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3.1

61% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)

Klaus Hofmann

83% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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1.0
Aug 18, 2017

National account rep

Anonymous employee
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Pros

insurance and benefits company lunches holiday parties

Cons

low pay heavy workload lack of sleep during weekend on call cliques not teams unprofessional managers

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Consolidated Fire Protection Response
8y
Consolidated Fire Protection management strives to maintain our culture and environment of open communication and team collaboration. We appreciate feedback from current and former employees. On-Call is a requirement set forth in the job description, job postings, and discussed during the interview process. Trained National Account Representatives are scheduled and notified well in advance of their On-Call rotation. The weekend On-Call rotations are spread out and could be scheduled once every 6-8 weeks. There are Account Representatives who request to be scheduled more On-Call rotations to make additional income throughout the year. Due to steady growth of our client base and our employee population, we have added a second rotation to our weekend On-Call effective 03/31/17. Our company has high expectations for our management team, leaders, and employees to regularly meet our customers’ requests and needs. Employees regularly excel within our company when they consistently demonstrate job knowledge, understanding of core business values, motivation to perform well, great time management skills, a desire to exceed expectations, and a great work ethic. We encourage you reach out to management or human resources directly with your concerns/ suggestions to improve your experience with CFP.
2.0
Aug 2, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

They can keep you busy. They pay a decent wage. They have a lot of opportunities to move around from team to team and will have you believe that you can easily promote.

Cons

They are directed by a local management team that likes to play favorites. If you get in good with the managers, especially the senior guy, Ace, then you'll have a much better chance to move up. There is a ridiculous amount of profanity and vulgarity that is permitted to happen. There's a lot of double standards. Understand that there is a lot of turn over here and there's a reason for it. They work you hard and don't compensate you adequately for what they expect.

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Consolidated Fire Protection Response
8y
At CFP, we value our employees and strive to maintain a professional, team-oriented culture which allows for open employee communication and collaboration. Our core values are: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, and Exceed Expectations. We appreciate feedback from current and former employees. As we steadily expand our business, we provide opportunity, growth, great benefits, and employee appreciation events as a thank you to our employees for their constant hard work. Our company has high expectations for our management team, leaders, and employees to regularly meet our customers’ requests and needs. Employees who can consistently demonstrate knowledge of their job, understanding of our core business values, motivation to perform well, desire to take on more, and have great work ethic regularly excel within our company. Our management team is approachable and takes the time to learn about our employees. Our Vice President is in constant communication with employees of all levels to create efficient and effective business procedures. Employee retention is important to us. We provide constant training and mentoring for employee development and growth within the company. We understand that this fast-paced, high-volume environment is not for everyone, and make sure to communicate our expectations during the recruiting and interview process. We wish you the best in your future career.
2.0
Mar 17, 2017
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Pros

Company throws annual holiday parties, annual picnics, most managers are flexible with schedules, lots of OT available. Good benefits.

Cons

Mandatory on-call requiring employees to answer phones and work through the night and all through the weekend, operating on very little sleep the next work day. Employees are promised to be paid per call, but upper management will reduce the number of calls taken to significantly reduce the pay the employees get paid in an effort to cut costs, sometimes by half. HR team has zero experience in recruiting, so potential new hires are not properly vetted or trained. Average tenure for the majority of new hires is only a few months at most. Management will fire employees over text while at lunch for the most minor of offenses, rather than investing in their employees, counseling them on mistakes, and ensuring less turnover. Employees are promoted to manager positions without proper training or oversight, resulting in unqualified managers on power trips who are often unavailable for their subordinates. Some upper management has free reign to completely belittle and demean their staff, to the point that the scene made from their yelling and screaming about the inadequacies of their staff is overheard by half the office. Overtime is necessary for most accounts, leaving employees underpaid and over worked as new accounts are piled on them for no increase in pay until they can no longer manage their work load, often resulting in the employee's termination. Pay rate is ridiculously low for the amount of work required, and pay raises only offered annually at a very low rate at the discretion of previously mentioned unqualified managers. Very little career growth opportunities.

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Consolidated Fire Protection Response
9y
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. Consolidated Fire Protection (CFP) appreciates feedback from current and former employees. CFP is happy to host employee appreciation events and provide flexibility, opportunity, growth, and great benefits to our employees. On-Call is a requirement set forth in the job description, job postings, and discussed during the interview process. Trained National Account Representatives are scheduled and notified well in advance of their On-Call rotation and are not required to take on more than scheduled. However, there are Account Representatives who request to be scheduled more On-Call rotations to make additional income throughout the year. In fact, an Account Representative made more than $10,000 in extra income during 2016 for On-Call rotations. Due to steady growth of our client base and our employee population, we have recently added a second rotation to our weekend On-Call. CFP recruits, hires, and trains qualified candidates. We have established legal and effective recruiting, hiring, training, and termination procedures. Employee retention is important to us and we do not take termination lightly. We provide constant training and mentoring for employee development and growth within the company. As our company grows, we continue to create new positions and promote within. We are proud of the growth and retention CFP had in 2016: 22 promotions, 20 additional positions, 11+ years of our Executive Management, 10+ years of our Operations Managers, 6+ years of our Mid-Managers, and 3+ years of our Senior Account Representatives. We are readily excited for our 2017 growth! We have high expectations for our management team, leaders, and Account Representatives to regularly meet our customers’ requests and needs. With any job, this fast-paced, time-sensitive position is not for everyone, however qualified individuals regularly thrive and grow within the company. We wish you the best in your future career.
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