If I could give OATI Zero Stars I would. I still feel like a rug has been pulled underneath me with all the time I put into applying and interview for a position here.
I got hired at OATI in Fall of 2018 as a full time hourly employee. They have a culture of hiring people on an hourly basis before converting to full time 3 months after you're hiring date. At first, I was excited to be doing the work I was hired to do and make an impact. I soon noticed how rigid things are at OATI. My supervisors kept to their desks/computers, my work was assigned via email and all feedback was relayed through email. It was a mystery as to how I should do my work. I was never fully trained in my work standards except for some general aesthetic rules.
After about two weeks of work, I started receiving more graphic design work. I don't mind doing some graphic design, but it's not really my forte. I noticed that my supervisors completed and refined my work without notice or feedback. I was brought into HR about three and a half weeks and was told that my hours were being reduced from 40 per week down to 4. I went to my manager (who mostly stayed in her office when she was at work) and asked why this was happening. She said that there just weren't enough "hours and demand for the work of my skillset". I was furious because I thought I was being hired to help my supervisors and their work, not work on low priority graphic design work. In the end, I found that my graphic design work was being assigned to the intern and team in India.
In early December, my manager called me and said that I no longer needed to come into work for the month and that they were looking into their hiring needs for 2019. I wouldn't look into joining this company AT ALL until things make a drastic change from the top down.
