ProEdit Reviews

Where to begin? The benefits are laughable. The "CEO" is an amateur at best when it comes to basic leadership skills and inspiring productivity. There's no strategic vision for the company, just reactions to events that were most likely out of your hands. The CEO makes it very clear at company meetings that you are the "privileged" one for working there. At one yearly meeting, it was announced that anyone who didn't receive a raise "is dispensable." When sales are bad everyone is to blame but no clear vision or direction is given. Absolutely no training is offered and simple certifications that would benefit the recruiters are denied to them simply because he's unwilling to invest in his people. I've heard the CEO make offensive comments toward the gay community, and racially charged jokes are his forte! He once said he "could never live in Athens, GA, because there are too many hot coeds down there!" This might explain why he hires recent college grads (primarily females). The two members of management have absolutely no other professional work experience and have been with the company since they finished school. Their incompetence is made apparent in their constant inability to make decisions without first consulting the CEO (most likely a fear-driven behavior). Most of the company's revenue is generated from the staffing side of the business which prides itself on cutting corners whenever possible, paying contractors the bare minimum and withholding overtime pay, and constantly pushing the recruiters and account managers to meet some quatitative goal that was derived from a Google search of "how many resumes should we send out in a day?" This is how most of the company's decisions are made.

Expected to log at least 40 hours of billable-only work. Non-billable tasks, such as administrative tasks, were discouraged. I had to account for every quarter hour of my work day. So, if I ate lunch or went to the restroom, I had to make up that time on the back end of the day in order to meet the 8 hours. If billable work was slow, we were told to go home and use our PTO to complete our timesheet. Prior to starting work, I was told that I would make one salary, and then when I received the contract, the listed salary was $2,000 less than verbally agreed upon. No reparations were made for the issue until nearly one year later; I received no back pay. This company thrives on a shallow business practice of hiring newly graduated college students (who, at the time, are very thankful for an opportunity when having little to no prior experience) and paying nearly $20,000 less than the industry standard in the metro Atlanta area. The personnel is an ever-swinging door. While I worked there, the person with the longest tenure on the projects team had only been there for less than two years, even though the company has been around for more than 20 years. One major con is that there is absolutely no room for career growth. One cannot plan a long-term career at this company unless she is satisfied with no opportunity for development, promotion, or growth. I was employed at this establishment for more than two years and never received a raise, bonus, or other incentive to stay. Keep in mind I was given more "responsibility" of managing projects and a team of writers and editors, with no job title change or compensation. I was expected to do more work for the same pay and no real incentive. The office culture is very Christian-conservative. While neither of these directly offend me in general, attitude and inclusion toward individuals with other values and beliefs were ostracized and shunned. I've even heard anti-gay remarks. They pray at every morning meeting, so if you are of a different religion, this may be uncomfortable. The owner of this company expressed in a team meeting: "We are not politically correct, and I like it that way." I have managed projects and served as a resource on projects where the company forced us to overcharge our clients--billing them for time not worked simply to use up all allotted hours in the budget. One project was nearly $15,000 under budget, and the project team was told to make up work so that we could bill the full amount. When the project manager expressed her disapproval, she was quickly dismissed and even reprimanded. At one point when the project team was low on billable work, we were handed a list of names and telephone numbers and told to make cold calls to these individuals whose contact information they poached off the Internet. Imagine a troupe of writers and editors calling strangers, asking if they had anything that needed "edited." Needless to say, it was embarrassing for both the caller and the receiver of the call. I digress.