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I was hired into the Sales Development Center (call center) in December of 2019 and was excited to start a job with amazing pay, benefits and a pretty nice schedule with weekends off.  I came to work every day on time (was never late) and mostly stayed to myself due to the fear of work drama.   My manager up and quit within a month of me being there, but  I did my possible best to take care of any and every customer that called the company and continue to assist them even if there was nothing that the company could do for them.  After two months of being there, the company owner informed me that I was being "let go" and stated that his decision derived from me performing poorly and due to internal an external complaints.   I'm pretty sure that he wasn't being truthful because not only did my team have zero performance goals and no manager to inform of of such, I highly doubt that anyone ever complained about me because I never talked or associated with anybody.   

I didn't trust this company from the moment I applied and I'm happy I didn't.  Apply here at your own risk.  This place is a joke.

I enjoy every single day here at FMI. Starting as the Front Desk Receptionist and working my way through the ladder has given me a ton of valuable experiences. Learning all aspects of the Mobility Business as well as the Vehicle Manufacturing Business from Service to Sales to Customer Care and Quality Control has been very eye opening. Learning how all jobs depend on other jobs and what every players positon is on the team. Although it can be very hard and sometimes even gut wrenching to hear how and why some people have become wheelchair bound. It gives you a whole new outlook on life and makes you extremely grateful and happy to live in this amazing world. Learning about different diseases and how they effect the human body and function is also very interesting. The Mobility world is probably one of the most rewarding fields to work in becasue you feel like you are helping a person and their quality of life. Adding the most family like and friendly work environment ever with a creative and innovative company has been one great ride so far.

You're told you make 100k online, you have to choose between pay plans roughly making 35k give or take. You're told that you get 10 "hot leads" a week, when in reality it's within a month if you're lucky. Not to mention it's technically an outside sales position, but they don't tell you that.

The beginning training helps you understand the product but management doesn't follow through with specific expectations. 

Was told you got reimbursed for food and a certain amount towards cell phone, as you're required to answer your phone any time, any where... didn't happen. 

There is zero structure in the office when it comes to the sales team, and a lot of open promises that aren't fulfilled. 

What the company actually does is amazing, there are some very awesome people you work with, and the customers you meet along the way are eye opening too but when it comes to turnover and overall job security no one is safe.

FMI has been the best thing to happen to me professionally. The culture here is excellent and really encourages employee ideas and growth. The people that work here really care for each other and the open door policy has brought about positive change and innovation. The fact that we change people's lives is such a source of pride for everyone involved. Work is genuinely fun and engaging too- we work hard and we play hard. Staff is held to a high standard and the focus is to empower employees and promote from within. They are extremely understanding of life circumstances and employees have been able to do things such as bring their children in in a child care emergency. FMI really cares about the individuality of their staff, what makes them unique, and all of the ways they can positively impact the business.

Management will be the demise of this company. No attention to OSHA standards, a guy cut off part of a finger in my first month working. Management fires people at random without warning. Especially if you disagree with them in any way. Its hard to put someone who couldnt manage their own company in a management position of a company that wants to grow as big as this one does. Braun mobility is vastly superior in design and consistency, meanwhile this place has a bunch of drug addicts throwing together cars that(very often) fail inspections due to missing welds. We had a situation where someone had just tacked the pan in and sent it through. Extremely poor attention to detail for the end product and the Owner will refuse to change the systems due to not wanting to hire a sufficient person to manage his people. 

The manager doesn't know how to tell the truth.  He will throw you under the bus, no questions asked, to save his own skin.  My self and several other employees were let go during an OSHA investigation and after OSHA interviewed us.  We were all hard workers and showed up everyday.  Saftey is of no concern.  Management & owner are very ignorant (not having the knowledge of) in knowing how to successfully run a fabrication shop.  The production manager will let his life long friends do what they want in the shop, while riding the employees that know what's really going on so hard till they get to their breaking point.  If you want to work in a Detroit Mafia/Thug Life work environment, Freedom Motors in for you.  For me, it's 2020.  Thug Life in a shop died years ago.  After a year and a half and seeing so many people come and go, I can read almost every single review on here and see the truth in them.  Freedom Motors is a sad company to work for.

You will walk into that snake pit every day with a target on your back and a distinct feeling of uncertainty or perhaps, anxiety. There also may be days that you walk in and your function, schedule, and pay rate all changed without any notice to you or any ability to voice your opinion on the matter. Management is unorganized, ineffective and unqualified. Safety is a complete afterthought. Your well-being is NEVER factored in any new plans. Safety only comes into play when its mandated by an outside entity. Production comes first, always. In conclusion: if youre talented, take pride in your work and would like the maintain any real level of self-respect, keep job hunting. If you desire to make an ungrateful business owner ever more wealthy, then look no further.

The people on the floor that do the "real work" were great to work with for the most part. Helpful and Easy to work with as a team effort but certainly not paid their worth. Floor management put in good effort to stay tight with everyone and be fair (gained my respect). 
As for the company not so much. It has grown but not grown up (matured). Extreme lack of equipment to do the job efficiently. Lack of quality and safety (I can't believe the things I saw). This company is a revolving door (employees come and go constantly). Several people quit or got fired during the short time I was there Before I was let go myself with no WARNING OR REASON (AT WILL, NO JOB SECURITY!!). The whole time I was there I was never given the work I was hired to do. At times I had to find work on my own or someone to help out cause there was no direction and I was constantly shifted all over like they had no idea what they hired me to do.

Awful place to work, high turnover rate. If you are in production you accumulate about 1.2 hours PTO per paycheck (even with about 16 hours OT). This means you need to work about 16 weeks straight for one 8 hour shift off. There has been mandatory overtime of about 55 hours a week for months. Saturdays are mandatory currently. HR is basically useless, the department benefits the company only and doesn't look out for the employees whatsoever. Getting a raise is difficult, even when the hire paperwork provided has a scheduled raise. If you bring up issues such as pay and other things with managers your job is at risk. Getting unpaid time off is nearly impossible and also puts your job at risk. Safe yourself the touble and don't apply. Everyone working in production is continuously looking for a better job.

Thought this was going to be a good job but management and ownership were horrible. They had fixed working hours that you could not change.  You got time off but had to accrue it before you used it so if you have planned vacation before you start they will not help.  The ownership is full of themself and will fire people all the time.  They next did not go a month without firing someone.  They did not understand relationships with vendors.  While I was not in sales they worked them in the back of a car storage warehouse and treated them like car salespeople only wanting sales and not helping the customers.  They over spend on inventory and only wanted to get out of deals they had already agreed too.  Just a horrible place to work and all you are doing is waiting to be fired!

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