Vantaggi
There are a lot of smart, kind and hardworking people here.
Svantaggi
Unfortunately, smart and kind don't carry over to company policies, the way they are enforced or how people are treated. Senior management loves to talk about empathy then turns around and treats people terribly. If you have a family or are thinking about having a family or just generally want to be treated like the grown person you are, do not even entertain the idea of working here. It's not worth it. Vizio, like many children of the pandemic, continues to regress. For a company that marked record sales, revenue, and productivity when its entire workforce was at home, you'd think that would be some kind of indicator to the people in charge about the kinds of environments people do their best work in, even under very stressful circumstances. But Vizio's ability to read social cues has been permanently stunted, and employees pay the price. When the majority of people currently employed here started, Vizio was fully remote with the expectation that everyone would be going back to the office three days a week in the fall of 2022. Last week, Vizio made a surprise announcement that it is mandating a 5 day in-office work week. This should tell you everything you need to know about the way this company views its employees. We are truly just human capital. The assumption is that if someone else can't see you doing your work, you aren't doing it. They do not trust us. Vizio is a breeding ground for micromanagers and the company is increasingly full of them. The company even goes so far as to read badge-ins to see who is and is not coming into the office and when. They adopt blanket policies and anyone who doesn't fall in line regardless of the nuance of their role is punished. This is just one in a string of incredibly misguided decisions the company has made. First it was back to the office three days a week, which was fine. At least we knew that was going to happen. Then it was a series of aggressive texts to middle managers when not everyone was in the office at 9:05 am. Out in the LA office, people apparently learned after they went back that they would have to pay for their own parking ($100+/month). This is a company that wants you to believe it cares by offering a fertility benefit, but only gives 2 months of paid maternity leave, and then only if you've been employed for at least a year. This is a company that pays below-market salaries that do not account for inflation or cost of living increases but continues to pass along higher health insurance premiums and other costs to its workers. This is a company that mandated attendance at a Friday night holiday party that was 2+ hours away for many people. This is because Vizio does not care about you, only its ability to monitor you and your ability to positively impact its stock price. And just like any abusive relationship, this is a company that regularly finds a way to remind you how lucky you are to work here. Vizio could be so great. I don't know what happened but this is not the company I signed up to join. Also, beware the 5-star review with no cons listed that was posted on the same day as the 5-day a week in office mandate was announced. Sus.
