van driver

counter sales representative

delivery driver

sales representative

operations manager

City Electric Supply

I can say City Electric Supply is a good job for stability to due shaky economy and pandemic times going on.  If you are looking for a great job this company may not be for you. The pay ranges like $10-15 as either a counter sales or driver. If you have related electrical experience may lead you to more money in starting. This company expects you do alot of work outside of one job role daily. You will be doing many jobs from doing quotes, purchase ordering, stock shelves, cash out customers, picking orders, cutting wire, unloading trucks, cleaning bathrooms, answering phones and so on. The experience is great learning but don't expect to be given a raise and be told you receive a bonus yearly. Bonuses can range around $1000-$6000 yearly as a regular employee. Bonuses can be unpredictable due to the store sales yearly. In reality, your yearly bonus and pay rate should be your hourly rated combined as a regular employee. This company severely under pays their employees. Management only cares about their bonuses to be bigger and avoid you getting raises to affect their bonuses. If you become a driver and thats all you want to do. I suggest not to be fooled to learning inside the store sales position cause you will be suckered to do the major core of work with no pay raise while they hire a new driver for less money. The company can lead you to growth into management. As an operations manager you're lucky to break $40k but then slaved to do alot as well and working half time money for overtime which you will never see. You may want to run far away from this company cause you will never see pay increases yearly. Also, don't let management play you in telling just before inventory say, "we will be doing reviews once yearly inventory is done" biggest lie and manipulation in the hopes you work hard. If you need money this would be the last resort of a place you want to work for. 


Typical morning open overhead doors in loading areas,if snowing shovel off ramp and put salt down, then shovels paths to entry door and salt. Go out back and start both vans to warm up ,after windows are cleared make sure snow is removed from top of express van and sides,take vehicles out front to loading area ,ask other driver which vehicle he will need for his load , get delivery papers,load truck actually truck might have to be change do to more material needed for that days deliveries which then you have to unload and switch to different vehicle ,there should be a cut off time for deliveries the day before makes it hard for drivers. Inspections of vehicles are to be done weekly by drivers .If problem is found it might get fixed,.Keep a eye on when oil change is needed to take it to Fast Lube. But for deliveries load vehicles,make out log sheets then when delivering to a location call customer to see where they want their materials try to please the customer . A lot of time at work I would load my own truck not a lot of co-operation with other employees. Salesmen sometimes give you a hard time with deliveries why they did not go,or why it took you so long to get to their customer , a driver has many stops. Hardest part of job is the lifting and carrying of heavy reels , pipes,coils of wire and boxes a long distance to job areas.

worked in the Renewable Energy Group. What was promised in the interview was not the same as what you get when you’re hired on. The training from management is poor at best. The pay is what took me there. But after starting management expects you to work 11 hours a day everyday. They promised work from home from time to time then revoked it once I started. They will say whatever to get you in the door. Just be cautious of taking that role. The position has a revolving door. No one wants to work with the management team because they are brothers and their mother is the manager. If you have an issue you have no where to take it. I did some research and there have been 5 people in that position in the past 2 years. One stayed 8 months. 1 stayed for 5 months. Another stayed for 4. I was there a month and a half before I had enough and started fighting for myself. Got let go 2 days later. I’m sure city electric as a whole is great. But if you take a job in renewable energy be prepared to not have a work life balance. They’ll ask you to go next door to look at part numbers then jump your case for using them in your quotes. It’s unbelievable. Worst job I have ever had. They pay was great. But I recommend this job for people who’s kids are already out of the house or if you are single and prefer working over having a social life. 

My Experience at  City Electric supply 
Unfortunately, my time at Hendersonville City Electric supply was far from positive. On my second day, I had an unsettling experience where someone kicked a pallet while I was bent down, causing it to hit me in the head. What made it worse was that the person laughed afterwards, which was deeply unprofessional and disrespectful. The workplace itself felt dirty and disorganized, and the overall environment was incredibly uncomfortable. Many of the employees behaved strangely, and the atmosphere was full of gossip. It certainly didn’t feel like a professional or welcoming place. Honestly, I felt out of my element the entire time I was there.  If I had to describe my experience, it was like stepping into a chaotic scene straight out of a horror movie. It’s not a place I’d recommend to anyone if you’re considering it, I’d suggest running the other way.  I was hired to be a Van driver what a joke you got to drive the managers truck and sometimes a beat up box truck that I was scared to even step foot in not to mention the guy I had to ride with who I walked up and heard him talking about if I was going to be a good driver or not just run it’s not worth the headache.  they want you to work the front counter and write it on a paper like Stone Age this place is pathetic. 


City Electric Supply would be a fantastic place if someone paid attention to what was going on more at branches besides watching just numbers and blocking out the rest. My example would be my branch manager coming and going as he pleases and using company vehicles for their own personal use like moving his house and leaving personal material in the company box truck and then having employees take it out and store it at the branch. No! When higher ups were told about this absolutely no corrective action was taken even with numerous customer complaints. This happens with management at more than one store which allows a high turnover rate and pushes some very good people to leave the company. The minimal oversight from corporate is both a very good thing in the fact that your business can be run the way you want it but also a very bad thing for the reasons explained. There is a lot of potential to make a lot of money here and I've seen it happen to good, attentive branches but that involves good management to be put in place.

I was hired on as a counter sales rep, and I showed up ready. Fired up, full of ideas, excited to do good work and help grow the shop’s reputation. I wasn’t just clocking in—I was invested. I cared.

Big mistake.

Within weeks, it became crystal clear that management wasn’t interested in effort, results, or even basic decency. 
What they were interested in? 
Titles. 
Power trips. 
And making sure their little circle of favorites stayed comfy, no matter how little they actually contributed.

Meanwhile, the rest of us? Doing the real work? Totally invisible. No recognition, no support, not even a simple “thanks.” Just expected to smile and keep grinding while the slackers got credit and the bosses played pretend.

And no, this isn’t just one bad store—it’s a pattern. The rot goes all the way up.

Unless you somehow luck out and land at one of the unicorn stores where people actually act like a team, this place will chew you up, spit you out, and shrug while doing it. I went in with heart and hustle—and walked out with nothing but frustration and disbelief.

So here’s your warning: if you’re thinking of working here, run. Your talent deserves better than this circus.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I received a regular paycheck.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Realizing that your “manager” had little to no experience in the electrical distribution industry. I was hired to save a floundering business segment and in less than a year secured a $1mm order with the Army Corp of Engineers. Handled the quoting, identified suppliers, ordered all of the material, negotiated with a air carrier to get deeply discounted rates for the project, checked every order as it arrived into our location to stage material and consolidate material to reduce the amount of shipments. My “manager” had no involvement in this project but he sure tooted his horn when the project was brought up in conversations. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Every man for himself. Gossip factory. 
Team work was not in their vocabulary. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Paperwork, research materials, looking for new opportunities. Incoming phone calls were sent to me because the callers usually refused to speak to the “manager” and I would straighten the issues out.

I came into city electric in January this year, all went all right. Smooth sailing, I enjoyed my role as warehouse driver and did my job very well. Manager and coworkers two of which were his nephews lied about me multiple times, said customers complained when I know they didn't and intentionally locked the door after start time the day they fired me saying it was because I was late, gave me no warning, came up to me while I was in the middle of training and told me to get out. I do not recommend this store or this company because they devalue their staff and are psychologically abusive to people, the manager even threatened to call the police to have me escorted off when I was nothing but cordial he didn't even give me my termination letter, I actually called the police myself to clear my name because I did nothing wrong, Scott at city electric Dulles is a deeply disturbed man with a nasty habit of lying about people with his lying nephews at his side. Lying low life scum work in this place, avoid at all costs.

its an ok company to work for. they are no were near competitive with salary as an outside sales person. also being outside you never really get to work outside I mean you do but most of the time your stuck at the branch taking care of it. more times than not you make your own deliveries. the store model is completely different. if you have bigger customers you don't really want to service them as you won't have the material in your store you will have to go find it. MICRO MICRO MANAGEMENT. as a salesman you should be able to go out and cold call, b2b, and keep a strong relationship with your customers and you can't because theres not enough staff at your store. sales people shouldn't even be in the store but possible a couple hours a week. they will try to throw out how they want you to sale. and not how your used to selling. and expect it to work out. you need customers that can either wait for their material or customers that have projects were the material is shipped direct.

I enjoy working for City Electric Supply because they treat both their employees and customers like family. They have many opportunities for men and women to grow in our company. We run the branches as our own businesses, yet align enough as a large company to buy and sell competitively.  Our business is constantly growing. I've been here more than 15 years now. I've watched our company evolve and embrace technology, striving to make doing business on both the employee and customer sides easier.  It is fast paced because of the volume of business. We work in a team environment. Everyone helps everyone learn and grow in the branches and in our regions.  We reach out to other branches and they do us as well for guidance on products, vendors, sources etc.. We wear Polo shirts and casual pants. It is truly the most awesome place that I have ever worked.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Van driver 335 salaries reported	$17.09 per hour
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Sales representative 41 salaries reported	$53,743 per year
Operations manager 25 salaries reported	$47,220 per year

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