Ken Heid

The Twilight Zone I worked at A-tech full-time for more than a year Cons ? No Overtime Micromanagement Throat Cutting/Backstabbing Dishonesty No place to advance I was one of the original people who was first hired. In that time I saw this company go through 2 managers,6 IT guys, 3 floor people including myself. I watched as we started out strong and the work was hard but manageable and could even be fun at times. When I started I helped build the inside of the facility. We all built it. Then the COO came and started throwing his weight around. Then it all went downhill. While I get he is the COO, he wanted things done to the building that would have got us shut down for a number of code violations. We were already 3 weeks behind schedule. The COO felt that the building should be an exact copy of other A-tech sites that catered to totally different clientele. A direct copy in terms of layout,business operations,design,functionality, etc,etc,etc despite the fact we had an ENTIRELY different customer base with different wants and needs from us as a company. It was basically asking us to sell snow cones in the north pole and wool sweaters in the desert. Everything started to slowly but surely become micromanaged. At one point while I was there we were to stop putting thing on skids in the trucks for delivery all in the name of saving space. I guess 3 inches of space is worth angry customers and lost business. I have been in logistics for over 10 years and I can tell you not ONE of the companies I worked for or customers alike would EVER accept product not on a skid/pallet. We even had customers who were large clients threaten to drop us if we continued the practice of such. Then the firings came. The first boss who I started with was thrown under the bus completely by having his job posted on every job board you can think. Later on the soon to be new guy comes in basically saying you got a week to get packed and get out. Later on that same manager who replaced the first manager got shafted the same way. His job was posted for up for God and country to see and when we showed him he contacted the higher ups. They had the audacity to lie to his face saying it was a mistake and it was for another site. Funny it's for another site yet is specifically stated for the St.Louis branch. Finally I was let go/laid off due to low work volume. I find this odd that I was let go being the only experienced guy left that knew what I knew about the business operations. Funny this was all after I had a short stint with an illness. ALL documented. I had the most seniority of any general worker there and knew more as well. We all have weaknesses but for all my time there I never had any issues,reprimands,write ups, or conferences about my performances. NOTHING that would have or had ever gone into my permanent file. So for all my hard work and time put in there all I got was a shove out the door. Thanks. Final Word: It's sad that this was once the BEST JOB I ever worked at to being what it is. I actually now look at my departure as a blessing in disguise. A-tech is going to continue to implode and the crap will only get deeper to the point you won't have enough wings to stay above.