Companies to Avoid Working for in the Dallas Area

Have you ever worked for a horrible company in the DFW area? Let others know what companies to avoid and why.

iBAHN out of Salt Lake City, Utah.
This company has remote IT and IT Sales people.

The executives have burned bridges with most of the major players executives in their own industry.

25% of the work force of 400 have been downsized due to the executives poor relations with executives at the corporate offices they need to sell/do business with.

The executives who did this are still at the helm!
SAD.
Run!

tsue in Dallas, Texas said: Have you ever worked for a horrible company in the DFW area? Let others know what companies to avoid and why.

Pitiful conduct in the ARAMARK uniform division. Blatent harassment is rampant.

Also, ARAMARK will officially say they are diversified per their reported % of non-white males. This is achieved by hiring Arabic, Hispanic and Asians into the Plant work floor folding items, washing items and loading items.

You will rarely see a female of any racial background including white. They don't want any pregnancy to interfere with the profits.

Go look and see for yourself! You will find no black or Asian people in management. You may find a Hispanic person over the labor workers in the plant.... never in the office buildings.

Texas horrible companies in Frisco, Texas said: iBAHN out of Salt Lake City, Utah.
This company has remote IT and IT Sales people.

The executives have burned bridges with most of the major players executives in their own industry.

25% of the work force of 400 have been downsized due to the executives poor relations with executives at the corporate offices they need to sell/do business with.

The executives who did this are still at the helm!
SAD.
Run!

Watch out! This company is in a downward spiral.

Also, they bought LTV a TV company intended for use in hotels. Duhh, they hadn't given any thought at all to the content that would go with it. Content is the programming necessary to have a product to sell. They - the executives - paid millions for LTV without knowing anything about content!

MSI International in Irving Texas is the worst recruiting firm to work for. Verbal abuse, no professional training, not a professional environment, verbal abuse.

Quadrem is an emarketplace is the worst company that I have worked for so far. The IT / Integration team management is insecure of their ability hence they dont allow good talent to perform or even collaborate new ideas. Because of the insecurity the upper management tries to enforce design practices and policies with are not competetive in the marketplace. The environment is totally unprofessional and discouraging to work.

tsue in Dallas, Texas said: Have you ever worked for a horrible company in the DFW area? Let others know what companies to avoid and why.

NRS a third pary collecitons agency in Carrollton, Texas they treat the consumer in a degrading way and they treat thier employees the same way.

Stay away from Rubbermaid in Greenville. No forward thinking, no planning, no professionalism.

Weir Bros. INC DALLAS TEXAS
These people have a great company but if you say anything in your eyes ligit. or ask a question because there is really no training.,or ask for a hour off, or even do a great job for them, They will fire you on the spot. They are a family owned company which you would think to be a great job.! WRONG

Lauren said: NRS a third pary collecitons agency in Carrollton, Texas they treat the consumer in a degrading way and they treat thier employees the same way.

That's being nice, Lauren. NRS is run by unethical scum and they break collection laws everyday. The management is awful and treat their employees like garbage. RUN from this "employer".

SampsonB in Dallas, Texas said: Availity, LLC in Dallas is one to avoid. They have no formal org chart, no clear procedures/policies(multiple contradictions and ambiguities in the handbook), and hire people from larger companies expecting for them to be happy in this environment. Promises are made that are not kept, and people are fired for speaking out. In addition, the work roles are not clear once you start the job and do not match similar roles in the marketplace. This is not above-board at all...

I recently got an offer from availity, what's your opinion?.Do you think I should go for it?. They promised a sal review after 6 mos, but are giving a low base sal and a high bonus.

tsue in Dallas, Texas said: Have you ever worked for a horrible company in the DFW area? Let others know what companies to avoid and why.

Fiserv in frisco, is one to avoid. Horrible management, dont treat employees right, and avoid a guy called Kevin.

I been out of the work force for ten years due to retirement, makes you wonder if there really are any good companies in the Dallas/Ft Worth area

Harte Hanks in any location. Everyone gets a "VP" added to their job title but have no incentive to go out and get other business, they just milk their own clients. No training, poor communication. It's no wonder they're downsizing due to the short sightedness of the senior management

Roy jon Simpson said: I been out of the work force for ten years due to retirement, makes you wonder if there really are any good companies in the Dallas/Ft Worth area

I work for the Army/Air Force Exchange Service. Work is steady, pay is bottom-line comparible but I refer back to the steady part. They are working on training their employees more and more. Pretty good retirement plan.

Coker Equipment in Dallas. They will not train you and when you ask for training they will treat you like you are dumb. They talk down to you curse at you and much more. They also lie, steal,and cheat their employees and customers out of money.

Coker equipment sucks!

ACCOR North America is a terrible place to work - Especially in IT. The management there is incompetent. They are mostly former hotel managers trying to be IT managers. No IT experience and no appreciation for skill or talent. All employees must thrive on the ability to make their boss look good to everybody else. No independent thought or creativity is allowed. Also, work loads are terrible and poorly managed. You can never succeed with 5 number one items simultaneously.
The pay is pretty good but it is not worth it. No one needs to be treated like an idiot all the time.

Avoid JI Companies in Austin, TX. The CEO makes these huge speeches on how his company cares and his company believes in moving employees up within the company... and all these other fairy tales but his management has different ideas. I have a degree and an ALL Lines insurance license and had been with the company for a long time with excellent performance reviews. But, they downsized and stuck me in the mail room, opening and sorting mail and telling me things like, people don't like you, they avoid you, you'll never move up, you have no people skills... The office politics there are vicious! While my manager was yelling at me, I started crying, and she yelled some more. I went to HR but they didn't want to bother with it. So, I borrowed a box from HR and packed up my desk and walked out on the job. I got a better job and have moved up much more easily. Walking out on JI was the best thing I ever did.

Any bad press for this company in Dallas or Fort Worth Texas ?

tsue in Dallas, Texas said: Have you ever worked for a horrible company in the DFW area? Let others know what companies to avoid and why.

Steinway Hall in Dallas. They hire people letting them think they have a great job. Soon you find out the most important guy in the place is an abusive idiot. He talks down to everyone (except a couple of favorites, of course). He screams and treats other people like crap. The worst part is the owner knows it and does nothing about it. One of the worst, most unprofessional environments I have ever seen. Some of the folks there are nice, but not worth putting up with him. I walked out at lunch and never went back. Smartest thing I ever did, even in this economy.

I would have to agree with all of the above except that they are no where near a great company. It was the single most horribly run and managed company I have ever worked for, and not to mention shady if you catch my drift! They are at times abusive to their staff (I only witnessed it) and it happens often. The sad part is they do have some very loyal and great people who work for them but they will never appreciate them or pay them near what they deserve. They are a sinking ship. They are always a mess financially and they deserve it. After all I witnessed and everything I found out about the way they do business while working there I wonder how some of them sleep at night, or maybe they don't and that's why they are all such aweful people. The really sad part is that despite the fact that I didn't get fired or get abused I saw enough of it to tell others to stay away. Oh and you can forget raises. It just won't happen.

Weir Brothers Dallas Texas. Family owned and operated. It was the single most horribly run and managed company I have ever worked for, and not to mention shady if you catch my drift! They are at times abusive to their staff (I only witnessed it) and it happens often. The sad part is they do have some very loyal and great people who work for them but they will never appreciate them or pay them near what they deserve. They are a sinking ship. They are always a mess financially and they deserve it. After all I witnessed and everything I found out about the way they do business while working there I wonder how some of them sleep at night, or maybe they don't and that's why they are all such aweful people. The really sad part is that despite the fact that I didn't get fired or get abused I saw enough of it to tell others to stay away. Oh and you can forget raises. It just won't happen.

Wow my condulences for working there, but glad you have apparently moved on (or you are just brave enough to speak out.)

Pepsico (a part of Frito Lay) in Frisco, TX did a huge wave a layoffs late last year, but before that they ended my contract after only a month and with 1 or 2 day notice. My manager didn't even bother to tell me, and there was a "Mix up" with the staffing firms (onsite and mine) that resulted in the short notice. In addition, they wouldn't give a valid reason even though I had left a full time job to go there. Yes, it know it's easy to think that when you're the one being let go, but in this case the pathetic reason offered was something I've had years of experience in with great references. They also played the game of "he said/she said" without giving even one name. I would never offer my hard work to them again!

tsue in Dallas, Texas said: Have you ever worked for a horrible company in the DFW area? Let others know what companies to avoid and why.

Outrageous Adventures(event planner)in dallas. Has horrible equiptment, but most of all employess are treated like crap and deserve better, but with the economy the way it is we fell like there's no where to go. We are stuck like chuck. The rich get richer and poorer gets stepped on.

Steinway Hall in Dallas, Texas. Family owned, family run, and family ruined. I happend to get on here because someone told me about this site, was just curious, but I saw good ol Steinway on here. I worked for them years ago as a tech. I never saw so much abuse in one place. They let people run things who are idiotic and have mental problems. They do pick favorites and the "non favorites" get treated like dogs and yelled at...poor management to say the least... I always found that amazing. It's almost like the rich people mostly buy the Steinways....the poor paid employees upstairs who do all the hard work get treated like crapola....no one does what they say there are going to do, especially management, and people working their really get their feelings bashed. Worse place I ever worked. A bunch of arrogant, non feeling snobs shop there and the owners don't care about anything but money. Period. If I met anyone who wanted to work there I'd tell them to STAY AWAY!!

Oh my God......no one can ask those questions ... they should have something filed on them...it's illegal to ask if you are married/status, sexual preferences, etc...I had someone ask me how old I am a couple of times in interviews...you'd think they would know the laws!!

CSI, a technical staffing company, asked me if I was married and whether I had children or not. This was in the waiting area before my interview at the client company. I should have reported them then.

OMG....that's unbelievable....they just don't get it...this site is really getting interesting.

I just hear about this site, need to get on here for sure. The worst company I ever worked for is Emergency Medical Billing, private owned company, not small but very un-professional. They make bosses out of people who have no people skills.
I was treated horrible by a boss, yes friends, it does still happen here in America. Not much you can do about it. Out of fear of loosing my job, I stayed and didn't report it. Small companies and family-owned companies are usually very unprofessional; although I am sure there are exceptions. The economy is bad, so now I have another job where I get "talked down to"....I dream of the day when we have plenty of jobs again and these jerks have to back off and act like human beings instead of the creeps they really are...wouldn't you love it if they were in a situation where they couldn't find enough employees to work for them, lol???

I have heard about a couple of these companies, too. I have a job right now that is abusive. I get yelled at constantly by this stupid woman who thinks she is queen of the house and owns it.

It is a real shame that this goes on and I hear from other people I know that they are being bullied by their bosses. It does seem to get worse as the economy has gotten worse. I make less money than I did 15 years ago and at a "working poverty" level right now. I agree; can't wait tell the economy gets better....I'll be leaving my 2 minutes notice with this company when that happens and will post their name and information.

Several years ago, Navini Network in Plano enticed me to come to work there (at what was supposed to be originally a permanent position) when they were a startup at a discounted salary with the continuing promise that when they flipped me from contract to full time, they would give me 15,000 shares of stock. 6 months later, after they'd secured what they needed from me, they wished me luck on my next contract and ushered me out the door. After 6 months of paying me a discount rate. I found out from other former employees and recruiters, this was a typical practice for Navini. As dishonest as the day is long.

I have to leave a comment on here because I've actually worked for 2 of these companys mentioned. Wier Brothers and Steinway Dallas.

Part of being a good manager or boss is knowing how to treat you employees. There is the proper way to speak to human beings and the improper way to speak. Both these companys brokee all the rules.

I saw some really good workers get verbally attacked. Fortunately, I was able to exit gracefully. Some people were not so lucky. These 2 organizations should be really ashamed of themselves. It's always about THE MONEY, with not a thought to how your employees are being treated.

One so-called supervisor at Steinway ran the place...I saw him talk to certain people like dogs..except for his favorites ...which were very very, believe me. I'm talking real abuse, and the owner could care less.

Wier Bros. was about as bad.....once again, I saw grown men and women walk out with tears in their eyes after a hard days work.

How do the owners even look in the mirror at themselves?

good apple said: I would have to agree with all of the above except that they are no where near a great company. It was the single most horribly run and managed company I have ever worked for, and not to mention shady if you catch my drift! They are at times abusive to their staff (I only witnessed it) and it happens often. The sad part is they do have some very loyal and great people who work for them but they will never appreciate them or pay them near what they deserve. They are a sinking ship. They are always a mess financially and they deserve it. After all I witnessed and everything I found out about the way they do business while working there I wonder how some of them sleep at night, or maybe they don't and that's why they are all such aweful people. The really sad part is that despite the fact that I didn't get fired or get abused I saw enough of it to tell others to stay away. Oh and you can forget raises. It just won't happen.

I got on here.....glad you posted this, I worked for them about 7 yrs. ago as a tech, if you are still workin there be careful, they really are cut-throat people, seriously. Mr. "C" is a seriously disturbed person and gets rid of people for his own entertainment.

Displeased in Flower Mound, Texas said: Quadrem is an emarketplace is the worst company that I have worked for so far. The IT / Integration team management is insecure of their ability hence they dont allow good talent to perform or even collaborate new ideas. Because of the insecurity the upper management tries to enforce design practices and policies with are not competetive in the marketplace. The environment is totally unprofessional and discouraging to work.

Have things improve here?

I guess the situation remains the same as long as the upper management (Manager and above) change which I dont think happened. As it was mentioned before, the unprofessionalism and incompetence is the one which makes working there discouraging and unrewarding.

Stay away from Scotts Lawn Service. They trick you into working 6 days a week(M-S). Then after you work 40hrs, they start paying at 1/2 of what you would make an hr. This is illegal! They say that you will be compensated. Via the number of service calls made bonus. This is is rarely done.

good to see such a forum..like"buyer beware'.

Nice to come across this forum

Doctor Clu in Dallas, Texas said: I work for the Army/Air Force Exchange Service. Work is steady, pay is bottom-line comparible but I refer back to the steady part. They are working on training their employees more and more. Pretty good retirement plan.

OH NO...YOU WORK FOR THE
American
Armed
Forces
Extorcion
Services... I HATE THEM, THEY RIP OFF THE TROOPS IN THE STATES AND ESPECIALLY OVER SEAS.
THEIR ALSO BAD BECAUSE THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE TO HIRE QUALIFIED PEOPLE.

Freedom Park

They are a valet service that works at the airport. Their the red shirt people. That company is on big OSHA complaint. If they think you lying about something they take you to a lie detector place. They kiss up to the customers, so we have no say in anything. We get fined 100 dollars if we get caught not 3 point parking, or if we take the wrong car to the airport. We get fined for everything. They have a snack place where they cook hot food. There's no health and welfare inspection or running water. They don't give you breaks at all. We get yelled at for going inside the terminal to use the bathroom, buy some water, get some cold air. STAY AWAY

I recently lost a GREAT JOB and a week lter got hired for a montessorri school! Yay right? I went through the training on technique for 6 DAYS and the night before they were to start school they called and told me A former employer of 6 yrs returned and I was bumped! So three days later I got a Job at another daycare! Oh my Gosh!! I was hired for the 2yrs at one location and schoolage class at another location. (They Have 3 locations) So I was in my 3rd week when I saw My lead techer knock a 5yr old upside the head!!!!!!! I Freaked!! (inside) The whole school is so chaotic!!! I reported it to a superviser! You would not believe it! I was yelled at OVER THE PHONE!! WHILE IN CLASS AT THE OTHER LOCATION!! I was cleaning a child of 2yr up after an accident, While getting yelled at and told how long this teacher had worked for her. A little boy came running towards me and was about to slip in the "ACCIDENT" site, all i could see was that boy slipping and busting his head!! SO I yelled "NOOOOOO" while still on the phone! oops! She then thought I yelled at her and FIRED ME!!!! I tried to explain and she was so angry I couldn't get a word in! So I did as she told me and left. I called her after an hour to explain I was not yelling at her and explained. I was so disappointed when they would rather hold on an abusive employee for 8 years, than work out what I had witnessed. I think there are so many Good day cares out there. Loyalty to employees that don't deserve it gripes me!! When did we get to this point when an employer rather have an employee that Hits the kids JUst because of 8 years of service!!!!!!!???????? This is a PLANO daycare to boot. Quality childcare????????????????????? If you have kids in daycare at either of these 3 sites!!! Good LUCK you ll need it/

You need to report the abuse to the agency that licenses daycares in Texas.