SparkNET Interactive reviews about "pay"

- Company pays below average wage for job when compared to other companies in the area. - Senior management is always trying to find ways to dislike someone there and once they are to that point, there is no point arguing with them about it because the only answer they will accept is their resignation or termination. - Negativity runs rampant in this company's culture. - The negativity causes employees that share a similar rank in the company to be continuously at each others' throats to contend for top spot with management. - Micromanagement runs rampant everywhere by senior management, even in areas where they have no expertise in or understanding of. - Favoritism of IT leads to poor social interaction between IT and the rest of the company which furthers some of the company's negative culture issues. - If you are in an on-call role and you have a family emergency, don't expect any forgiveness for not keeping in touch if you are contacted and forget to "check in."

enticing sauna, steam room, hot tub, showers, and fitness room but with little to no time to use them it makes it difficult unless you spend all of your waking moments in this big building (not happening no matter how hard they try), editors were placed on the bottom floor which left them NO opportunities to use the fun slide that was used as a "recruitment" tool, always promises of moving up but one promotion with almost no pay increase and a lot more responsibility took about 8 months to gain.. NOT WORTH IT. There are many promises made with little action taken on them.. Management seems to try and care about the "team members" but really is only proud of the big building.

Every day you're solving problems that have never been solved before and that can be stressful; Company is constantly re-inventing itself and positions or opportunities change faster than typical companies...which means, if you like doing the same thing, year after year, this is not the right place for you; Some projects require a lot of time that may exceed a normal work-week; Not all positions lead to advancement and it's sometimes difficult to be promoted sideways or between departments; Sometimes I come an hour late for lunch in the cafeteria and they are all out of what was on the menu for the day.

Poor pay, no excellent benefits packages, unrealistic expectations to editors (seemingly get the shaft on a decent work/life balance)

Welcome to SparkNET, where the free food and riding down slides are supposed to make up for the chicken scratch pay, where the best of employees in terms of production and effort are reprimanded and demeaned on a weekly basis, and where you nearly get run over daily by the motorcycles running rampant throughout the parking lot. There are many negative things to be said about SparkNET, but this isn't a forum to rant, my message is simply a warning to anybody thinking about stepping foot inside this building... don't. This place is a major speedbump on the path to success and happiness, do not fall victim. The negativity is palpable and it's brought to fruition by management despite their obvious attempts to blame subordinates.

Pay is very minimal and real promotions only happen to spouses or good friends of “management” -and you have to be willing to suck up and be energetic about a company that doesn't have a strong stake in any certain industry anymore. Everything is transparent but the team leads think if they whisper to one person at a time no one will be the wiser. The team leaders are on power trips and don't respect the people actually working in their departments. There is a lot of micro management about time happening on their parts but lots of personal activities during work hours happening on their parts. They should be holding themselves to the same standards they hold their employees.

This company seems to care more about things than people as you can see by the building and all the amenities and perks (that's what everyone is most proud of). The culture is dictated by management, which obviously defeats the purpose. Pay is poor. Feedback is not welcome. Avoid if possible, but expect to be unhappy if you have to work here because unfortunately it's one of the better places in the area.

I personally have nothing negative to say but if you prefer more structured work where you're told exactly what to do every step of the way then a job at Sparknet might not be for you.

Low starting pay, non-existent raises (and the ones that are given are paltry at best), barely any time off, and yet we're expected to be motivated to provide loosely defined "value" other than our basic job functions. Micro-managing runs rampant, with the bosses chatting with co-workers all day and looking important mostly. Of the twenty-some "core values" painted on the 1st floor wall, "be clear in communication" is sloppily adhered to. Expectations are very unclear...