An Absolute Mess - Anonymous employee LSI Solutions Employee Review

The culture here is toxic. The owner of the company is god, and what he says, goes. It is well-known that he screams at employees and his directors, but this is treated as just something that happens, rather than a serious problem. This led to a disastrous COVID response, where the whole company was dragged back onsite as soon as NY state law allowed, because the owner hates WFH. He even sent an e-mail telling all of us to be grateful we kept our jobs and that if we weren't comfortable coming back, we were welcome to leave. If you wanted to WFH, you had to sign this ridiculous paperwork with HR saying why. In the middle of a pandemic. People have been leaving in droves since that e-mail and lay-offs in July 2020. The rate of hiring began to slide in mid 2021; with minimal WFH, it is difficult to attract decent people. WFH has been offered to some people, but they have to be hush-hush about it to avoid offending people who can't WFH (?). The regulatory department nearly completely turned over because of the lack of WFH. Ultimately, even if you want to do the right thing, if the doctor doesn't want to do it, it isn't happening. Important changes can take months because the directors and VPs have to waste time gently introducing it to the doctor and getting him to accept it. And he might just change his mind and snatch it away at the last moment. Toxic people flourish in a toxic culture, and this place is no exception. Top management is chosen based on their ability to "handle" the owner rather than their capabilities, so you might just end up with someone who has no idea what they are doing, but doesn't trust you to do it. You might be micromanaged or completely abandoned. I'm not aware of a good medium. And there are plenty of people who get away with refusing to do needed work as a result, and so you might find yourself facing brick walls with no way forward. Vacation time is a joke too. Don't believe anyone saying it is great; they are pretending that the required NY vacation time (where they removed a few holidays and some PTO) counts. You are required to use two weeks of your PTO during the two company shutdowns a year, which could be up to ten days that are gone. If you don't use them, you don't get paid during those weeks. And you have to jump through an insane amount of hoops to be allowed to work during that period unless you're considered essential. When I had a family medical emergency pre-NY-vacation-time, I ended up with not enough vacation time to take Thanksgiving and Christmas off besides what they gave us. And that was before they added the second shutdown! Top management doesn't communicate effectively, and so gossip and rumors are rampant. Those July 2020 layoffs? They first went through the grapevine, were denied, and then happened anyway.