Client Service Representatives at Programmers Investment Corp give their company a 1.8 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Programmers Investment Corp is 2.5, making them 33% less happy than every other employee at Programmers Investment Corp and 67% less happy than every other Client Service Representative on CareerBliss - the happiest Client Service Representatives work for Plus One Holdings.
What do you like about working at Programmers Investment Corp?
"Programmers Investment Corp (PIC) can provide a comfortable work environment as most coworkers and management are friendly and easy to get along with. PIC employees often gather together after work hours for fun activities."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"You should go elsewhere. This company does not appreciate its employees."
What don't you like about working at Programmers Investment Corp?
"Because of lost clients and an increased amount of annual layoffs in recent years, many people employees (at all levels) openly discuss the company's impending collapse, which is not very inspiring to those who see a future at PIC. Employees in leadership positions should be more encouraging about the company's future instead. Most employees are on a current pay cut that was supposed to last no more than 6 months - that was almost two years ago. The ceiling for advancement is not very high. A change in health insurance forced many employees to drop it due to higher rates. In what is mainly a white suburban run company, unfortunately, racism does exist on some levels. Also, outside of a couple managers, the only area in which diversity is present is in lower level employees."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Utilize a much lower paid employee such as a customer service agent, mail room employee or other volunteer to handle menial tasks as taking out the garbage, filling paper towel holders, plunge toilets, etc rather than a top paid executive - That this is currently allowed is ridiculous and is very discouraging to those who work hard all day. PIC is outdated in many ways, which is a large reason for decline. PIC should be more in touch with companies of today and catch up with current programming languages. I would suggest an executive field trip to a handful of growing companies downtown in order to analyze modern work environments. Be more selective and fair when doing annual layoffs. Too much dead weight entrenched in the company always seems to remain while many productive employees are being let go."
"More bad than good."
What do you like about working at Programmers Investment Corp?
"Convenient location from west suburbs just off Kennedy Expressway. Most coworkers are easy to get along and work with."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Keep looking. There are many great companies to work for out there and this is not one of them."
What don't you like about working at Programmers Investment Corp?
"Employees are overworked because of repeated bad decisions made by executives. Company loses money because we make promises to clients in areas that we are not experienced in doing and thus cannot meet deadlines on many occasions. This results in far too many layoffs. People that do not hold their weight often survive layoffs while more capable employees are let go. Company lacks professionals. Morale is low. Company does not allow for much internal growth. Company is well behind the times and struggles to keep up."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Company should pay to hire from the outside and bring in professionals from growing and successful companies with new and/or proven strategies. Do more research when it comes to bringing in new clients and make sure we can accommodate accordingly rather than attempting to learn as we go."
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