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Extremely poor management, lack of organization. They also treat their temps extremely poorly. I understand that temps are there to fill positions, but there were a couple things wrong with how they dealt with these positions. 
1) They underpaid them like crazy. 
2) They promised fake titles and once you start the job, they give you a lower title and tell you that you'll get the previously promised one in the future upon hire if they decide to keep you. 
3) There is no organization at all - no hiring process or onboarding process, no management to welcome you, lack of termination with previous role so introductions to new employees were awkward as they had no idea why the previous person was fired and little interest in getting to know me/welcome you.
4) No punch-in or punch-out system OR badges for temps, so it's very clear that they separate their cultures from a temp. position. 

I'm not sure if things are better as a FT employee there. But in the short amount of time I worked there, everything was chaotic and extremely poorly managed. On my first day of work, there were stacks of papers all over my desk with nothing cleared out or set-up for me. When I asked about the stuff, NOBODY knew what to do with them or what they were for. In fact, I was told "the person before you was here for 10 months and even he didn't know what to do with it." 

You can find better pay, benefits, and will be valued elsewhere. Trust me. I'm now at a large corporate office that is way more well-known and holds much higher assets than HikVision. I get better pay, culture, FREE wellness activities all the time, AND all insurance upon the first two weeks of hire.

Hikvision is one of the world’s leading video surveillance and intelligent IoT companies, known for strong technical capabilities and a complete end-to-end product ecosystem. Its core strengths include solid embedded R&D, extensive video processing expertise, large-scale system deployment, and reliable product quality. Engineers gain rapid growth through exposure to real industrial projects, complex networking protocols, and high-performance device development. The company’s business is stable, with consistent market demand in security, smart cities, and AI-driven analytics.

However, the work environment is fast-paced, with frequent product iterations and relatively high pressure. Overtime is common, especially in R&D and testing teams. Compensation is competitive for traditional industries but lower than top internet companies. Management style is execution-driven and more traditional.

Overall, Hikvision is a strong platform for engineers seeking deep technical growth in embedded systems, networking, video intelligence, and large-scale industrial products.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Excellent product at an excellent price

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management. At one point in time, the company was run by great management, but over the last three years from the V.P. all the way down to the Director level management was terrible. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There is no longer any culture. It’s run by used car salesman at best.


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Responding to management request for non-sale efforts. There’s never any time left to meet with customers and expand the market. If you want somebody in your face and on your back almost every hour of the day, then this is the place for you to work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Chinese company used to pay American salary. Not anymore. 
Good product quality. Bang for the buck. 


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Chinese company makes workers work like a Chinese company.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Chinese company makes workers work like a Chinese company but pretend to be an American company.
I missed the culture tour once and they have no more, otherwise, the program is cooler than American companies. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start the work at 08:00 AM ends at 06:45 PM, sometimes a busy week keep you stays til 8:00 PM. Very busy.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Excellent products but they are Chinese owned and not accepted in the USA. Extremely bad management. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management. Make you redo 2 days a week on reports and only leave a couple of days to actually sell. Chinese only want DATA on dealers and low interest in actual sales. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Horrible. Chinese management and they have no idea about how to do business or treat employees in the US. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Reports and more reports to justify your existence. No time for actual selling.

There were weekly meetings to review past week and share plans for this.  Travel and meetings were planned weeks or a month in advance.  I traveled throughout southwest and mid-west managing large accounts.  I managed engagement of my accounts in all fifty states working with regional managers on location to visit/train individual branch locations.  The hardest part of the job was the learning the Chinese culture within the company.  Growing and developing my accounts and building go to market strategy with such a diverse client base was what I enjoyed most.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There are a few valuable employees that helped me very talented individuals.

Hikvision is a good company to train in the security industry .

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Poor management team and toxic culture.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not good . Poor management that creates stressful and toxic work culture.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Focused on managing inside sales team

They have good work schedule, even though you have a task everyday. Everyday you will encounter something new when dealing with the installers which for me was a great experience the best part about it makes you feel good when you actually fix the issue.  It is a fast working environment which means you may have no time or little time to talk to interact with your peers.

Terrible place to work.  THE VERY WORST!  Horrible managers that do nothing but stare at their personal cell phones all day, every day.  Racism, favoritism, bullying, unethical business practices are among the many reasons to choose any other company to work with.   Spare yourself the grief of a go nowhere career at this DESPICABLE company.

don't ever apply for this company, the make promises that they don't even keep. warehouse manager is not supportive at all. worked there for more then 5 years and never got a raise. your better off working at another warehouse. don't apply here. as a temp or company they don't know how to treat you right.

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