Stepping stone - Field Service Technician Burroughs Employee Review

2.0
Mar 7, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Pros of Burroughs: - Stepping stone into field service work. - Company vehicle and gas paid for work - Traveling. Majority of day is spent traveling to various sites - Occasional opportunities to travel to other areas to assist others - Easy work majority of the time once you learn it

Cons

- no training really provided - service such a variety of equipment it’s hard to master some equipment we don’t see as often - no promotional or growth opportunities - no stability. This company struggles with maintaining contracts - layoffs are always a concern - no job security - hard work is not rewarded - field service gets very little recognition - high turnover of managers - lack of communication from managers and above - if you need a tool or locally sourced parts you often have to pay out of your personal account and wait weeks to be reimbursed - per diem is way below industry standards and can hardly pay for 1 meal - no pay increases - pay in certain areas lacks tremendously. Someone in Southern California shouldn’t make the same as someone in the Midwest

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5.0
May 20, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Advancement Potential, Good Pay, Good Benefits, Excellent executive management team. Good Communication, Great collaboration between departments.

Cons

Fewer holidays than other companies.

1.0
Jul 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A paycheck and all the overtime you could wish for if that is what you are want. Company vehicle provided. On the clock from when you leave your home until you return. Tools will eventually be provided but it takes months. There are some great people to work with outside of management.

Cons

The culture is chaos and burnout. Passive aggressive micromanagement. No communication or direction. No incentive to do well except receive a paycheck. Training is there in theory but is not effective. They expect employees to facilitate business out of their own pocket. They expect employees to be on-call but will not pay for employees to be "on-call". No work life balance unless you call in sick. They expect you to continue taking calls when you're at the end of your shift. Managers from other regions moving calls around to, from, and within your que without notice, along with sales people, dispatchers, an auto-dispatch system, and customer submitted website. The whole process is the model of inefficiency. If one employee messes up they punish all employees instead of trying to develop or correct employee. Benefits are equal to if not worse than what is provided through a temporary staffing company. No path to professional development. No bonuses, incentives, or appreciation of employees. Raises do not exist and upon separation, whether it was on them or the employee, they refuse to pay out accrued vacation time and fight unemployment claims, whether there is a reason or not. Management's attitude regarding employees is that employees do not matter and can be easily replaced. Employees are looked upon as slave labor as opposed to someone to develop into a full career.

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