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As a Manager--Everyone i've met within this company from top to bottom have been pretty pleasing to deal with on all levels both up and down the ladder. There is decent money to be made if you are willing to put in the work. If you have no support then your work/life balance will be nearly non-existent. Unfortunately, the higher ups have made it a little harder to build your "support" (IE Tech II or Tech III) due to training costs. The supply chain for materials or equipment has been made so convoluted that it takes days to sometimes WEEKS to obtain certain materials unless it is an "Emergency Purchase."
You are responsible for making sure your "Fleet"(Company Vehicles) are well maintained and fully stocked as well as dealing with the CONSTANT hiring requirement. Finding good employees is hard these days and the company applies pretty heavy pressure on you to continually higher more workers. (Even if you do not have the call volume OR equipment to warrant higher amounts of employees.) You are also responsible for "Building Your Brand: which is marketing. A fair bit of pressure is also applied to expand the business in your area, while understandable, its "IN MY OPINION", overbearing on the already overloaded "Lower Management Staff"

As an Employee-- Personally, i LOVED the overall atmosphere within this company. All up the upper management is very easy to deal with and will jump at the opportunity to give you advise if you need it. 

The Job- It is the nature of the business that you WILL be working, rain or shine, sleet or snow, day or night, hot or cold, 365 days a year, so its best you come to terms with that fact. Either you work and make money or you don't work and make no money, is what it is.

Conclusion-- Its a fantastic place to work if you are single, have no kids and also wish to drown yourself in your job.

Whenever you get a call it’ll be different work. Some will just be a simple job and you get paid pretty handsomely. Others may be annoying but then they take a longer time and thus you get a good paycheck.

They love teaching people who want to learn and move up, you show effort and you will go far.

My manager is amazing… You work well, answer calls he’ll vouch for you and get you to go far in the company as quick as you want to.

Workplace culture is just a bunch of people who will work hard with one another, make sure each of us is safe and we don’t want to see anyone struggle or not live up to their potential.

Hardest part of the job is the initial patience and the very early morning jobs. At the beginning you probably won’t get calls that frequently but if you answer and go on jobs you’ll be called more and more. The early morning jobs are bad for those people that can’t really wake up, yet you can just say you can’t work early mornings and they’ll accommodate you, but you just might not get as many calls. 

Enjoyable parts are too much to talk about and I’m too lazy right now to type more stuff, all I can say is it’s great people, great work, great accommodation just overall a great job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good people to work with , and the experience while there. It's easy and not back breaking 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being called in and not knowing when or how long it'll be till u get called in and if u get pulled over and happen to disappear for a min do to the courts and finally get out to come back u might not get to and have to put another application in and then can't be there anymore no rehire when u been there longest 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's great but definitely sweaty wearing Hazmat suits and healthy to help the environment and the people stay safe from hazardous Materials 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy and easy going get to travel everywhere and do several jobs a day but hopefully not to swet like crazy and be soaked but best to have extra clothes

This was a Job but then it became a Career i trusted my instincts moved forward and my Company Had My Back yes I get Chewed for mistakes its because they care if you aren't getting chewed assume your job is phoney and that it's not gonna last long Here at First Call I haven't been lied too I have been trusted and I have earned trust I was out for My daughter getting surgery and my team my company jumped in with support and helped us fed us and constantly checked on us Told me take care of ya family we got ya job and they done that I Love it here and if you want a good Career not a Job this is where its at No Bull..

What is the best part of working at the company?
The diversity one can perform up to, good job work balance

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Under the time consument a job site might take to get there

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Relaxed but observant to details on a site contract 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meet at the main office out of maple shade, nj . Load equipment need to complete waste clean up. Make sure that I have all the safety features I would need to complete and perform the work

Best for Weekend Warriors that have some extra time on their hands since all jobs are on-call and no set schedules. Be ready to walk into the unknown as every job is never the same. With this said lots of work experience to be had all around from simple hand tool training to heavy machine operations and industrial chemical analysis. This is a dirty job so do not expect to come home clean or unscathed. Heavy physical and mental stress as hours on a job can be as short as a couple hours or long as 12 hours plus and travel distance between office and sites can vary.

The job sucked, they call you in To spills promising full time employment after 90 days. You have guys working there who couldn’t afford steel toe boots because they didn’t get enough hours. The only good thing I experienced was the people who worked there. They are all Firemen, so the loyalty while working was genuine. But don’t fall for the lies given while going through the process. I left a full time job to sit at home & be on call.. No Respect to put a man with a family in that type of position. Take heed.

The company in a whole is great the support u and make u feel like u belong ,
Only reason I left is my health but this is really good company 
Just wish the did give u a day off when ur on call 24/7/365 like off from being on call when u didn’t have to worry about the phone 
Loved this company and possible will come back once my health is in abetter way 

Knoxville, TN. You’re asked to build an empire with no direction, or assistance from corporate. You’re expected to be on call 24/7/365 weekends included for  $35-$40k a year. There’s a huge disconnection between the regional manager and corporate. You’ve got a 20 year old truck. Equipment is mediocre. Company expects you and your guys to train without getting paid. Area manager is expected to run his personal vehicle in the ground without compensation. 

I started as a Area Manager and moved to a Regional manager for NC and I couldn't be happier. I've worked for several other Environmental companies and in this line of work you have to figure out a good home life balance. There's not many companies that care as much about their employees let alone Environmental companies as much as First Call does. If your considering working here it would be a great career move. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Laborer 42 salaries reported	$20.77 per hour
Technician 64 salaries reported	$20.84 per hour
First responder 8 salaries reported	$20.81 per hour
Environmental technician 13 salaries reported	$19.81 per hour
Manager 11 salaries reported	$46,591 per year

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