Leadership located in other markets make final decisions concerning the region's production, and what kind of opportunities there are for lateral and upward movement in each office. The senior leadership are not visible nor accessible to employees located across the US.
Everything must be earned. A desk move, a rare hour off for a physician's visit, and even adding an additional holiday to the company holiday list. The additional holiday, Friday after Thanksgiving was tied to company-wide production otherwise we worked.
This company breathes expendable employees. Read reviews buried deeper and as these reviews attest, favouritism and continual politics trigger brown-nosing and lack of transparency. Recruiters operate under a shroud of fear.
Finally, there is a level of surveillance of employee sentiment which is creepy and creates a lack of trust amongst employees. There is no room for suggestions for improvement unless the suggestion is made by a Senior Recruiter which is a small percentage of Advanced's workforce. The expectation is that everyone remains positive, and drinks the Advanced Koolaid as they watch fellow co-workers exit each week. Unfortunately, Advanced Sioux Falls recruits a lot of hardworking South Dakotans who value authenticity too much to be successful in this type of culture.
