Vantaggi
Fun and dynamic Company with a true focus on the employee and creating a comfortable work environment for all employees. The Human Resources Department is always recognizing/rewarding employees and Departments for achievements both small and great. During the "busy season" (March - October), there are weekly/fun promotions and incentives from root beer floats to dress down days, i.e., "beach day", flip flop day, etc. There are monthly Town Hall meetings for all employees and quarterly "Socials". There are hiring initiatives which bring in "Seasonal" employees to assist with the busy season demands of our Clients. Each "Seasonal" employee is given equal opportunity to convert to a full-time employee with benefits with reasonable performance. It has been my experience that most disgruntled employees were hired "seasonally" and decided to get serious about their "conversion" to full-time status, once the clock had already run out for them. Seasonal employees who have 1.) come to work, 2.) provided high quality sales/service and 3.) exemplified professional behavior have had NO difficulty whatsoever being offered a full-time position which is the goal of this Employer! In my 2 years with PODS, it has been my experience that the employees voicing dissatisfactoin with our Employer base their feelings solely on their own willingness to 1.) come to work, and 2.) perform according to reasonable standards PODS has the most liberal attendance policy I've ever seen. Unfortunately, because it is liberal, some employees take advantage of the system and leave what they think is a reaonsble "cushion" for emergencies. When these emergencies do in fact occur, in most cases, the employee's cushion is not sufficient. At a minimum, PODS is 100% fair and consistent in its Employee practices.
Svantaggi
In a cyclical industry, it is sometimes difficult to predict the staffing levels of our Call Center and not all special requests can be honored on a daily basis. The nature of our business relies on our Call Centers (3) and staffing during business hours is priority #1. Any employee with any sort of Call Center experience is aware of the conformance/adherence measurements that are in place.