Pros
Lots of exposure to various technology, fast paced environment, never a dull day. Excellent perks and benefits. Lots of great people in offices and across all departments and middle management. operational teams are generally cohesive, and all dedicated to getting the job done.
Kontras
This is a Guitar Center Brand - not the same AVDG it used to be. GC Corp, and AVDG have a history of being at odds with each other and IT teams for AVDG are a frayed rope in a tug of war as to how to differentiate IT needs for a service provider type of business versus a giant retailer. Very top down oriented, "just do as you are told" mentality regardless of practicality or impacts to operations. Lots of focus on DEI, yet released DEI Director. Constant layoffs despite Executive leadership painting a rosy financial picture. Participating in the push to reduce salaries on high expectation jobs with sky high demands, Very meeting heavy on management team leading to working excessive hours to stay on top of projects and support requests. IT Team was small, but faced high demand for support Despite metrics showing team was overloadedvacated positions were not replaced. Zero transparency from GC Corp or Execs. multiple rounds of layoffs despite executive leaders stating aftre each round that it was the last wave. Manager bonuses cut despite excellent APR scores. Efforts to improve IT operations usually shot down creating mass inefficiencies in support flows. IT staff had been shrunk to 1 individual to support company with coast-to-coast presence, and high maintenance staff. Many managers like to point fingers or blame available technology for their own failings or inefficiency, complete lack of accountability.