Artech (WA) Reviews

Artech's management demonstrated misongyny. Several times, I saw men promoted over women with more experience and competence. One team lead mocked his report in front of the whole crew by calling them "the sticker queen." First, that lead was misgendering his report because they are nonbinary. Second, the work of accurately labeling pieces for transportation is a key part of doing the job successfully. I was told not to become responsible for "the stickers" because that was all I would ever do. I.e. it was considered women's work. Women and nonbinary people were undermined on a daily basis. Artech also undervalues their employees, leading to unnecessarily high turnover. We had a minimal number of paid holidays and 2 weeks of vacation time a year. We were told there would be no work between Christmas and New Years. If we didn't want to take unpaid time off, we had to use our vacation time for it. Crews frequently arrived back at the warehouse late and leaving at 5pm was considered showing insufficient dedication to the job. Health benefits were stingy. One of my coworkers had to quit therapy because she couldn't guarantee she would be off work in time for the appointments and she couldn't have privacy for telehealth at work. These are just a couple anecdotes from my 3-month stint.

- stingy with bonuses and raises - boys club - jobs will often be poorly planned leading to projects that run late and are over budget - weird, passive aggressive management structure