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Thank you for the feedback. I am sorry we did not get a chance to speak before you left the office so abruptly. I am glad I have now had the opportunity to hear your thoughts. Although I am saddened to hear some of your grievances, I wish we could have discussed this before you packed your desk early one morning. We like to have an open door policy at ARM and I would have been happy to discuss your concerns, ideas, and thoughts with you at any point while you were at ARM. We work hard to make the office as accommodating as possibly can be. As the company has grown, it is not as easy to be as accommodating as it once was. It is something that I will continually work on. I am glad you did notice some of the positives of the office and mentioned some of our efforts of being a family company. The meals and family function are just a few of the ways we like to support and give back to our employees.
I would like to address some of the items you raised in your review. I would agree with you there is redundancy in our quality controls. However, it is the nature of our business. It is not something at ARM we specifically set out to do. It is quite the opposite. Our clients hold us accountable for accuracy and correctness. In turn, we have redundancy in quality controls. You are using the term micro management in a negative connotation. While it may feel or appear to be micro management, it is not our intention. I think you would agree with me, if something is truly important, it is best to have someone checking behind you. I place an extreme amount of value in our work so I certainly do not mind others on the management team checking behind me.
I am not sure where there was misunderstanding in your job duties. We are a small company and sometimes we have to wear many different hats. While it is my vision to grow the company to where this does not happen, we are not quite there yet. In other cases, one job duty may have been phased out and because we value our employees and invest time and energy into their development, we would rather hold on to them in a different capacity rather than letting them go. During your short time of employment, there was a focus on the time clock and you know the reason why was because of the new overtime rules that were slated to begin late 2016. After all, it is one of the reasons we created the position for which you were hired.
As a smaller company, we look for ways to give back with our employees and do so where we can with our benefits package. We pay 90% of the health insurance premiums for our employees which I think is a great benefit considering the high costs of health care. In addition to the healthcare, we pay for the dental coverage and a short term disability policy. I will look into your advice as to a potential tax savings with the life insurance. Any opportunity to save some money so I can give it back to our employees in another area sounds like a great opportunity.
You referenced the company is all Democratic and this is not true. We welcome everyone and one’s party affiliation does not matter to us. You were with ARM during one of the more polarizing elections in recent history. I do not remember a specific time you and I discussed politics but, I would say your comment is misguided. During the election, we did ask to keep political discussions to a minimum but only because it was hindering work productivity and emotions were running high.
In regards to our neighborhood, you are entitled to your opinion. In the 11 years at this location, we have not had one incident on our property. We are indeed across the street from an elementary school which I am not sure how that would be considered as bad. We partner with the elementary school every chance we get whether it is monetary, providing judges for talent shows, book reading, or hosting the choir at Christmas. As well as the elementary school, there is an outreach program behind our property that assists college bound children finding scholarships, ACT prep courses and a host of other items. We also partner with the outreach program as well. We look out for our surrounding neighbors who in turn watch over our property when the office is closed. We also have a neighborhood cleanup initiative to further assist our neighbors. As a company, we are active in the community and do our part to help.
I wish you luck and good fortune in your future endeavors. I do hope you follow your career goals and achieve everything you set out to accomplish in life. Life is hard enough without worrying about work. Sometimes life gets in the way of work. I know this very well. I want to be as accommodating as possible when things do come up. Some of the things you might have seen with other employees you may not understand. I do not share an individual’s personal problems but will do what I can to help them in a time of need. Thanks again for sharing.
