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I have been with ColonialWebb since I was 23 years old.  Each year  the company has provided me with new opportunities to learn, grow and better my life.  If you are looking for a company to hand you a career this is not the company for you.  They expect hard work, commitment, growth as an individual and for you to always look out for your customers and your fellow team members.  In return they will provide you the opportunity and environment for you to succeed. We have fun, we build friendships and we strive to do better every day.  I have never been bored in 15 years, not one day! I have built relationships that will last a life time both with our customers and my team members. The people who have taken the time to teach and coach me over the years are phenomenal; this includes managers and fellow co-workers alike, and I spend many days paying their investment in me forward. ColonialWebb invests heavily in training for all positions in their company. You will be hard pressed to find another company that pushes itself to be better they way CWC does and if you are the type of person that like to grow and push yourself to the next level then this is the right company for you!

I work for the special projects division out of Manassas Virginia. I should have known that this particular office has never grown because her the known past 15 to 20 years of them being there they've only gone from 5 employees and special projects to 15 then back down then back up then back down , and they have a horrible problem of under bidding the job and then blaming the installers and labor's for the high cost for installing a properly up to code and getting the job done professionally and safeDave bencheley close down the special projects division and just basically fired all the managers and supervisors and the vice president and certainly technicians and just kept a couple plumbers a couple electricians and a couple of mechanics and I believe they moved up to Herndon and supposedly now hopefully the service department is running them the best thing is to work for Richmond Cornell web or it's having to go to the Herndon Chantilly Branch work for their service department or Baltimore service department

Lies, lies and liars....
Don't sign the "Sign on bonus" it's a rip. You must work 24 months to pay it off. If not they take you to court to get all the money back.
IT IS A BACK STABBING COMPANY. Everybody to Techs and management is working against you.
You use your vacation days for slow or no work days.
Full time hire but only work part time.
Jobs locations are two to six drives each day.
All the Chicken slaughter houses and Food distribution companies hate Colonial Webb and they preferred you would not come back, but you service them under contract.
As a tech I did every body elses job but mine.
Office does not communicate where to go on a day to day basis.
For the most you just to find work to survive.
I was told by one tech not to come back to a particular job site, so he could have  more work through out the week.
Company vehicle kept breaking down and I had to take vacation time to pay my non work days.
You work by yourself on dangerous projects with no back up help.

This company requires you to attend saftey meetings every monday morning that in itself is not a bad thing but they make you sign documents after evrey meeting.The document states that you fully understood every rule and aspect of that meeting and are held responsible for strict adherence.
 HVAC especially in the south is a dangerous business, you put your life on the line every day servicing old dangerous buildings with none of the safety code requirements they hold you accountable for.
But in the end after you put your life on the line for years for this company if you get hurt they have a mountain of saftey documents to sift through to find you ineligible for the coverage you need .This would such things as workmens comp or other compensation.Thats the thanks you get for serving this company faithfully your a liability no longer needed to be thrown away. If you lose your house that is no consequence to them All for corporate profit margins

I enjoyed this position, but it could be quite stressful during the summer months. Coordinating 10 service technicians to service HVAC units all over the state of South Carolina was tough. There were not enough technicians during certain times of the year to adequately service clients in a reasonable time frame. 

The most challenging part of this job was filling service requests that came from the corporate office in Virginia. Many of these contracts were corporate contracts with major retail chains. We also had local commercial clients that were coordinated locally. Finding that equal balance between Colonial Webb Contractors and Comfort Systems USA often conflicted in priority.

I wasn't in one place to long but commercial plumbing work is really fun so getting to move around to different jobs was nice.
I was supervising other employee's and recording more information for the office and had more responsibilities.
Most of our management and supervisors were real great and were always making sure the jobs were going well.
My co-workers knew how to do their jobs and were always ready to help me or I could help them when they needed it.
The most difficult part of this job was having to work alone sometimes.
I enjoyed seeing a job completed. Knowing where it all started and seeing how it changed to the finish was really a good feeling.

Revolving door.  High turnover.  No job security.  Lower and upper level management  spoke poorly about former and current employees.  The employees that stay complain.  Morale is low.  No singular focus, depending on the manager(s) that you'll report to, you are told three separate ways of direction of how to move forward.  Management wants you to work as a team and then questions why you involve others when you do so.   Employees didn't feel comfortable with sharing thoughts or opinions with management.   
There are quite of other things that go on as well, but I wont tell all.  I would just be weary joining this company.  There are other companies out there that treat their people better.  They will keep you while the numbers for the shareholders are good, quick to let people go if its not.

ColonialWebb is a high paced environment in which the environment changes constantly to keep up with the technical world.  The job was very challenging and I enjoyed multitasking on a daily basis.  I worked with numerous departments and made strong contacts throughout the company.  The most difficult part of the job was learning new tasks without training.  I enjoyed all of the internal and external customers that I worked with.  We had several events with our team, department and the entire company.

If you are ready to work hard, smart, fast, and develop a long term career, then ColonialWebb is the place for you. The culture is AMAZING, we are always giving back to the community, having monthly employee rallies, having weekly food trucks, and the atmosphere is always upbeat and positive. Who knew working for a large construction and service mechanical systems organization could be be this much fun. Yes, we try to have fun everyday, while doing meaningful work! It's great to work for such a large and respected organization. The outlook is very promising for ColonialWebb, I'm so glad I made the decision to join the team!

First let me say ColonialWebb has some outstanding, hard working people. However, the direction of the company and the culture is horrendous. This company does very little to develop employees outside of technicians. If you are not making money for them (aka turning a wrench) then you are disposable. With a recent round of layoffs, visable corporate culture and lack of opportunity I would not refer this company. That being said the company has unique opportunity to enhance the culture and build sales because they do have great people. Unfortunately management doesn't have the skill set needed to develop or encourage.

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