who positions itself as a tech company, an educational institution, a world news outlet, "the Consumer Reports of the physical security industry" who other media outlets you've actually heard of who don't know any better have reported on, and you see a chance to make a difference and really elevate your career. You're likely a student or recent graduate, or someone with little professional background who doesn't recognize the misinformation they are being pitched. What you're really looking at here is a glorified blog whose credibility is in a tailspin and has embodied a plague that has sickened the physical security industry for years, largely regarded by industry titans behind closed doors as a joke, governed by an ever-changing set of HR policies authored by a manager with no professional background or experience in HR, micromanaged by a founder with bipolar tendencies who also lacks professional background. While on the topic of HR, expect constant heartache. The absolute, number one mistake you can make is placing any trust whatsoever in IPVM's HR processes or management. First, it's important to note that a healthy work environment or culture is not only discouraged at IPVM, one is actually penalized or fired for vocalizing such expectations. This is not a recent problem for IPVM either, if you talk to employees who left the organization 10+ years ago, the same could be said then that is said now. Unlike any past experiences you might have where HR is governed by a code of conduct or privacy, again, the case is quite the opposite here, the worst mistake you can make is giving any more information than just the basics to IPVM HR. To that end, payroll and taxes are again a situation where inexperience is to your detriment at IPVM. When you part ways with IPVM, you lose access to all of your payroll information, tax stubs, etc., which is especially problematic when, for example, they have failed to pay your state income taxes, you weren't paid on unused vacation time, or your IRA account is missing contributions. By far the worst attribute of all working for IPVM, however, is the psychological trauma and emotional scarring you will experience under John Honovich. The signs of abuse reveal and manifest themselves in many ways at IPVM, from the few tenured employees eating away their problems and being pushed into chronic or morbid obesity, mental breakdowns that literally land them in the hospital, to emotionless "dead in the eyes" zombie-like expressions and the inability to form a complete sentence or voice their opinions for fear of being sucked into yet another debate, ridiculed, mocked, or criticized. Despite what you're told, almost every former IPVM employee will go on a sabbatical following their time with the organization as a means to mentally and emotionally recover. The only positivity on the other side of having worked for IPVM is knowing what you don't want in your daily life and/or career. Best advice, count your blessings that you took the time to read this entire review, and run screaming in the other direction.

Accepting this role was one of the worst mistakes I've made in life, and is something every past employee will admit. The mental abuse you will receive working here is real. Any light in your eye you may have entered this organization with will be quickly extinguished, your aspirations, thoughts and ideas squelched. It is very different working here once the interview process is over, the tone definitely changes. The narcissistic sociopath of a founder is well known in the security and IT industry for his petty antics. No respect given to your local time zone, so expect an erratic schedule. Taking cues from recent reviews, agreed, pay process is a mess, and insurance benefits are awful. Generally, expect the bare minimum here across the board when it comes to your quality of life. Expect to be regularly harassed for personal development plans that are meaningless beyond your time here. H.R. cannot and should not be trusted. H.R. policies are hysterical and change often. Working in the PA office is great so long as the founder is not around, in which case everyone puts on their "sad face" and packs away any emotions or happiness just to get it over with. There are frequent team webinars too which are torturous to say the least, the only assurance you will get that you are not the only one who is miserable is the sad expressions on everyone's face, save for those whose cameras are off or are asleep. Expect to waste a lot of time everywhere, and to submit daily updates before or after your daily micromanagement call with the founder. Expect your Friday calls with the founder to often ruin your weekend. Management is known to stalk current and past employees on social media.