field technician

wellness specialist

service technician

laborer

field manager

Deployed Resources, LLC

What once was a family business, has turned corporate with less involvement from the top. Given that this is how business works, it is not surprising. But to see people change from friendly relationships when seeking advice to less than helpful is disheartening. 

The company offers close to zero training for the work they perform. The training that entails with this job is simply being thrown into the fire in hopes that you don't burst into flames. 

The home made equipment is "good enough" to get their jobs done and expect field members to make repairs that sometimes beyond repair. Some of these repairs need to be completed in the multi-million dollar fabrication building recently built or one of multiple yard locations they have invested in, but that rarely happens. Equipment is sent to the field with known damaged parts only to send replaceable pieces along with them for unnecessary field repairs. The equipment is not cleaned and disinfected nearly enough as it should be. 

What was once promised to keep all employees free and safe from COVID contact, turned into receiving an email about once a week stating that a new case surfaced within different sites. My PPE container consisted of dollar store lysol wipes, face masks, hand soap and rubber gloves. That was reassuring. 

Many of the elder gentlemen who travel for the company are extremely close minded and love sharing old stories about the corrections facilities they all worked at. I am sure you can imagine the beauty of those stories. 

Certain management roles micro manage to a degree that they try to intercept federal camera footage to gain dirt on employees. 

If you want to make (maybe) $300/day + per diem, work 7 days/week, miss important time with family, try to learn things on your own, and have the possibility of losing work to the hiring of local employees in the worksite area, then this job should fit your needs. 

Work conditions range from 120 degrees and sweating your keister off with the grand encouragement to "stay hydrated!", to -10 degrees in the middle of a Nor'easter. Really depends where they accept their contracts. 

Management had a hard time responding to questions when asked about advancement within the company. 

Pros:
They pay for travel/lodging 
Pays pretty good (**if you are a traveling field tech**) 


In the last couple of years, the company underwent a significant shift towards a more corporate structure, which has introduced more negatives alongside the existing positives. This role isn't ideal for someone with a family, given the time spent away from home. You'll typically stay in decent hotels while on assignment, and sometimes a rental car is provided. But, be prepared for what feels like excessive rules for the rental, often cited for 'insurance reasons', like only using it for groceries, not for personal errands like going to the gym, which means exploring a cool area you're sent to is off limits, then hearing upper management talking about what a great time they had somewhere. As a contracting job, you'll also face periods at home without work when there are no active contracts, which can be a significant drawback.

While I initially thought the pay was great, after comparing it with similar jobs, I've realized it's not as competitive as it should be, especially considering the seven-day work weeks when on assignment. On the upside, the experience can be a nice boost to your resume. You'll definitely meet some great people, but it’s a mixed bag, and you'll encounter plenty of 'not so great' individuals too—it sometimes feels like they’re just hiring people off the street. Despite this, the work itself is often quite enjoyable and generally straightforward. During build or demob phases, the hours increase, but the time tends to pass quickly.

A notable downside is that upper management often seems out of touch with field techs, leading to a common feeling of not being valued by the company. However, there is room for professional growth and opportunities to make a mark. Your ability to shine largely depends on having a supportive manager or foreman; without one, your efforts might go unnoticed, as many people tend to look out for their own interests.

The travel pay rate is the only way anyone works at Deployed Resources. Their local pay rate is hot garbage! Local employees are quitting left and right because they are underpaid far less money compared to a travel employee who comes into town at the same job site and does the same workload. Travelers make x3 as much compared to the local in-town DR employee. The training at this company is one of the worst I've ever encountered in my life. Deployed Resources breaks tradition and has no performance improvement plan in place for their employees. This is based on what I personally experienced during my time at Deployed Resources. The management will write their employees up for performance-related issues. Even though said employee was never trained for a certain procedure or new job function that might arise on a job site, I personally tracked this company's process, and I can personally tell you that no monthly job skill assessments or continuing education to improve were ever provided to me. If I was lacking in certain areas, it was because I was never trained properly by deployed resources. There was no open communication on how I could improve prior to receiving a write-up that was performance-related. Finding out there is a problem before it is a problem is where deployed resources epically fail to comprehend. The only thing positive about working at DR was the travel pay rate. The travel pay rate is the only known way this company can get anyone to work for them. It is the only positive headline they have to draw in new candidates. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Benefits are good, pay was fair.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Constant shuffling of departmental heads. Constant restructuring and no processes in place to ensure consistency and organization. Politics boil down to who you know or are related to. The leaders will value friends over skilled experts anyway, until it doesn't work anymore. The rules and expectations change non-stop. My team was expected to be on nearly all the time as if work was more important than family. My supervisor was really excellent at not backfilling open positions, and instead putting last minute weekend shift assignments on the team during our Friday afternoon call. If you let them take advantage of you they absolutely will and then dispose of you as soon as they get what they need done.  If you are innovative and curious and can't keep your head down and your mouth shut, this is not the company for you. Absolutely toxic.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hectic, inconsistent, no work-life balance.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
As a remote employee, a typical day consisted of a lot of juggling multiple priorities.  Add in a couple micromanaged meetings that could have been an email and listening to a lot of gossip and complaints from other employees.

Make friends high up fast.  If you aren't a 'buddy' or related, you are always walking a tightrope. Small business moving to Corporate model quickly which comes with it's own share of hurdles. But when you tie in hypocrisy and sneaky behind the back talk, it makes it that much harder.  Low level of trust but high level of benefits making the risk worth it for some and swallowing your morals and values easier.  If you enjoy a fast paced environment and have the luck of getting on a good team, it is a WONDERFUL place to work.  IF they could clean up their act on the back office side and leadership would practice what they preach, class act company.  Long hours but you should know that going in if expectations were set.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay is great, but if you think about it. It does match up to the stress

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Upper management. Most of them don’t even have the experience to run their department. You can’t move up if you are not of the same race as upper management even if you have the qualifications and experience. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It started off great 3 years ago but as it grew, unqualified personnel got moved up because of politics. They have the wrong personnel in the wrong positions especially in upper management.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start off with the safety meeting. Putting up with political employees that would go to your boss if they were given a task that they didn’t like. Very toxic.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing.  Lack of character throughout the leadership spectrum. Truly unfortunate. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Exceptionally poor leadership.  Leave personnel to flounder with no guidance or support. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic.  If you’re a favorite, solid gold.  If you do your job and that makes waves, you’re a roadblock.  Look at the ranks of personnel who brought them up, most are millionaires or are treated exceptionally poorly.  Nice

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
16 hour days,  stress, no respect for work life balance. The “speed of deployed”.  The most absurd, unevenly applied statement possible.

What is the best part of working at the company?
As far as my experience goes, this company has a great culture for taking care of the employees.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Pretty low stress job. The work is not difficult, but will require you to put in hours.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
In a word, fantastic. The work environment is usually in an austere environment, but as a company that provides base camps and life support it's to be expected.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I spend my typical day taking care of IT infrastructure maintenance issues, other duties as assigned by senior site leadership.

With this company you do get to travel which is amazing since you get perdiem and they pay for your hotel. Also the managers and co workers are awesome and really care about you and wanting to see you grow. They are understanding and considerate if you ever have a problem or emergency and the best people I've ever met. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work here it was the best decision I ever made. Not to mention the pay was the best, i was making about 2000 a week. The only thing is they do extensive background checks of the past 7 years of your life so you do have to pass that equip investigation in order to work with them but other than that no complaints.

They don't value people, and they have found ways to fire people they don't like. It won't matter if you're new to telecom IT or willing to learn the trade over time. This company is toxic and has questionable business practices. Be prepared to work 7 days a week for 6 weeks to 7 weeks straight with no days off. Be prepared to have no rotation in your work schedule due to the new leadership at this company. You are 100% disposable at Deployed Resources. This company talks big about its core values, but they don't align with the company's work culture. Favoritism and  Nepotism are big at this company.  It will be their downfall sadly.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Field technician 8 salaries reported	$298 per day
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