Working at a.v.i — Reviews by Employees

avi employees get no respect, low pay, no respect, and no matter how good of a job you do, you will never get promotions or even a nice word. managers mentally harass their employees and nobody ever gets raises. the higher up people are crooked and can/will fire anyone based on personal opinion. the entire company has no morals and will do whatever neccessary to make a penny, no matter who has to pay a price. avi is NOT a good place of employment!!

I can only speak for the corporate HQ in Warren, Ohio, not the various branch locations. In a nutshell I would not wish working for this company on my worst enemy! The ownership and many managers are simply brutal human beings. They berate and belittle people in front of peers on a regualr basis. They verbally abuse both employees and suppliers. They simply do not value their employees whatsover. The turnover rate is unbelievable because of the way people are treated. Not just among "entry level" positions, but middle and upper management positions as well. Over the last 2 or 3 years they have lost literally dozens of intelligent, hard working, good people because of the way they were treated by ownership--and that's in a bad economy. What does that tell you? Their mission statement starts with "integrity first" which is total B.S. because they have no integrity. There is no loyalty to employees or suppliers. They will screw over a long-time supplier with an excellent track record just to save a penny. They essentially view suppliers as adversaries rather than partners, and employees as a piece of equipment that can simply be replaced. I never experienced a work environment anything like AVI before and I can't imagine there are too many other companies like it anywhere. The whole place has a very negative vibe as you can imagine. Everyone is always stressed out and on edge because they don't know when or where the next verbal "beating" will come from. Because of that, there is a paranoia that is pervasive throughout the organization which is not conducive to a positive or effective work environment. I was actually warned by several people before I took the job that AVI is known for "chewing people up and spitting them out". Quite simply the family that owns the company are some of the worst human beings I've ever come across. Someone who's known and dealt with them for many years once commented to me: "They have no soul". I'd say that about sums it up.

well i don't really know were to start. i've been an employee of a.v.i for the last 7 years, not by choice but because of contractual situations. they preach family values and integrity but they actually care about none of them. now i am only talking about the branch that i work for, but reading all these posts i guess it's company wide.
i am in a union so all things considered the pay is adequate. raises go by the contract.
respect is at a minimum. and that goes back to the "core values" of a.v.i.
they mean nothing. you have a family............so what...........
you have a health problem...so what......
they'll spit you up and chew you out like bubble gum.
the benefits suck everywhere so i can't really comment.

if you are a suck up then you advance, otherwise it doesn't matter. "integrity" really means nothing inn this company