Run for the hills - Anonymous employee Kayak Pools Midwest Employee Review

Everything. Just to name a few things. Owner is a narcissist Those acting as management are lacking the true skillsets to be a manager (being a great sales guy does not equate to being a great manager).. The owner is an extreme micro-manager. The owner has people who act in the roles of trainers or otherwise but will completely change or scrap whatever had been told or taught by those he allegedly thinks so highly of. The owner is rude and unaccountable and a true gaslighter and a bit of an exaggerater (a few days versus a few months in his mind or a couple of weeks versus just a full week or a month versus two full weeks ago versus only a week ago this occurred). The owner is good at creating ahostile and intimidating work environment but not knowing what you mean if you subtly remind him (Insight into this would be keeping me away from doing the job I initially was supposed to be accountable for or how about hovering over me and hounding me so much that now it creates an environment where one is fearful and 'intimidated' to do anything at all.) Owner and the ones acting as managemnt are demeaning and demoralizing. They operate on bully and intimidation tactics. Passive-aggressive behaviors in the workplace. The owner is a bit of a penny pincher and the pay plans are deisigned to never get out of debt with the owner if you leave too soon or otherwise. Inferior product and overpriced product for sale. Misleading the potential customer on productl availability advertise cheap pools but will not sell them and advertise expensive $60,000 expensive pools but will not sell that either. (False advertising at best). This company advertises to people who cannot afford their overpriced product and the target audience is clueless as to the concept of paying top dollar for a 'so called.' quality product. The owner has unrealistic expectations of the sales and marketing departments and thw outside sales people since the leads are all 90% weak and the target audience are those who are poor with no credit or truly is questionable credit they have lied about anyway! This company makes you feel undervalued and scared of losing your job every single day. The team morale is non-existant and taking your employees offsite or out drinking or to a game is not building team spirit or morale when it counts (at the job). A ton of blurred lines from the office politics and the owners rules bith written and unwritten rules within this company. One day the rules apply and the next day it does not so tends to be a lack of consistency on especially the owners behalf as to how he enforces the rules. When a rule is made it applies to everyone or not because otherwise you open a can of worms because it looks like favortism or worst case scenario it is down right discriminatory in nature. There is no tolerance to learn on your own or to master things on an individual basis as forcing new hires to talk and breathe and sound and mimic althe handful or people who are considered successful. This is not a good way to train and what he or she says may not work exactly that way for the next person it is absolutely setting someone up for failure and then gaslighting the situation so no one in charge has to be held accountable for any of this when everything hits the fan. The owner believes he is above the law (This is my business and I can do anything I want no matter what type of mentality). Too much empahsis on things that really don't matter anyway. The owner involving too many other employees in another employees business/issues/concerns that should not be involved (now this goes back to creating an intimidating or hostile work environment). There is no neutral party acting as Human Resources or otherwise. The owner loves to compare apples and oranges (so selling strictly over the phone versus helping someone sell that is in the home versus those who actually sell in the home is all different scenarios but it is hard to compare all of these things together as if everything is simply one in the same- it's not and the success rates and outcomes are vastly different as well). A turnover mill especially those involved in sales. The most important people for the success of the company gets the least bit of concern or care from those in charge -treaated with blatant disrespect (at best). Narrow-minded and mean spirited people. The computer programs are old and outdated and the database needs a massive overhaul.