Pros
I worked at the Texas Hill Country franchise, and they bought your power tools and provided a truck and gas card. Training pay was hourly with overtime pay, I was fortunate to be paired with an Installer awaiting promotion, who had already transitioned back to hourly pay.... I banked. Major pro for me, personally, was getting those checks knowing people were hating so hard.
Cons
I didn't particularly fit in, so I was pushed out. Coming from a construction background I feel this shop is mostly underqualified. Most installers weren't carpenters prior to working here, and because installers work on commission and want to get it done and run, they do a terrible job in training. The production line was also poorly trained, resulting in lots of incomplete jobs and those unpaid "go-backs". The woman who was in charge of us installers gave out jobs based on favorites, sent long winded and passively threatening group texts - and usually did so in the late evenings. Many of the people involved with the process of developing and editing prints, were in experienced resulting in lots of "go-backs", alterations, frantic texts from said boss, and more of a headache than you would get if you worked with people who were experienced/qualified. As an installer, you are the last in line to handle the job before its complete. When you're dealing with this level of incompetence, there's a lot that falls into your lap, and unfortunately your pay is affected by other's mistakes.
