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Ark Technologies Reviews

2.7

51% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)

27% positive business outlook

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12 reviews
1.0
28 May 2014

Very Stressful Environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to get your hands wet in all aspects of the company. You can get additional projects to work on. Free coffee if you are a salary worker.

Cons

Management mindset is 20+ years old; yielding less profit, which then yields below market pay for whole company. Very limited operator training. Action items fall into a black hole after three days. Lack of understanding concerning quality costs, up time, preventive maintenance. Complicated tasks always filter down to subordinates- belittled if there are mistakes. Japanese owned company; key managers are Japanese. Do as I say not as I do mentality; don't question older production methods because we have always done it this way. Very high personnel turnover; why learn someones name- one of us won't be here in three months. Workers have adopted the motto, " Penny wise and pound foolish." in the plant. Top Moments at Ark 1.) Management arguing with Senior owner telling him he can not legally put security cameras in the bathrooms to catch people stacking toilet paper near the toilet. 2.) Senior picks up a spring off of the production floor and throws it into the current lot. Lot is sorted at customer site due to one defective spring. 3.) Engineering group, not quality group - Our current production trial Cpk rate is low, we need to take another 30 piece sample. 4.) Transport cargo van filled with springs catches fire on the interstate because it is overloaded; makes the six o'clock news.

5.0
18 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology Good work-life balance and flexibility in scheduling Supportive team and collaborative work environment Training programs available for skill development Competitive salary and benefits package

Cons

Frequent travel and long hours can be exhausting Work can sometimes be physically demanding Limited upward mobility in certain locations Communication between departments can be improved

1.0
29 Jul 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-While I was there, my direct colleagues were really fun to be around, but they ended up overworking, burning out, then firing each of their most productive employees, one by one. -Remote work, sometimes, when the manager isn't in a bad mood -convenient location

Cons

-Absolutely ZERO chance for advancement, if anything, this company sets you back in your career in IT -They lie about salary (was told I would be able to advance to 60k upon contract-to-hire, was literally told to "go f--- myself" by one of the IT directors when asking for the agreed upon rate -HIGHLY unprofessional management (managers sending racial slurs in company emails, near-daily beratement/embarrassment of individual team members in front of everyone, screaming at employees, writing employees up for frivolous things - example: an employee got written up for accidentally spilling coffee on themselves -constant cycle of new hires in and out because the environment is so toxic -managers take the side of any client, over their own employees, even if the employee is in the right. If a client says "I don't like this employee" for whatever reason, or none whatsoever, expect to get fired. It happened about 5 times that I had witnessed in about a 1.5 year span. -required unpaid overtime (that they will absolutely not mention in an interview) on nights and weekends, especially for senior tech roles -Some of the biggest clients are absolutely unhinged, I had to sit on-site while one of the clients' internal managers ranted and swore about how "bad" the service provided was. When I heard personal attacks and insults being thrown around, management told me to "suck it up" -zero management accountability. If someone high-up messes up, it's not their fault, it's yours. -small mom-and-pop sized MSP turned into a soulless corporation, you will absolutely be treated not as a human, but as a number. -management's refusal to hire more than 4-5 techs to assist tens of thousands of users is insane. expect to be working 2-3 tickets in the multiple broken ticketing systems, chatting with 2-3 users via teams, while on a phone call with another user for sometimes upwards of 4-5 hours, all at the same time. This is how every second of your day will be - zero downtime, zero time to properly document anything, zero time to even use the restroom or go on lunch in between working with users. Also, keep in mind that if a "problem user" calls, aka a user who will complain to management in ANY situation, good or bad, you will be expected to immediately drop everything, despite whether it was scheduled or not, to assist said problem user, but also still expected for everything you dropped to get done at the same time. Long story short, Don't work here. Worst mistake of my career. You might have some success if you get straight into management and avoid the helpdesk entirely, but if you're on helpdesk, make sure you are the following: -White -Straight -Male If not, you'll mysteriously have "performance issues" when completely dwarfing the numbers of the rest of the team combined and get fired. This place is an HR DISASTER

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