API ALARM MONITORING

12 hour shiftwork.
Low pay, no night premium.
No benefits until NINE months of work as;
Extremely high turn-over rate.
Management is negligent, uncooperative and dismissive.
Staff always calling in sick.
Office does not have windows, very loud speakers, can barely hear person on the phone at times. 
No individual desks or workstations, everything is shared. 
Will be micromanaged.
No actual Human Resources department.
A lot of office gossip, drama and office politics. 
Kitchen is small, around 10 feet by 10 feet. 
People will leave garbage in the fridge to rot, grow mold and fungus. 
Cleaners do not clean out the fridge- supervisors will have to do so once a week. 
Cleaners perform very simple and basic cleaning duties;  lightly dusts each desk with the same rag that was used to clean the washrooms/kitchen. 
Office morale was extremely low, and shows in the turn-over rates.
Management is unsupportive and does not cooperate with existing employees. 
Company is constantly hiring and training new staff as people are always leaving or abandoning their positions. 
Stressful environment, will not receive recognition for good work.

If you're looking for a high stress job, negative environment, and management/ employees that hate their job then this is the place for you!

Think you can use the bathroom when your body tells you to? THINK AGAIN - You need permission for that. 
Think you can go for your break when scheduled? THINK AGAIN - you need permission for that. 

Every mistake you make, no matter how small, will be documented "for training purposes". You will never see any changes come from this though. It is simply a method to have an excuse to get rid of the people who management doesn't like - this included people who are good at their job, but stood up for their rights. Some people will be written up for a mistake that someone else will not be written up for. It's all based on favouritism. 

In training you will think this job isn't so bad, but in a short time this place will ware on you. The turnover rate is the highest I have ever seen at any company. API is a revolving door and that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon. How the owner of the company is letting this continue is beyond me...

A.P.I is not a good place to work. The reason? Admin. The job itself is easy enough (though you have the odd stressful client/situation) but I have NEVER before worked for a more unprofessional team in my life. When people talk about Drama and the rumor mill you expect to be the low level employees, not the managment itself. There are some absolutely fanominal people who work there, but the Amin needs an overhaul. Standards change day-by-day and person-by- person, so though one rule may apply to some it never seems to apply to all and changes between every person you ask. The place seems almost designed to either make you quit, or have you fired within a year of employ. Between the ever changing rules and the MASS write ups you genuinely feel like a replaceable number rather then a human being. About once a quarter the ENTIRE floor staff gets written up on various things. Usually attendance because people end up calling in sick 2 or 3 times a month. Sadly it's not just people trying to avoid work, its the stressful environment and shared work stations actually making people sick. So, do yourself a favor and don't even apply.

Worst company to ever work for. VERY unhealthy environment mentally and physically.

Everybody hates being here, even the management, because of how the company is run. Don't be fooled by the training, they make it like it's an amazing place to work, then it's a different world once you hit the floor.

The managers micromanage EVERYTHING. Everytime you need to use the washroom, you have to ask permission from the supervisors and they can refuse. They make you work very long unhealthy hours, exhausting everybody causing them to make mistakes until they are fired. The place being constantly short staffed because people keep walking out because of how they are treated. Therefore everybody gets extremely over worked.

A lot of people who work there long enough end up suffering health issues, and I also noticed how much this place was constantly affecting everybody's lives. Not normal!

This company does not care in the slightest about the dignity of their employees. Never seen so much misery at a work place.

This was by far the worst job I've ever worked at. The staff is GREAT however management..... Theyre all fake, immature, and they don't care about anyone but themselves. They don't care about anyone succeeding in the company. The all hate their jobs and you can tell every time you see them. Not only that but they will tell you. And the manager MICROMANAGES everything at that work! You even have to ask to use the washroom like youre back in grade school! They treat you like youre a child and the only people who last there are the older people with seniority. Training is great, you feel like oh this isn't such a bad place to work... until you go on the floor... If you can, work the nightshift. Day shift is he*l in 2016! Decent pay for what youre doing. I quit today and I couldn't be happier! Dare you try to take a day off or switch a shift. HA! Oh, and you get written up for EVERYTHING!

I was an employee of this company for close to a year an although the work is non stop and sometimes stressful, it was nothing like these others described.
What I learnt from working there was that if you performed your job as shown and respected the environment and adhered to attendance, you were treated fairly. I saw people grow to higher positions in less than 6 months. Those that came and went were usually lazy and had no work ethic and a sense of entitlement. 
Best paying job? Of course not, but they were fair with everyone and the ability to do overtime was unlimited. 
Plus, the 12hr shifts gave me half the months off. Not for everyone, but definetely worked for me.
It was a good place to work and helping others made it worthwhile. 
Only reason I left was because I found something in my field that I studied for.

Poor workplace environment from my experience. Not much was done about employee or management poor behaviour, which included: gossiping, bullying, verbal harassment and abuse, racist and discriminatory employment practises.

There was also a lot of gaslighting and manipulative behaviour when employees tried to raise concerns about the cleanliness and toxicity in the workplace environment. Employee concerns were not taken seriously and employees who were unsure of their rights were often taken advantage of.

Hopefully things have improved since being an employee with this company, but wouldn't be surprised otherwise. If people just went to work to do just that, work, and act in a professional matter in all if not most cases, a lot of the troubles employees faced would be no longer.

This is by far the worst company I have ever worked for. I did not last more than 5 weeks before walking out. During training I watched my fellow coworkers dropping like flies due to the disrespect and brutally high expectations of the managers. 
The pay does not equal the stress and the work load - I don’t believe it is a coincidence that every single employee smokes. No one should be expected to handle that amount of stress for that little pay and that little respect. The company manager had to have been one of the most belittling, condescending, pompous people I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. 
Ex. One staff member complimented the managers suit and his response was “you will never be able to afford this” 
Absolutely disgusting workplace. DO NOT WORK HERE!!!

Pros
-benefits
-steady pay
- higher positions with better pay available
- brand new office
-nice location
- good uniform and dress code
-good stepping stone for other job opportunity 

Cons
- bad management
- only long shifts available (12hours)
- no schedule flexibility
-desks, chairs and monitors aren't suitable or comfortable to work for 12 hours
- you will get neck and back pain if you work here too long
- the work itself is boring and repetitive.
- you will have to deal with angry customers all day. 
- ZERO recognition for employees who work the hardest.
- cannot make more than $18 an hour
- company has a high turn over rate with employees. many people come and go, therefore most the people are brand new and have no idea what they are doing
- management picks favourites.

The only thing i can say is too stay for the 1 month training and quit right after! a typical day is coming in for your 12 hour shift and within the 12 hours you are there you are constantly getting harassed by the supervisors and getting written up for anything and everything. You have to ask your supervisors to go to the washroom in which he has the authority to refuse. There is no job security and the company practices the revolving door, hence why there is a new training class every 3 weeks and why they keep posting employment ad.

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