Decent pay for Entry level but lot of downsides - Recensione dipendente - GIS Technician presso Everforth Apex Systems

- Bad onboarding: my start date was pushed back significantly, no consideration that I was moving cross country for this role. All I got was an "Aww. Maybe you could drive uber?" - HR: Not enough HR for the size of the team. Incompetent HR/Relationship Managers. Good at heart but that's not what we really care about. - Management style: Arbitrary performance reviews. Seen people get laid off based on these reviews. They tend to overhire and then lay off people continually to scare people into doing a "good job". No real recognition or reward for doing good work. Performance reviews done by HR that were clueless about GIS. No choice there since technically the client cannot do reviews. - Skills: Low skill work, you won't really get much technical experience. You will get some softer skills like communication, team work etc. -Work environment: Kind of like high school/college. They treat you like kids and occasionally make you feel worthless. - People: Due to the lack of vetting hires and the need to expand the team, there had been quite a few hires of people that were just there to have a good time and make money rather than go somewhere in life. Some negative elements in the office made certain work/projects quite terrible. - Extensions/full time conversion: They usually wait till the last month of the contract to extend you for 3 months. Really unprofessional in my opinion, not sure if that's Apex's fault or the client's. With regards to full time, while they say they aren't really looking for full time conversions, there were a few, not entirely sure what they factored in to make the decision. Often depends on luck, who you interact with, what project you were assigned to. Seen more qualified, harder working, smarter individuals who weren't taken on. - Resume booster: Common misconception for most people taking this job offer. While putting the client's name does add some weight, adding via Apex is required thus creating a unique title. They also require you to write a set of vague lines on your resume which really are not indicative of anything - achievements, experience, skills etc. The unique brand name now has a bad name in the GIS industry: a lot of the people that got let go for not being competent go on to interview in the industry and have ruined the reputation of this role. - Contract length: By the time you are trained and comfortable with the work and start working on cool projects you are already on the latter half of your contract. Once you are nearing the end of the contract you are not put on good projects and tasks despite being very knowledgeable and experienced.