restoration technician

construction project manager

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business development manager

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First Onsite

I have to be honest, regardless of my relationship with the company. I am not mad at First Onsite, but I am not pleased after years of service. 

You could be called in at any time and will get yelled at if you don't come in, so weekend outings aren't possible. Some guys are working the same job for less or more than what you will be paid. I was told I was hired at a capped out rate so after years of service, I am told I cannot receive a raise. Promotions are non-existent unless your best friends with someone higher up, over the years, no one has been promoted from within unless they were already management. Also if you're told that they will pay for your training, that most likely a lie too, they will ask you to provide it but expect you to cover the cost and time on your own. WRT/ASD can take up a week with in-person classes and cost over $1000, but they wont make time for a non-manager to take the course. In this company, they will bring all their friends in to fill the management team and then not have enough techs to do anything, and when someone new comes in, they forget about the employees that stayed loyal through the hard times and focus on themselves.  

With all the bad out of the way, you will most likely work close to home, although you might get dirty from time to time, sewage might be on the menu. You will have a lot of free time and not be micro-managed because your managers might see you once a day at the office. Some days you might just supervise a temp worker project or a subcontractor. Other days you might have more work than you can handle but it will keep you busy for a while. Company van and tools are a perk, I still prefer my own tools, but using a new Ford Transit for work has been awesome. They might let you take it home on days where you stay really late. Prevailing wage is rare, but pay rate caps out at mid twenties and isnt too bad for most areas. Overtime is likely and company paid lunches happen from time to time. Some managers will go out of their way to help you and sometimes will work with you when you're by yourself. Solitary work is normal, sometimes you are by yourself for weeks on end. The most important aspect is your field crew will be inviting, playful, supportive and a blessing to be around, it is what will tie you to the company because you know you will never replace the shenanigans and good times that come with the people you work with in the field.   

What is the best part of working at the company?
Professional, courteous, knowledgeable people. Pay was commensurate with role. Benefits were ok too. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Training was online, or zoom call meet with a laptop and instructors sharing their screens made it difficult to see the material especially when you are being exposed to a proprietary software for the first time. Training sessions were sparse and too infrequent to grasp competence or proficiency in the curriculum and reporting procedures to ensure the financial health and well-being of projects in spite of having signed documents agreeing to the policies. No SOP procedures were provided as a quick reference guide, just emails sent post zoom meetings that were often line item topics. It created a sense of incompetence and ineffectiveness to perform my duties properly. Little guidance to assist what they knew was a new hire to their system. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I was in a traveling role and had no “work environment” and no assigned home base office. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Online 360training.com computer generated voice and animation tutorials with in-house company computer training modules of the same dull type. Very inefficient and ineffective method of instruction. It’s impersonal and a lazy method of training mid-level management in my opinion and doesn’t build a sense of being on a team, or develop esprit de’ corps.

What is the best part of working at the company?
In the beginning, First Onsite was a great place to work
They offer great benefits and PTO.
As far as the PTO there is never time to take it
Due to being severely understaffed
Upper management at the St. Louis branch is horrible and lack basic people managing and communication skills 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The St. Louis branch of First Onsite is severely understaffed therefore it makes it impossible to enjoy any of the benefits they offer coming in the door.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
First Onsite St. Louis branch is a very hostile 
Environment and is very much a every man for them self environment due to being severely understaffed and the demand for on-call emergency jobs constantly coming in

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
All employees are Micro managed to the point of it being offensive.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing 
Seemed great in the very beginning but was very much a facade! Toxic Culture and Poor Leadership! Everyone back stabbing each other! Very Cut Throat.  Short Term job if needed but not longterm at all so don’t waste your time.  Revolving Door. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything 
Salespeople stealing accounts and leadership okay with it. 
Put their name on an account but no activity and then want credit. Awful 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The Worst I have ever in my life experienced! It is bad!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Reaching out to prospects 
Trying to set up meetings
Also sending the marketing materials that were relevant to the client.

If your looking for a company that has change in mind well this is the place. A fast growing company that has been around for many years but still looking to be the only partner you need in the industry. Great company that looks out for their employees with the many different programs. A company that knows their team members are traveling and away from home so they help take care of you with good lodging, car rentals, flights, and more. 

The company is rapidly growing, mainly from acquisitions, and it is going through some growing pains, but nothing that's insurmountable.  They value the people who work here, and they are continuing to work on effective communication at all levels.  They may not have achieved that yet, but the leaders seem committed to the process.  You won't be bored here, if you want to learn new things.  The expansion has created the necessity for new systems, and they are even creating their own applications.  Those who can go along with the changes will thrive.  Those who hate change will hate it.

When I started, there appeared to be good support and patience. The big issue is a severe lack of training. Because of this, every new sales person is at a severe disadvantage to be able to sell.
100% of the tenured sales people stated that it takes at least 18-24 months to get things going. After 8 months of being told that I was doing everything that I was asked to do and I was doing 4-5 times as many sales calls per week as most, I was told things weren't working out and I was let go.
To add to that, the commission structure was ridiculous and virtually impossible to understand. Overall, not a great experience, although my GM was, for the most part, supportive, right up to the day he let me go.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part is knowing that you’re helping people get their lives back to normal. They have great benefits, great pay and wonderful promotional opportunities.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Since you deal with disaster and emergency situations. Anything can happen at any time you have to adjust to that to be in this job field.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It really is a great place to work, we treat each other like family and we got each other‘s backs

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
As a project manager, lots of daily goal, preparation and daily details to get in order

Very poor management. They have a "good old boy" mentality. They help out their friends or long term colleagues first and foremost. Very little advancement potential, and severely underpay good employees with little exception unless you are part of their friends group. HR was largely uninvolved or clueless with the favoritism that occurs in the company and only see things from the company perspective, not the individual employees. Treated like numbers, profit first, people last. Not a good place to work.

Assignments provided for the team I work for vs others I get loaned to from time to time is one of learning with great job responsibilities at all levels. Other teams guarantee their team members with 32 hr. pay even when at home where my team does not follow that practice.

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