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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 34 Act 1 Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.2
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
4.1
Support You Get
4.3
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.3
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Infrastructure Architect

"Toyota was a great place to work, and I would have stayed there if the outsourcing push wasn't so strong."

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"I loved having total control of all the UNIX storage infrastructure. This allowed me to design the SAN to better suit the needs of the environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Toyota always hires A-team people. Know what you're doing before you go on the interview!"

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"Very little. Toyota was a great place to work!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wish the push to outsourcing had not been so strong."

Staff Accountant

"Great place to start."

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"It had a great family oriented work environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest about your work capabilities and personality."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"The lack of advance opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To give future employees more incentives."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.2
Act 1 (47)

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Medical Sales Consultant

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"People."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show passion."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"Out of stock issues."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better planning."

Facilities Technician

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"Getting paid on weekly basis."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Keep track of receipts and mileage while driving and parking."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"There was nothing I didn't like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Once a person gets laid off they should give more assistance in trying to help their former employee find work."

Senior QA Engineer

"I was a Consultant."

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"Fantastic software development team."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"Too much bureaucracy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Break down the barriers."

Program Administrator

"Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live here. Too much nepotism."

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"Clean modern facilities, good processes, seemingly adaptive senior management."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to not have your expectations met. Very corporate environment."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"Lack of acknowledgment from senior management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Recognize that you're a small part of a huge global machine, but you can still make a difference for the employees under you, versus just covering your own ass."

Executive Assistant

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"The organization is well insulated with intelligent and talented professional staff."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself and stay positive."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"There were no dislikes."

Database Analyst

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"The people I got to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"Pretty much everything else."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They won't listen, but they need to calm down. Everything was a crisis, and even handling emergency situations was more stressful than it needed to be. We had upper Toyota management support to implement an emergency fix. We were successful. When it was complete, an investigation was launched into why we chose this method, why we contacted that manager and we were eventually given a thumbs down for our handling of it by the IT dept. No thanks for restoring web service to thousands of users worldwide in short time, just criticism from the IT department. No love."

Lead CMM Programmer

"Be careful, they are good talkers and sound good, management gets nasty behind the scenes, low respect for workers."

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"Pretty relaxed environment, most managers aren't too bright so they only come when there is an emergency. Some really nice people work there."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask some of the older guys there, they have seen a lot and are not afraid to be honest."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"The owner is very stingy with money and is irrationally grumpy. The vice president is a hardcore salesmen who will tell you anything he has to to get what he wants. The controller thinks she is better than everyone (reminds me of the red queen from Alice and Wonderland). The HR lady is outright strange, very mean to people with genuine needs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have some respect for the employees working there, they are the real stars, they are what get you paid."

Web Developer

What do you like about working at Act 1?

"Experience in corporate life."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be competitive."

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"Technology."

Senior Payroll Specialist

What don't you like about working at Act 1?

"The outsourcing to ADP, base on the complicated payroll for the Japan staff, they should have an in-house payroll system."

Financial Business Analyst
People You Work With 3.2 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5 Support You Get 5 / 5
Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.5 / 5 Company Culture 3 / 5
Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Writer
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 3.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.6 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Customer Technology Manager
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Program Manager

"I loved my job at Toyota and left a legacy of success in my wake."

Act 1 Reviews FAQs

Is Act 1 a good company to work for?

Act 1 has an overall rating of 4.2 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 34 Act 1 Review Ratings left anonymously by Act 1 employees, which is 8% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at Act 1.

Does Act 1 pay their employees well?

Act 1 employees earn $35,000 annually on average, or $17 per hour, which is 47% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 1 Act 1 employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Act 1 Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Act 1?

100% of employees would recommend working at Act 1 with the overall rating of 4.2 out of 5. Employees also rated Act 1 4.2 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.1 for Rewards You Receive, 3.8 for Growth Opportunities and 4.3 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Act 1?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Act 1 is a Senior Systems Architect at $150,000 annually. Browse Act 1 Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Act 1?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Act 1 is a Data Entry Operator at $20,000 annually. Browse Act 1 Salaries by Job Profile.

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According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Act 1 to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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