iNET Web reviews about "training"

Just graduated from college and desperate? You can do better. Washing dishes and sweeping floors is a less soul-crushing job. Horrible management. No training. The company is a scam and rips of clients that don't know any better. The CEO really does think he's a genius but he's more of a paranoid mess. Just read the Google Maps reviews and his responses to the negative ones and it'll tell you everything you need to know. Here is an example of the childishness, a response to a 1 star review: Rong like Ron, AaRON. Folks, a coincidence we have two a’s then ‘RON’ reacting to iNET’s radio response to ‘Ron’s angst? We think not, Two-a-RON. Two a’s and two stars? Masonic symbolism AaRon? Two-a-RON appears to be a real dude, just not an iNET client. Reading Two-a-RON’s online review profile is foray into divorcee, muddy intellectual depths only the self-awareness, sans the latter, a non-jerk, less than 20% tipping, poet critic, fueled three-or-four days a week by cocktails and fast food provides. iNET shouts out props to Two-a-RON for the humility in taking responsibility for not walking out the door. Like iNET, Two-a-RON has good things to say about a number of Lake Country and Dousman businesses. Two-a-RON got a load of gravel reminding us M to the U to the D to the T to the E to the C to the H is the best foundation waterproofing, helical pier and asphalt repair company in Lake Country on par with or better than the best anywhere. Wanna know the truth about iNET? Contact our real client M U D T E C H. iNET branding, website at the top of native search engines and ranking full stop Creative Genius inspired radio ads have catapulted M to the U to the D to the T to the E to the C to the H from great people doing best in industry work at beat all competitor prices to massive non-stop-growth doing best in industry work at beat all competitor prices. Food, NOT fast-food, for thought, when you need foundation repairs M to the U to the D to the T to the E to the C to the H digs up just what needs repairs, NOT ALL FOUR WALLS. iNET would be remise if we didn’t point out; un-ironically, there are a pair of a’s in “NOT ALL FOUR WALLS”. Illuminati code perhaps Two-a-RON? Who in their right mind responds to a 1 star review like that?

Direct deposit. That’ll come with time.

No direct deposit is honestly my biggest complaint. There isnt much in the way of official training so you need to teach yourself a bit, but the people around you are more than happy to help. Because iNET takes on so many projects people tend to wear a lot of hats. This can be great because you gain more experience, but can also suck because maybe you dont want to learn coding. You work with a lot of nerds. But I like nerds so I never minded. Is iNET the best place in the world to work? No. Are there problems with management or certain aspects of corporate culture that are irritating? Yes. Are 99% of all employers the exact same? Absolutely.

There's an abhorrent lack of communication, empathy, and camaraderie between coworkers and teams. Projects are given insane deadlines and everything goes over budget. Everything. Poor communication and leadership. Very, very, very few opportunities for advancement. Products and services are done with a "quantity over quality" philosophy. Sink or swim environment, no training. Lots of quiet hostility and high school clique vibes going on. Practices vary from person to person–no proper process or procedure. Many folks are flying by the seat of their pants. The proprietory CMS is...odd. Sales people talk poorly about clients–they're fleecing them. Most of the equipment there is old, and will likely only be replaced if there is a critical failure. Lots of people wearing more than one hat, which creates an environment where you have people spreading out their time and energy instead of focusing on what they're good at. Fostering growth through mentorship and patience doesn't exist here. No direct deposit. All checks are physical and have to be handed/mailed to you. No real HR department. Read all of the reviews–notice how the reviews with 4 or 5 stars aren't as helpful as the ones with 2 or 1. Read them, and see which ones are telling you the honest truth. If you're out there looking for work in our field and you see that inet is hiring, keep looking. I don't know who you are, but I can assure you that you deserve better than what inet has to offer.

They will spend more time trying to get this deleted/cover it up with fake positive reviews than actually taking steps to make themselves better, so I will keep this short. If you are desperate for a job - literally risking living on the streets - go ahead and take a job here until you can get back on your feet. If you have ANY other option, skip past this one. My experience at iNet did not advance me in any way, and despite having over a year of experience, I left iNet at square one because no one in the industry considers iNet experience real experience. Other digital marketing companies view hiring former iNet employees as a rescue mission. The company is often described by other agencies as “a puppy mill for marketers.” NO one is threatened by them as far as client success, because all the tactics they use are unethical and there is no real skill used in their marketing “strategies.” Everyone laughs at them as they run around thinking they’re the big dogs - It’s honestly kind of adorable now that I’m back out in the real world. At the agency I’m at now, I am making nearly twice as much money, with a more comprehensive benefits package, 401k, unlimited time off, and professional development opportunities, all while doing half the “work” I did at this place. The difference is the work matters because there’s actual formal training at my latest company, while everything at inet is “figure it out yourself,” so no one knows how to do anything. If you want to make a livable wage doing something that matters even the smallest amount, look for something else.

The only plus side to my time there is that I have never seen an unemployment claim go through so fast. The WI unemployment office probably has a hilariously long history with this company. Considering this company's reputation in the area, I have half a mind to pretend I never even worked there going forward. There's this idea that it has never been easier to lie on your resume thanks to the internet. I would like to add to that and mention that it has never been easier for a company to lie about itself. These people know exactly how to hide just how poorly their business is run, and how little they value new hires. Just look at their marketing site, read that garbage and tell me it wasn't written by a clerk from Cousin's Subs trying to make their sandwiches sound like Gordan Ramsay made them. You will be offered a position that you did not apply for – and you will not be able to change positions once you start. At some point during my time there I became aware of the fact that there were no fewer than 7 people with Comp Sci / Graphic Design degrees that were offered unrelated jobs and told when hired they could move into their desired positions. NONE of them successfully switched desks, and not surprisingly, NONE of them work at iNET anymore. During my time at iNET I probably saw 2 dozen people come and go... new hires, interns, 8 year veterans... the company is barely 4 dozen total btw. You will not be trained - iNET does not employ anyone with enough experience to train you. Those kinds of employees are outside of iNET's business model, and those kind of activities are viewed as useless overhead. I was "trained" about HTML specifications that were 14 years out of date. INET does not train people, because they know anyone they train will eventually wake up to the job pool outside of Waukesha, and realize they're worth more money anywhere else in the world. You will not be managed - iNET does not employ anyone with any experience to manage you. The projects have no defined standards or expectations, they just add / remove quality depending on how much money the project budget is. Starting out, you will work on the small throwaway projects alongside other similarly trained newbies, and you will all fall flat on your face. When I was given advice on how to develop sites faster, some real gems offered included things like “instead of naming a SCSS color variable '$white', name it '$w' to save time typing the other four letters.” You will not earn a decent wage - I had to beg for a 1 year review, and afterwards was told that the CEO would need to be consulted regarding any raise I would get. I was told the CEO is moody, and that I to wait for the right time to bring up a raise. I had to wait one month to be told I was getting stiffed. Not one red cent. A year's worth of training myself, a year's worth of continuous, measurable performance increases, during historic gas prices and inflation, and iNET could not find enough money in the coffers to raise me up above gas-station wages. You will not be mentored - iNET's ethos is basically "low retention is inevitable – why contain it?". Why waste time mentoring junior level employees when you can just replace them every 2 months? When you ask questions you will be talked down to, the people who answer them will not even necessarily know the correct answer, and the best part: the time your team takes to answer your question will be logged on your project. I was told not continue my education for the sole reason that once I had a BS in Comp Sci I would quit and work somewhere else for a higher wage. A rare bout of honesty, I only wish it slipped out 12 months earlier. You will compete with your own team - Every project is a silo, and the CEO fosters a workplace of competition, not teamwork. You will not learn a single healthy professional habit – This company operates entirely outside of the box, they choose to ignore 40 years of proven process and guidelines. You will be told to work hard while every tenured employee around you phones it in. You will not be proud of the work you do. Every site looks the same. Every project is bid poorly. The proprietary CMS software is a joke. It is poorly maintained, has worse UX than Dwarf Fortress(google it), and overall feels like an aborted community college project designed by someone who has never used any software before – much less a web application. It isn't worth the hard drive it lives on. It's only saving grace is that it perfectly proves just how silver-tongued the salesmen are. Picture Wordpress if it existed in 1992, was designed by Jackson Pollock, and had 10% of the features. Every customer is laughed at behind their backs for being a good mark. You can't have scope creep if there is never a scope. The standards that do exist make no sense what so ever. Has anyone in the history of UX design heard of making submit buttons red? Why test sites on Firefox when EDGE has more users? You will not be a part of the team - iNET has a core group of workers and you ain't in it. tl;dr: If you're an entry level person, just get a job ANYWHERE ELSE and find a community online to help build your skills. Train yourself, because that is all iNET will tell you to do. Hell, work remote for some shady startup that will fold in a few months, it doesn't matter. INET is, without a doubt in my mind, the single most jacked-up business I have ever worked for... from the leadership down to the procedures and product. I wish I was kidding. Very quickly it became apparent that they could not care less about my development as an employee. KwikTrip pays better than iNET does. iNET will use you, and no they won't buy you dinner first.