Great Company - ERP Administrator BluePrint Automation Employee Review

- BPA offers a collaborative and innovative work environment where employees feel valued and heard. They do try hard to ensure people come before profit. - Leadership is transparent and genuinely cares about employees' professional growth and work-life balance. This is evident in the flexibility in the schedules, as well as being one of the very few employers locally that provide tuition reimbursement up to 100%. - Opportunities for training and career advancement are readily available, which is great for personal development. I will say the company could do a better job at outlining specific steps they'd like to see employees take to reach certain milestones. At times, it can feel ambiguous. However, if you're willing to put one foot in front of the other, BPA will be there to support you along the way. - The company has a clear mission and vision, with cutting-edge solutions that make it exciting to be part of the team. More excitingly (to me) is that the team all feels like family. We know each other's idiosyncrasies, likes, dislikes, family members, etc... You don't get that close-knit relationship in huge corporations. - The benefits package is competitive, and the company hosts tons of events throughout the year for both employees and their families. My kids LOVE coming to "work parties".

There's no shortage of great ideas at BluePrint. However, there seems to be a shortage of those willing to take the initiative to bring those great ideas to life. As with all companies, they have their growing pains and BPA is no exception. The company is growing rapidly and unfortunately, some of the older processes (or lack thereof) are a bit antiquated. It's a delicate balance in trying to match a people-first culture with business growth aspirations and as hard as they try to protect their culture, perhaps allowing some "corporate" thinking might not be such a bad thing. However, that's entirely dependent on where the company sees itself heading and what it wants to do to accomplish that.

There are some very intelligent and genuine people you will find on occasion.

This company talked a lot about improvement, but the same horrible problems kept coming back. Communication was terrible and employees were usually the last people to know about layoffs or major changes. A lot of good workers left because they got tired of waiting for management to fix obvious issues. Favoritism is rampant and everyone knew the owner treated certain people better than others. Our managers mostly stayed quiet and agreed with leadership instead of helping the team. Equipment are outdated and support is non-existent. The company only cared about profits and appearances. The stress around layoffs never really went away because nobody trusted management anymore, The make false promises in meetings, but very little actually changed after that. People worked hard and still worried about losing their jobs at any time. The office became frustrating because employees were expected to stay positive while dealing with constant uncertainty. Most people stopped speaking up because it seemed pointless. The company also refused to invest in things that could make the job easier. There is no proper training which means means you are thrown in at the deep end with outdated equipment and very little support. Morale stayed low because leadership cared more about saving money than improving the workplace. There was always this warning feeling around the office that another ad decision was coming soon. I could go and on about how bad this company is. Stay away!!!