senior project manager

project manager

senior accounts assistant

receptionist

business advisor

Vistex

Do not be flattered by the smiles and praises... nothing you do will amount to anything good if there is a tenured person who has it in for you. You will be watched and brought in for "performance". you will try to be a team mate but you will be alienated. There is too much gossip and it is always about petty things. They will not share work knowledge fully. you will be constantly confused and frustrated. if you become a "problem" they will find a way to justify you being fired. Personally, I felt they have too much time on their hands to find things to complain about and they have not cue what is business... they are stuck in the 1970 with excel sheets and entry level expectations. If you are looking to Grow, have a senior resume... reconsider your decision to join. You will definitely never work in your full potential and there is always one person who knows how to make sure you can't and you will be blamed for it. And don't be fool but the work life balance, you will be criticized for using it and it is a mark on your "performance record" unless you have buddies in the companies. The office was always empty as people work remotely or arrive late but that privilege is allowed for a specific few. Not you. Run!

* A small company with < 30 employees
* No growth potential because there are no opportunities for for growth.
* Managing the development team which is located in the UK is a challenge because you really do not manage them. You are essentially just a note taker and point of contact for the clients. Most of the time you are trying to spin bad news to the clients and try your best to keep them happy, knowing that the sales team oversold.
* The Development manager in the UK is a 'Narcissist' and blames all shortcomings on the PM staff (scapegoat).
* A job that can pay your bills until you find a better job, if you can find the time to look (as this job will monopolize your time and free mental time). You might have to wait until they fire you or lay you off, so you can collect unemployment to mentally recover from this experience.
* The only people who stick around are folks that do not have experience at other companies, meaning that they do not know any better.
* This may sound negative, but unfortunately it is 100% true.

In the digital design / development field you often change careers every couple years in order to continue learning and expanding your skills.  I have spent four years at Vistex and am not only learning something new daily, but I'm still inspired by the knowledge and support of my colleagues and the leadership team. The Vistex culture supports positive relationships, growth and innovation without the overwhelming feeling of taking over your personal / family time. Everyone here shares a common goal, and that is to make the best products we possibly can to satisfy client needs, and you can feel that everyone genuinely enjoys what they do. The benefits are comprehensive and provide a really good package for employees.

[As someone in their 'training period'] A Typical Work Day: You arrive at work to realize that it's yet another day where everyone treats you like a burden and no one cares about investing in you. What I learned: I need to work with people and this is not the place to do it. Management: Nobody cares. Do the impossible. Co-Workers: There are actually some cool people here. Of course, you don't get to work with them too often because you're staring at your computer all day. Hardest Part of the job: Speaking with your boss, who doesn't seem to get that no one who hasn't been here for a few months knows what the 1000 company-specific acronyms they use every other word means, then thinks your stupid because you don't. The Most Enjoyable Part of the Job: Visiting the IT guy or otherwise working with the cool guys on the Dev team. 

If you like people, don't work here.

Positive Attributes:
Incredible job culture and people at the Kent office.
Great teamwork and inter-department relationships.
Reasonable compensation and somewhat reasonable workload.
Fun activities/events taking place at the office.

Negative Attributes:
Vistex, Inc. Corporate Headquarters in Hoffman Estates Illinois did not understand and/or make good decisions for the other corporate offices, whose projects/services & day to day work was much different than Hoffman Estates office.
Support staff such as HR & Accounting/Finance seem to be slowly phased out and centralized at Corp HQ - although this is denied.
According to several sources, employees treated very poorly upon leaving the company whether voluntary or not. Shown no appreciation for numerous years of hard work and loyalty to company.

Management generally operates from an environment of CYA and fear, distrust of employees. CEO loves to talk about an entrepreneurial spirit that drives the company, but too many managers are inexperienced and inflexible. Micromanagement and tactical thinking thrives. 

The company made a big to-do about opening an office in Chicago that was dedicated for sales, engineering and marketing, yet nobody within these departments is actually allowed to work from this office. Employees keep asking, even in town hall meetings, but the CEO just makes bad jokes about it. 

Top managers are in regular discord. Some refuse to work with each other, so they instead hire new employees just to serve as message carriers between managers. HR works to cover up messes made by poor management.

Overall, liked working there, as the management is very flexible and understanding, when it comes to balancing work and personal life. I liked being able to have flexible hours and working from home when needed. On the other hand, I feel like the pay is not fair for the job we are doing, especially for workers that quickly get a hang of the flow and do extra tasks that are not included in job description. Coworkers are very friendly and it's a friendly environment in office. However, some of the management can be unfair as they care more about the company's/department's quota than employees. But the job can be very fast-paced and at times slow, we experience constant changes in processes, so you have to keep up and pay attention to details.

The company itself is great. It treats its employees well, and goes above and beyond to ensure their happiness. They're great with outreach (they actually have their own committee for this) and continually strive to make a name for themselves in the software space. However, despite being in business for 21 years, the company struggles to maintain uniform processes for their departments. Sometimes even the sales people are unclear as to what exactly they're trying to sell. But with the right people and the right organized mines, the company could be a Fortune 500 someday. 

My experience has been that there is not a lot of room for advancement. The management team is not very good at delegating or communicating which makes for a difficult work experience. 

I am fortunate to work on a wonderful team, they make the day-to-day frustrations easier to cope with.
 
There is quite a bit of micro-managing and lack of trust for individual decision making which creates a lot of griping among employees.

This company does not care about its employees. Despite many wonderful and talented coworkers, there is a lack of morale that pits employees against each other. Promotion from within is based on “friendships” between management and their subordinates rather than experience and talent. This has led to a very predjudicial and gossip laden managerial staff. Hours are terrible and they will work its employees as much as possible rather than recruiting additional staff. It’s all about making money here, and the employees are “in general” unhappy.

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