production assembler

welder

inside sales manager

technician

service technician

Fairbanks Scales

Management will help layer you in for the first few weeks on company duties, then suddenly they'll throw you into the deep end of your territory to "sink or swim". The company has a good reputation within its' industry, but they also release new products that are not ready for customer usage. To make new product releases worse they will lie or fain ignorance when a new product does not work properly ? Thus, leaving the outside sales rep with a customer problem to own. Furthermore, it's your ship to steer. You will not have much support. You will chase your orders from initial Order Entry thru Factory completion process (both departments will ignore your emails and phone calls...priceless). On truck scale sales expect freight costs to be an issue and having ZERO support from upper management. Furthermore, you can not sell a Fairbanks truck scale without a construction trade partner for foundation. Fairbanks Scales does not have a Construction department, yet it is half of your project sale? If you do not have a strong construction trade partner in your territory you will not achieve success. It will be your responsibility to find a reliable construction source not companies. The Sales Rep is responsible for driving the sale from start to finish, yet the Fairbanks company sets road blocks from start to finish in achieving success. They won't tell you this, but you are basically a Project Manager after making a sale. Meaning, you'll have little time in prospecting a new sale after making a sale. Also in selling Fairbanks products, you will have the highest costs across the board vs. competition. Lastly, Fairbanks Management has a new car program for Sales Reps., which is a great deal for the company in that YOU will be paying a high lease cost for vehicle (out of your pay-check). Good car deal for corporate not for field sales. Fairbanks does not hire support personnel to help your job duties, but they do have an abundance of "Vice Presidents" in every department that do little to nothing (yet another road block to success). Salary is negotiable, Management will try to low ball you. Once product ships (you get commission), but you'll be tied down managing project for months on end keeping you from achieving new sales. What it comes down to in working at Fairbanks as a Sales Rep is your on an island; there's good in that and there are challenges. But, best you're on an island if decide to work at Fairbanks because Corporate and Upper Management are a bunch of Penguins waddling around with little actual production, (except screwing you over on your pay and commissions). Ohh and they use CRM as Sales Platform for orders and quotes, yet you cannot print a customer quote from this platform?? You are expected to work within company software platform, then go to your documents and cut and past a customer quote?? Again...ROAD BLOCKS TO SUCCESS AT FAIRBANKS SCALES ARE AROUND EVERY CORNER!

I worked as a Scale Tech. for over a year at Fairbanks.  I was very disappointed after being there for about 3 months.  They did provide a company truck, which I never did have one and they paid a small commission if you sold a customer equipment.  Sounds good? Well the down side to that is that they use that to pay you less money and they give very poor raises.  Health insurance was horrible.  To sum up what a scale tech. does... Truck driver/CDL B up to 8 hour trips.  Electronics Tech.  General maint. Tech.  They would expect you to go out of town for many days at a time, up to 4 days with very little notice and for just an extra 32 dollars a day per diem.  They weren't very veteran friendly either.  They made very unpatriotic remarks on many occasions.  Stay away from the Memphis Shop and you might be ok.  Nashville seemed much better.  If you absolutely need a job it's not bad.  I made 31,000 gross pay there my first year working full time with some overtime occasionally.Even the old timers there told me to get a second job like they did cause there isn't any money in working on scales.

I enjoyed the work environment, also the co-workers were great and very supportive. Fairbanks is a good solid company. 
However my only hesitation/warning would be the training. 
-->It was my mistake taking this position. I wasn't prepared. 100%
I was "laid off" but they really were looking for a way to get rid of me.  The training was the only negative there. I was given confusing and contradicting methods to start out. The manager that I supported had "gone through" several administrators before me. That helped set the tone. I wished that they would have given me a chance. Interestingly enough, I found another job doing pretty much the same thing and my current company can't praise me enough for my work. Really.
Getting "laid off" takes a real hit on your confidence.  Everyone is replaceable.

Excellent position for learning.  Throughout the seven years of my employment, I produced over four hundred technical manuals, trained in numerous courses, and facilitated the process upgrades for the two major systems of Quark Xpress to Adobe Creative Suite, and Lotus Suite to MS Office Suite.  This offered great training and learning.  The Service Manager inspired me to write great documents.  All the co-workers were technical engineers, and gave their total support.  Everyday was a new learning experience, which was very difficult and wonderfully challenging.  The Service Manager was possibly the greatest manager I have ever had, and unfortunately, is now deceased.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great people to work for, great customer service. great training program.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Standing on unsafe scaffolding or beams 40 feet up in the air to change load cells. I don't like heights and get very shaky if I have to climb more than twelve feet off ground. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They try to make it as safe as possible to do work in and out of the scale service. Most of the techs are great people on helping out and making sure we are all doing the right thing. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Typical day usually consists of regular preventative maintenance on different scales, may have a breakdown call once in a while but usually just easy maintenance. We work and eight-hour day Mon-Fri.

In the field service industry, you never know what one day will bring. One day you could be enjoying a sunny day testing a truck scale, the next you could be in a factory or refrigerated facility. Still yet, you could be in a shallow pit of a truck scale during a rain storm getting wet and covered in cob webs. The best thing is keeping a level head in all circumstances, for tomorrow is another day. Some people get tired of the same ol' same ol', not with Fairbanks, each day is a chance to learn something new about your field and about yourself.

I learned a lot coming out of welding school to Fairbanks but there def is a learning cap and it’s not very high. weld quality is not at a high standard. Preventative maintenance in the shop is not a thing, so somethings always breaking delaying you. Communication with HR and supervisors are practically non existent regarding pay raises, progression, and promotions. Full of false promises just to get you to stick around. Overall a great company to get a little bit of experience but I wouldn’t take it any further than that

Good strong company they have been around a long time over 100 years. I put in alot of wheel time for them being a resident scale tech. they offered alot of training to their employees and room to move if you wanted to.The job as a resident scale tech ment I worked from home that is the cool part i was able to make my own hours to a point. the office would send me a bunch of work orders for the day. I would jump in the van and off I went.

Traveled to customer locations in three states repairing and calibrating scales and security cameras.

When management changed after my first year, it became a stressful place to work.  The new manager had very little company experience and was not willing to learn.

The hard part was explaining job needs to the manager.  He was not able to understand or willing to learn the job requirements.

My co-workers were very knowledgeable of the job and willing to pass on there know how to me.

It's a difficult and challenging type of work when you're often having to troubleshoot many different types of scales. It's a lot to take in and takes a little while to catch on ,atleast for me it has been. If you want a challenge than this is a great job for you! The pay is ok and you get a yearly raise. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production assembler 1 salary reported	$16.85 per hour
Welder 2 salaries reported	$22.51 per hour
Inside sales manager 1 salary reported	$51,500 per year
Technician 1 salary reported	$45,000 per year
Service technician 1 salary reported	$21.00 per hour

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