JPL Integrated Communications Reviews

There is not room to grow. We are a small company with limited upper level positions, and I hold one of them and have no plans of leaving. We tell our staff there is room to grow but there honestly is not and it is sad to see good employees leave as a result. We have a running joke here "We are the best training facility in Central PA" and its true. We build resumes and after about a year or two the employees realize it is not possible to climb the ladder and move on to a better location. We are listed as best places to work every year simply because we have a high turn over rate and the new employees are still full of hope until there first year is up. In order to make good money you must reach top level and as I stated there are only a handful of those here at JPL. We have two sister companies that you will more than likely have to do work for and not see much in return. Every year at the staff career checkups we are told as managers to always find something to ding the employee for. This keeps pay increases down while offering a false promise for next year. Most don't last until then. There are a handful of clicky groups here and if you don't fall into one of them don't expect much attention and I am warning you the flexibility of the work schedule will get you. We have a few parents here who cannot leave because of it, it is the one thing that keeps you stuck and does become hard to deal with when you can't pay the bills but can't walk away from the ease of bringing your kid with you or working a day from home. It is very tough. Please remember this warning. You may be wondering why I am telling you this? See my advice to Management