Pros
- Great pay - unbelievable hours - company housing / vehicles - decent equipment for field techs - good "stepping stone" job to build experience for transitioning into a job that is more worthy of becoming a career.
Cons
- Management out of touch with employees and their needs. - company does not recognize additional qualifications as deserving of higher pay rate. Someone with 15-20+ relevant certifications and 6-8 years experience makes same rate as someone with bare minimum 2 or 3 certs who just started in the industry. - company issues promotions based on favoritism rather than job performance, qualification, experience, etc. - VERY profit driven company (unwilling to sacrifice anything for the sake of employee satisfaction) - resorts to lay-offs or pay cuts at the drop of a hat - company vehicles in terrible condition / unwilling to replace fleet even after trucks have paid for themselves 3-5 times over (through mileage charge billed to customers) - corporate sometimes treats employees "like a number" rather than a human being - higher level positions in the company seem to run on the "good 'ol boy network" ; there is much growth opportunity, but only if you're "in" with someone with pull - company housing consists of 6 adult guys stuffed into a 3 bedroom apartment - company has no concept of the term "exhaustion". Employees work 100-120 hour weeks regularly with no mandated breaks/days off, which means lower management won't allow days off unless it benefits the company. Doesn't matter if you're falling asleep while driving, if they need you for a job, you're gonna be working.