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BrainMaster Technologies Reviews

2.6

37% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)
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Tom Collura

32% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

BrainMaster Technologies has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The BrainMaster Technologies employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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17 reviews
1.0
7 Jan 2015

Unprofessional supervisor + disorganized management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

My immediate colleagues were a fun bunch and it was a pleasure to work with them. When left to our own devices, we all collaborated very well on team-oriented projects and tried to ensure success as much as possible.

Cons

The company's dysfunction lies in upper management. My immediate supervisor was a condescending and unprofessional micro-manager, and she would never allow people to do their jobs. Most of the higher-ups are also reluctant to hear new ideas from their employees and fail to implement strategies that could drive the company forward and streamline daily operations (eliminating the high margin of error by promoting the online store instead of using handwritten order forms, cutting paper costs by sending out digital files, etc.). The disorganization results in confused job roles, which creates stress for every employee. Technical support specialists take orders - a duty that should be assigned to sales - while the web technician is required to put sales packets together and occasionally perform secretarial duties. Tasks will fall through the cracks because management will distract employees with things that aren't related to their jobs; in addition, having to have every small thing approved by the Executive Vice President holds up projects and prevents anything from getting finished in a timely manner. As a previous reviewer said, the employees at BrainMaster are consistently unhappy and it's not a mystery as to why the turnover rates are high (in 2014, they lost at least 4 full-time employees). Other problems: long hours, unreasonable vacation/sick day policy, mediocre pay

2.0
29 Oct 2012

Hostile Work Environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nearly all of the employees are easy to work with.

Cons

The "Executive Vice President" (owner's wife) is a micromanager with a Jekyll/Hyde personality. While she can be very sweet and caring, she is often extremely petty, rude, and condescending. She seems to take pleasure in embarrassing the employees in front of others. If you object to her rudeness, she will try to turn it around to make it seem as if you are being overly sensitive and unreasonable. Because of her frequent unprofessional conduct, the company has a very high rate of turn-over.

1.0
5 Dec 2014

Toxic Environment - Run Away

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The employees that were there when I was were great, for the most part. Some perks like holiday lunches and birthdays did make employees feel special. Pay was about average and the focus of work was always changing which kept things interesting.

Cons

Senior management (husband and wife team) leave much to be desired. Being yelled at and berated are almost daily occurrences in the company. Certain people got it worse than others, but everyone gets treated poorly eventually there. They do tend to play favorites too. Many, many people leave after a year or less and instead of hiring a replacement they will usually just pile work onto who’s left. Projects are usually left unfinished and then the blame is put on the employee working on it, when in reality it is not uncommon to have a multitude of projects on your table at once. Projects are created almost at a whim and you are expected to have them completed in ridiculous amounts of time. Many people are stressed at the company, and the customers undoubtedly notice. Over the years, many people have left due to stress making them physically ill. The only time work actually gets done is when the partners are out of town, even then every time the phone rings people get tense and hope it is not them calling to check in. Many times they will play games with you asking you to make a decision on something because they didn't feel like making it, and then will yell at you when you made the "wrong" decision. You cannot succeed here. There is no growth. The hours are terrible (open until 6:30, but very few employees actually left that early). You get questioned and berated about taking sick leave when you’re sick. It is not uncommon to be called up when sick to be questioned on whether or not it is legitimate. They also do not follow the salary laws, and everyone is put on salary regardless of whether they actually pass the salary test or not. They don’t want to pay overtime so people are just branded salary.

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