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Interstate Companies reviews

2.4

39% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

Travis Penrod

44% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Interstate Companies has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Interstate Companies employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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43 reviews
1.0
Oct 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay was really good but the workers there were always fun to be around and still have plenty of good stories from working with old friends.

Cons

This section is quite a bit longer and relates mainly to branch specific issues seeing as though I was let go just before the Interstate takeover back when it was still Inland Power Group. This was my first job as a field service tech. DEFINITELY not the place to learn as a beginner. Don't get me wrong, my fellow coworkers taught me a lot but let me explain.... I trained with Ford Motor Company and Cummins Power Generation where manuals were readily available and troubleshooting had a structured flow to ensure proper diagnosis of problems. Management clearly told me "you're a generator tech, not an engine tech...we have another group of guys for that". Ok great. They will send you to work on a unit that has engine issues and if you can't figure it out you become an annoyance. Never once seen manuals pertaining to the generators we worked on unless customers kept theirs. If you're not an engine tech then forget about any sort of engine software to help with troubleshooting. You'll constantly have your hours questioned as if you're up to no good. My first year at Inland I had zero write ups and work was good. Then the current manager was fired and the new manager didn't have a clue about anything. Every day I was questioned about my jobs, given less and less work and constantly harassed. Even simple tasks such as taking a van to get its oil changed were questioned. The foreman was just a senior tech that had an incredibly brown nose. Logistics and job planning is a nightmare turning week long jobs into month long jobs. Management and others were repeatedly overheard talking about other workers in a demeaning manner. Basically if you can't fend for yourself you will gladly be set up for failure. I could go on forever but I'll leave you with this. I dreaded going to work everyday after my first year and absolutely hated each and every single day under my 2nd manager.

1.0
Jul 30, 2016

Don't Leave a Good Job for This Place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In business for over 50 years. Many good people are employed here.

Cons

Unfortunately, upper management is not engaged in helping to make others successful. They really only care about the bottom line number. I have never worked for a company that appears to be so financially strapped that on the first day of the month, the pressure is on to close WIP. Banks seem to run this company, not people. If you pole anyone here who is buying insurance through this company, the comments are the same....the insurance provides such minimal value to its employees that it shows the lack of concern about the wellbeing of their people. Expect to pay about a $1000 per month for a small family. Don't work here if you need good insurance as the deductibles are high, the cost is over double the price at other companies and management has admitted it needs to be improved. People from all over there organization seem to be overworked and underpaid (not a cliche-its really happening here), the turnover is tremendous here and so many good people have left this company because of the lack of support, pay, benefits (401K is actually worse than the insurance). I believe they do not put any cost on turnover, but it adds so much more work to those that stay, and then the moral continues to go down. HR, IT, Admin, Middle Management, technicians seem to turnover more than others. I don't understand how upper management doesn't step in and try to solve this problem, its the only way you are going to keep the customers you have. In the future, it will be critical to the success of this company to attract and retain great people to support the customers. I feel bad for those that actually worked for a company that they bought out as I don't believe they had a good plan to start and the cards seem to be starting to fall piece by piece. I would not want to be an employee for a company they buy next. I think it might be their strategy going forward as it may be the only way they can grow. Hopefully they will learn something from the downward spiral of the last company they bought in 2015. I feel that the people that left wanted to help Interstate to be successful, but upper management didn't seem to care enough to help ensure that the new employees were not alienated.

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