sales support representative

lighting technician

product manager

éclaireur

special projects coordinator

Liteline Corporation

Liteline makes a quality line of products, but they have a long way to go when it comes to employee retention and respect. This review is based solely on my opinion from having worked there for a number of years.
 
Let’s start with the good: 

-	If this is your first job (or first job in an office), you’ll get to learn basic skills that will be valuable as you progress in your career. You’ll also get to deal with many complex characters and interactions, which is also valuable in a way.
-	They’re pretty good about providing product and industry training.
-	They occasionally had company BBQs and other events for staff appreciation.
-	The best part of the job is your co-workers. Most are very talented, down to earth and have similar feelings about the toxic environment. Many deserve better.

But unfortunately, that is where the “good” ends for me…now to the bad: 

-	LOW pay in most positions. Not even sure that students fresh out of school would accept it these days. Minimal increases.
-	MINIMAL job security. I witnessed an abnormal amount of terminations here. 
-	HIGH level of turn-over. It would be strange to go a month (or less) without hearing gossip of someone “no-longer with the company”. 
-	NO-ROOM for growth. They rarely promoted internally, and mostly went external.
-	They aren’t “progressive” when it comes to trends in work (compounded by a lack of trust). So, if you’re thinking of working from home from time to time…forget about it. 
-	Most things need to be approved by ownership (family-run business). Due to this, it ends up taking FOREVER to complete projects. 
-	Ownership also changes their mind many times during said approval process. What they said was “ok” today is absolutely “unacceptable” tomorrow, so you’ll likely need to re-do your work an unreasonable amount of times.  
-	Ownership sets aggressive deadlines for big projects, i.e. “I need this in an hour” or similar, regularly. This combined with the lengthy approval process and frequent “changing of minds” results in incredible stress to employees and missed deadlines.
-	It’s expected that your job description can have some variance. Though get ready to do many “executive-assistant” type tasks for ownership.
-	A “thank-you” or recognition is SO RARE. Considering the insane work to pay ratio. 
-	Ownership will be excited about you when you first start, but within a few weeks, you’ll be old news, and they’ll think they’re better at your job than you are. 
-	Ownership is overall passive-aggressive and lacking respect when it comes to communication with its employees. Some of the conversations by phone and email were so rude that its downright comical looking back at it. Their replies are often vague and lacking direction.   
-	When you’ve finally had enough, and you decide it’s time to resign (sigh of relief), don’t expect a thank you/good luck, but rather expect to either be walked out immediately or for ownership to avoid you for the remainder of your stay. 

Ownership is oblivious to the fact that they have created a toxic work environment driven by “fear”. My experience here handed me many interactions that were made more complex than they needed to be. Although unpleasant in the moment, you will likely look back and have a really good laugh about it all once you move on.

Let's start with the lie they tell you right when you are are hired. They say there's room for growth. THERE IS NOT. Two people during my time here tried to get jobs in different departments and were refused the request. They both ended up quitting after getting better jobs elsewhere. My manager had the audacity to deny this straight to my face when I called her out for lying. 

Second, they are unfair with their salaries. I found out another employee who started around the same time as me was making significantly more. So I was mad when I asked for a raise and my manager was vague with her response. It's been two months and she still hasn't given me an answer. You can afford to give my employee that pay but not me? Sure. 

Liteline tends to refuse making any internal hires which is why they have such a high turnaround. They apparently don't think millenials are ambitious or driven enough to climb their way up a company, as long as they get perks. This is such poor judgement and severe underestimation of millenials. Liteline is the only company that exclusively hires externally. Why? Because they're cheap and don't want to pay more. 

I've been told by my manager there's been a change in my personality in the last couple of months. Maybe if this company wasn't so disorganized I'd actually enjoy working here. 

Oh and they called me out for my excessive cell phone. I'm on my phones looking for jobs so I can get out of here.

I've worked in the warehouse/distribution center for 3 years. It is very busy and there is a lot of work to do as its a growing company. despite the workload, the management makes it fun and the atmosphere is very good. Everyone in the warehouse gets along well with one another and works as a team, everyone is cross-trained on each others job so we don't get slammed during vacations and when people call in sick. Training was very thorough and organized, I received my sop's in writing with pictures and cheat sheets, a trainer worked along side me until I was ready to work on my own.

Their ops manager runs a tight ship but is very fair and pushes the team dynamic. Makes everyone feel comfortable and welcome. I had a complicated personal issue, he was very sensitive and understanding to my issue and accommodating.

I worked as a picker and i found the building to be exceptionally clean compared to other warehouses i have worked in. The hand held scanners were also cool to use. For training each new team member in the warehouse was given a booklet of standard operating procedures which helped outline specific tasks to new workers. 

All warehouse team members worked together to complete any tasks as required, I never felt like i was alone facing a mountain of work and always had people willing to help me throughout the day. Management team was cool and said hi to everyone each morning often bringing coffee and doughnuts. The inventory team was always around ready to assist if i encountered issues.

Definitely different dynamic, father and 3 children are essentially upper management. It isnt necessarily a bad thing I beg to differ just different sort of management you typically would expect in a corporate environment.

co-workers turn over rate very high, aside from managers there were a lot of new hires and a lot of people leaving.

all around not a bad company at all, just sort of displaced cause of the high turn over.

Excellent place to work, new equipment and facility. 
Very nice, but toxic supervisor treat or yells at anyone ringing on the door, too much attituted for a drop out high schooler supervisor, he thinks there is only one way to do things, manager very nice, but would not tolerate any error, or fire you. 
Very professional environment, the owners want top notch results in everything.

I've been with Liteline for just over 2 years. They are an amazing employer, they care and treat all their employees like family.  They are fair, understanding, recognize and appreciate hard work.  I'm very fortunate to have this opportunity and recommend them to anyone looking to join them.

The management is really really bad, they have no experience in managing employees. The work is not as stressful but the bad management makes it that way.
I'm surprised the clients haven't notices the low quality of work and technical knowledge. There have been instances of bad client communication and misinformation.

I had a great experience working there the supervisor was very nice managers were very nice owners were very nice employees were very nice great experience love learning about all the different lighting that they had love learning how the business was ran

not bad, I had a good manager. Good office job to start and expand on your career. They occasionally had bbqs and ice cream for staff appreciation. You’ll learn to interact with many different people. However I saw many people get hired and fired frequently.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Sales support representative 3 salaries reported	$50,000 per year
Lighting technician 4 salaries reported	$52,500 per year
Product manager 4 salaries reported	$75,000 per year
Éclaireur 2 salaries reported	$51,250 per year
Special projects coordinator 2 salaries reported	$65,000 per year

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