Oh man, where to start...
Management was the worst I've have ever seen or experienced, ever (I've literally known fast food managers better). The CEO Steve Libby, is an egotistical hot head. "Oppressive psychological warfare and intimidation" is how I would describe his "management" style. He's a big juice head who knows he can intimidate you physically. He doesn't care about anything other than "getting it done", I realize businesses are about making money, but not at the total expense of your employees. I've heard him scream at, cuss out, ridicule, belittle, and humiliate other employees. (I really feel sorry for his kids and wife!) There was NEVER positive reinforcement, it was always negative. Always. You could not do anything great it seemed, only adequate.
He wanted 8 billable hours out of us every day in the web department. A realistic 4-5 billable hours is the norm at actual web development firms. We actually had to explain to him that we had to use the bathroom or eat lunch when he saw a gap in our billable time.
Both Steve and Kurt have ZERO creative instinct. ZERO. I can't stress this enough. They both wouldn't know good or poor design if it smacked them in the face. The big irony of iNet is the fact that Steve thinks he is a master of marketing, only to him, good marketing is making fun of, and relentlessly bad mouthing your competitors (that's not marketing). No creativity at all.
I didn't realize it at the time, but when I started interviewing for other jobs having iNet on my resume was actually a detriment, it turns out iNet is the laughing stock of professional web development.
Micromanagement was rampant! I remember a few times when a project would come to us, we'd design it, get approval from the customer, move forward and start cutting it up only to have Steve have us change the design around to better showcase iNet. The customers would not be too happy about this because they'd have a design that they liked (and often conveyed exactly what they wanted to us), but Steve would literally say, "the customer doesn't know what they want" and have us redesign the whole thing...
I don't think Kurt had any idea what was going on the whole time I worked there, and he was a huge brown noser to Steve. That was the only way to climb the ladder there; major brown nosing or being related.
I realize this sounds super exaggerated, but it true! I worked there for about a year, and even though I got fired, it was definitely for the best.
The sales staff: I don't have too much to say here, but these guys definitely were Steve's favorites, and it showed.
The benefits: lousy at best. No direct deposit, they released our checks to us on Saturdays, not Fridays, so you'd have to make a special trip on your day off to get paid. No retirement options, mediocre insurance (that was before Obamacare, so it's probably horrible now if they even still offer it)
In summery, beware prospect employees or customers. Stay clear of iNet! You'll be better taken care of elsewhere. Don't listen to the poor marketing, if you want to have a voice in the creation and implementation of YOUR website, go to a real firm. Don't support this business!
