Pros
tl;dr Good pay and fair hours, OT available Pay is pretty good for the area, good for telecomm too. Hours when I was there were 730-430~, on-call on week every couple of months, up to 1 Saturday a month, but On Call and Weekends could be traded or given away. One plus was if you wanted to work ($$) more you could. Leadership acknowledged if they noticed you working excessively they'd ask if you'd take a weekend off to avoid burnout. The job is very self-reliant. Once you're in the groove of doing it on your own you can look for things to make installations smoother, but obviously need to avoid doing a bad job. The customer being there encourages you to do better since they can see the quality of your work while there. One major plus to Allo > competitors is that I was always told take what time I needed to do a good job. If I felt I needed another 15-30 minutes (or more) to make the customer feel like I did a quality job, whether it is making an extra cable or spending extra time showing how to work WiFi or connect devices, you could take time to do the extra things.
Cons
On-Call / Weekends, tedious paperwork On Call and Weekends can be traded/given/taken but are unavoidable if you don't want them. It's sometimes hard to find people to take or trade with. The tediousness of the paperwork when I was there was a main complaint but in reality only took about 10 minutes per job/day. Main argument for the negatives would be cut-overs. Occasionally you are asked to help the construction team by cleaning up how the fiber looks from the ground to the box (2-4feet span~). These typically take about 30 minutes tops but drive time and losing those few minutes of break time just add a bit more to the workday. Pretty fast-paced days, you are expected to be busy during any down-time you have (reasonably). Make some friends and don't expect a lot of free time and this becomes less of an issue.
