Technipower reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

Jeff McCoy

50% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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1.0
Feb 4, 2021

Joke of an Organization

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Pros

Supposedly comprised of good people (cannot confirm). COO though is a great guy; very charitable.

Cons

To say this company is behind the times would be a VAST understatement. Even the building out of which it operates is one of the most dated buildings in which you will ever have the displeasure of walking. They use an unbelievably outdated ATS/database. I've seen some horrible ATS' in my day, but the one they use is BY FAR the worst. The UI on this ATS looks as if it was developed in 1985 and never updated, yet they claim to be all about new technology. To further illistrate how behind the times this place is, most everyone in this company use hard copies and hand writes everything; it's unreal. The people keep track of candidates they called by physically writing them down! Whenever you need to make more sheets, you have to make copies. Copies! These folks are still making copies of blank forms like it was done in the 90s. Also, whenever a new job order is released recruiters write the applicable information on a physical job order form. This place is big on paper forms completely not realizing that all this information could be stored digitally. I will give credit where it is due though: they now have a VoIP phone system. I have no idea why they did not already have one, but I at least have to give them credit for updating the phones. Also the pay....if you're an experienced recruiter, the pay is just insulting. I unwisely agreed to it but only because I was leaving after three months anyway. If you have more than two years of experience, it's much better to just wait for the next opportunity instead of accepting this. You never really know where you stand with management either; not the most communicative group of individuals by any stretch of the imagination.

1.0
Mar 29, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

You won't have a problem finding a parking spot.

Cons

In the beginning 2 weeks of training consist of learning how to convince clients to work with TechniPower and learning about different types of engineering professionals (which you will only be told the position is too hard to fill and will not be able to work). After training you will take a written test with over 50 questions (essay style answers) and will also be required to create 10 new accounts (contact 10 new businesses that agree to work with you) only to pass those new leads to managers. After training you will be told what team you will be on and what your work schedule is since there’s multiple shifts. Your day will consist of making 50-100 outbound calls to different companies (majority of those do not want to work with TechniPower because of their horrible reputation). If you happen to convince someone to work with you, you must get approval from your manager to work with the client. Across the board all managers basically have you call the client back multiple times to ask additional questions about the position (some relevant but majority are irrelevant). By this time the client is aggravated with you and question your ability to fill the position because at this point they realize you have no idea what the actual position is (because in most cases you don’t) and they usually don’t take your calls anymore. Once you get pass all the hurdles of actually being able to work with a client on filling a position you then have to deal with recruiting. There’s a disconnect with recruiting and sales. You will be given candidates from your recruiter that do not qualify for the position but instead of finding real quality candidates you will be told to present them anyway. Most recruiters are swamped with working to fill managers positions (managers are on the phone as well) that they do not have the time to truly focus on the sales rep positions. Last, there are MEASURABLES which you are required to make 65 contacts (if you do not have any billing coming in each week). Contacts consist of speaking with someone who’s in charge of the hiring process. This means you cannot speak with a receptionist and that count as a contact. You will be calling the same businesses for days leaving messages and getting hung up on by the receptionist because of TechniPower reputation. TechniPower’s reputation with alot of the clients they have in their database is pretty bad, in order to get clients to work with me I had to separate myself from the company and speak about me as a person and my work ethic. If you have sales experience and are accustomed to making money this isn’t the place for you. If you do not have experience and comfortable with making a minimum salary to make phone calls with no real return then this is the place for you. Within the first 3 months of working here a total of 8 people left which only 2 were fired. This company has a total of maybe 50 employees.

5.0
Jul 27, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

First I would like to thank TechniPower for four wonderful years of employment. I left the company a better man than in which I came. I learned a lot about the business and a lot about myself. TechniPower gave me a platform to grow within the company and earned a lot of money along the way. If you come into work every day prepared and have the willingness to work hard they will provide you everything you need to succeed. It will not be easy, but hard work and determination will definitely close the gap quickly. I entered the company a sales rep and left an SR. Branch Manager. The opportunity is there if you want it. I would like to give a special thanks to the Owner and Director of Operations. Not only are they leaders in the community, but also give back in so many ways. Their volunteer work and philanthropy have inspired me to do more to give back. Not only will they help you to be successful in your journey, but they will show you how to be a better person. I am very lucky to have shared the journey with these two men. Thank you.

Cons

Nothing that I can think of.

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