| Category | Rating |
|---|
| Pay | 0 |
| Respect | -5 |
| Benefits | 0 |
| Job Security | -5 |
| Work/Life Balance | -5 |
| Career Potential/Growth | -5 |
| Location | 0 |
| Co-worker Competence | -5 |
| Work Environment | -5 |
Worked at avi when they first took over in van wert to do their caterings. Everything fine at first, did caterings for 500-1400 people with minimal help. Worked 40 hours out of 48 hours during the xmas season many times. D.M. mentioned that if I keep it up could be looking at corporate catering chef. Felt like I was on top of the world. Then the slow months came and the lies, had to cut my one full time employee to part time which R.M. & D.M. told me that they wanted to build me a staff, then wanted me to do caterings at 4:30 in the morning at one plant that was 30 miles away, do another lunch catering at a branch that was 25 miles away in another direction and make sure all caterings were picked up by the end of the day. After about three days straight of this I told the branch manager that I needed help picking up caterings. He told me the vendors were to busy to stop and pick up caterings (coffee, pastry trays which usually take 10 minutes) My D.M. told me that all vendors would assist in taking and picking up, spoke with him and he said he would take care of it, fourth and fifth day came never materialized. Resulting in me getting wrote up for not performing my job properly because I couldn't get to all caterings. Pay raise, gave me 2% instead of 4% which D.M. told me 6% to 8% depending on job performance.
There is by far no respect in fellow managers to other managers (well there is fake respect) and employees.
Work environment- imagine a dimmly lit warehouse with no windows, with empoyees walking around like trolls and there you go. (Worst I've ever been in).
I could go on and on but I think you get the ideal. This by far was the worst place I have ever worked and the day they fired me was the best day of my life. I did struggle for a couple of years but now I am in a place where they respect my opinion as a manager, an excellent atmosphere with family values.
Keep the faith and get out of AVI....!!!!