Worst Place to Work - Anonymous employee Adorama Employee Review

1.0
13 Jun 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working with Gear Some Nice coworkers

Cons

Never let you take off. They make you feel guilty when you don’t come in on sundays. Claimed that we get all Jewish holidays off but not the case. If you happen to get days off they will force you to stay later the next couple of days. Building is falling apart and everything in there is a fire hazard. I’m so shocked they haven’t been closed down. Definitely big discrimination against people who aren’t Jewish. If you aren’t Jewish don’t plan to get anywhere in this company or any respect. Don’t think they think we are human beings with lives because all they care about is if we are working or not. You can have a family emergency and if you don’t just leave without asking they definitely don’t care and won’t let you leave. Job can get lonely because if they see you talking on camera (yes your every move is watched) you will get scolded, even if it’s for 5 mins a day. Management is absolutely horrible none of them know what they are doing or what it even means to be a manager. HR is being told what to do by higher ups, don’t even feel safe talking to them. Definitely feels like a prison, most websites are blocked, you can’t contact anyone from home, can’t have your phone on you, go through a metal detector every day, and can’t even talk to coworkers. This job is not worth anything. Just save yourself. Also definitely not LGBTQA+ friendly and they are definitely racist, I have heard some vulgar things.

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Cons

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Cons

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