Trammo Reviews

The Chief Information Officer completely misrepresented himself during the interview process. Everyone in IT reports directly to him and he micromanages each and every one of them. He can not keep employees who are not sycophantic yes men or otherwise willing to accept his demeaning and unprofessional attitude. I lasted two months and the person I replaced lasted just as long. In addition to being the CIO he is also apparently the office manager for all their global locations, the art designer for the offices, the website creator, app developer (he designed their own in-house ticketing system, poorly I might add) and he makes sure that you are consistently well aware of all of his accomplishments. Even though you are in IT, be prepared to have regular study sessions on amino acids and other pesticides and chemicals as he feels that this information is critical to your IT success, warranting multiple meetings while you're onboarding, ramping up, and working on your actual IT projects. Additionally, be prepared to have him try to teach you unsolicited personal life lessons whether you want them or not. In the short time I was there, all of the following occurred: 1. On my first day I was informed of how I should expect to be spoken to by the CIO and to accept it as that is "just his way". 2. Within the first month was also informed that for years they have been trying to get the CIO into management training because of his attitude but no one wants to come forward and speak out against him because of his power and influence and that I should reach out to HR to document his behavior since I'm the new guy. 3. He calls out, insults, and embarrasses members of his team on group calls rather than pulling them aside in private to discuss his issues with them. What he will do is isolate you after an incident like this to make sure you understand why he had to speak to that person that way. He literally tries to indoctrinate you into believing in his management style, or lack thereof. 4. The CIO also asked me to basically spy on another employee that I shared an office with because he wanted to know how this employee interacts with members of his team now that this individual no longer reports to him. 5. HR will dismiss your concerns about him citing "you are just misunderstanding him" and to try and work it out on your own. You will be enticed by the salary, as I was, but believe me, it is not worth it to work for someone like this. You can do better, I know I did.