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I recently started working at Black Box and I love it here. I appreciate the fact that you can do your job and your co-workers are very helpful. The manager is awesome and pay is pretty fair compared to other jobs in this market. It's only been a few months but so far I love my job. I can set my own hours and I can take time off for appointments. It's very flexible. I am learning new things all the time and although they do not have a training program. It's still hands on and you just take the best notes you can and ask questions and my coworkers are very good about helping out. The most enjoyable part of my job is that I can come into work and do my job with confidence. There are other opportunities to move around but I am not sure about advancement yet. I am at an entry level position.

Typical day at work: start time 0500, people lollygag around until approx 630 then head to the worksite. Scheduled hour lunch ends up being a 2 hour lunch for most. Very slacker’ish environment from this team and subs for BB as well. Lots of nepotism, brining in kids with zero experience and leave them on a production team with no training or life skills whatsoever. 
Lead has a problem screaming obscenities it staff. Granted they are lazy, but what do you expect when you hire an inexperienced team. But being a lead with zero people skills doesn’t help. Very unprofessional environment. When your whole teams walks off site because of the leads behavior, who do you blame? 
Salaries are half of scale and benefits are meh. 

Doesn't matter if someone can do the job, as long as they show up half the time. And if you are good at the job, doesn't matter, Management doesn't care. 0 work ethic, 0 standards,0 management with any tech knowledge. Just show up and make sure you fill out your billable hours every week correctly. This is by far the worst company I have ever work for.

If you have a choice stay as far away from this company as possible. You will get nothing from working for Blackbox networks, expect for feeling like you are wasting your life by working for them.


What is the best part of working at the company?
Had some great people that have been there for decades. Had some solid technology that just works.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of direction and lack of strategy. Plans change there weekly and no one is ever accountable for anything in mgmt and it just gets pushed down to the worker bees. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
No culture. Hire and fire with no rhyme or reason and then being on new teams with no direction or guidance? How does that even make sense? 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start at 8 and work thru lunch and work to about 6

There isn't a real opportunity to advance your career here.  You can change to a higher position, but only if you take the same pay, and it will always be below market.  So more work for no additional pay and they string you along with promises of bonuses that never happen.  I really don't know what keeps some people here, but I do have a good immediate manager and that is what makes it worth it for me.  The compensation levels are not up to others in the area, and that will ultimately lead me to another position, and many others have already made that choice.

What is the best part of working at the company?
This company does quarterly lay offs to promote revenue.   Middle management is not involved in the decision process and job performance is not a factor.  The decisions are purely based on showing a profit.  Risky to accept a employment at this company..

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Waiting to see if you are going to be laid off each quarter. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Main focus on profit verses people

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
High stress due to lack of job stability

What is the best part of working at the company?
The team members at Black Box are the best. The sales and operation teams took great care of customers!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Company ownership changed during my tenure. Lots of territory changes which made it stressful to hit sales targets.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People on the front line were exceptional. There was a sense of family in regions.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
No typical day. Each day was an adventure.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Location. Also, there are many worker bees who are awesome.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management makes unreasonable demands and has the attitude of “the beatings will continue until morale improves “.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The physical plant is dated and dismal. The overall culture is toxic.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Arrive. Login. Work non-stop until quitting time.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Monetary compensation is good and benefits also. Other than that no positives what so ever.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Upper management is incompetent.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Cut throat and alot of brown nosing, the eagle project from high to mid management  is the worst I've ever experienced in 25 years in this industry.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Sent home paperwork not submitted correctly by upper management.

What is the best part of working at the company?
One of the best work environment. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
So far I have not come across any stressful encounter 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People friendly everyone looks like family. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Normal work no stress. Come in on normal work schedule get on your daily assignment and get it done.

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