Atrocious Turnover, Low Pay, Uncreative Work, No Leadership. - Assistant Project Manager, Sustainability ADEC INNOVATIONS Employee Review

A “sustainability” company that does not do a fraction of what it recommends its clients to do. With over 5,000 employees, most of them are paid minimum wage in a developing country. Starting with small things such as disposable plates and utensils and no recycling in its US headquarters, to bigger signs of not walking the talk such as not assessing its own sustainability practices/impact – much less creating steps to address them. On the contrary, there is a lack of processes and training; and you will be ignored or even scorned if you object, speak up, or try and recommend improvements. It leaves little room to be creative or bring solutions outside their rigid parameters. There is no shared long-term vision other than growing slightly with what’s in front of them that clients ask for. You never hear from global leaders about the company's direction. There is a lot of talk about growing and investing in its people, training, and processes. However, the reality is that the organization is not doing any of that as it is spread thin across its many business lines which leaves no time/resources to be focused on any one of them fully. The lack of impartiality in the review systems makes it easy for favoritism to be the norm and little chance to advocate for yourself or even for those you see have the talent and great potential. Employee morale is low due to low pay, not many perks, and an “open-door” policy where higher-ups don’t really give anyone time or, if they do, they pretend to listen and the conversations go nowhere. Unfortunately, they are known for providing cheap-permits to developers. Nonetheless, if you are an expert in a related area, perhaps you would like the challenge to bring processes and standards for other solutions, which is what I found solace with and trying to collaborate with other departments (on your own time, of course, as there is little incentive to spend any time outside billable client work). I read similar posts before joining and thought I was up to the challenge but, unfortunately, most of what I read was true.