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Typical day for an account rep would start anywhere from 5am to 7am. You are responsible to make sure that your field employees are on time for their assignment and that you regularly visit the jobsites to ensure client satisfaction and to see what other help you can provide to your client or any other contractors that may be there as well. This is standard practice for the industry. If you work in an office that has a seasoned rep or reps and you're the new person, gaining market share can be challenging because it's likely that the larger clients in the area that have done business with the office already and have a working relationship with someone else in the company way before you showed up. It's not their fault. They did the work and deserve the reward of that prior work, as long as that client is happy. So there is a lot of prospecting you have to do to find those businesses, get them to use you regularly and make sure they pay their bills. 

Why are you responsible to make sure the client pays their bills on time? Well, you won't earn your full commissions until the invoices are paid. Whether that makes sense to you or not doesn't matter. It's what they do. They aren't changing that either. 

So, consider this scenario, especially if you have no industry experience. You will get a salary. A very low salary, but a salary. You will get reimbursed for mileage driven and money for your cell phone. They will not give you a company car or phone. You will have to grind it out for a long while to: 1) Learn the industry. That'll take you a good year plus. 2) Build a client list on your own. And, oh, by the way, you're not the only game in town. There are many other reps to compete against that do have experience and relationships with the same clients. 3) Unless you get really lucky and clients and deals fall in your lap, you will be struggling with making ends meet for a long time. You'll have to be open to working a 2nd job on the weekends. Believe me. 4) If/when you do get clients to use you, that's a really good thing. You'll really have to make sure the client is happy and the field workers are happy too, so they don't leave you for another staffing company without notice. In addition, you will need to stay on top of your client's accounts payable department to be as current as possible so you get your full commissions. Good luck with that. On average, clients pay invoices within 60 days upon receipt. That's 2 months AFTER the work has been done (commissions actually earned) and then you will get your full commissions after that. So, you're potentially waiting 90 days to get fully commissioned. This is common for the industry also. Remember that really low salary I told you about earlier???

To really make the income necessary to live in this area, it'll take someone without industry experience at least 2-3 years to grind it out, learn, fail, succeed, ride the roller coaster, go through slow construction periods of the year, and then do it all over again. Do some reps make really good money? Yep, they do and they deserve it. They went through it. Maybe not all with the same company, but they did it and they are good people too. That's why clients stay with the rep. It isn't because of the company the rep works for. The client could care less about the company the rep works for. It's the rep. 

The communication within the company wasn’t great, I was offered a position and then a week before starting they realized they couldn't hire for that which resulted in me losing that title and a $5 pay cut. They make it out that it's imperative that you download this app that they don't use. The location they give you for the job site is about 10 minutes away from where you clock in which is something they don't tell you.
Most of their UTVs are in awful condition, with no doors, terrible coolant leaks, flat tires, or dead batteries. Every employee fills out extensive task cards, something I've only had to do when I was a foreman. Every morning there is a stretch and flex that everyone leaves to get to very early, start time is at 7 I would show up around 6:50 and everyone had already driven up there resulting in a 5-7 minute walk to the site. I wasn't going to show up earlier because your time gets rolled forward to 7 regardless.
All of that was at least bearable until they had a change in management. I asked if we could just use the UTV with doors because it was about 10 degrees out and I wanted to use one that got hot to warm up my lunch. I got sent home for having a poor attitude regarding the equipment. The site was too far to drive anywhere for lunch and there were no microwaves, also the water never got fully thawed out. In multiple areas, I got told to "slow down" or "stop working so quickly" which I found difficult because I enjoy working.

A typical work day should start no later than 7am and end between 4-5. You need to be reachable by phone sometimes as early as 5am. Local management is great in that if you've started your day that early, you can get your day finished a little earlier than usual and then get out of the office. Your starting salary is not nearly enough for people to make ends meet in the 21st century. Last century, you would have had a shot. Not now. Upper management will not budge from that. If you have experience in the role (Sales Representative), it goes against you because you learned the wrong way. Every time. It's Hard Hat's way or you will be fired without notice. Even though you have worked your butt off every day to learn brand new technology, upper management will skip over your direct report and fire you even though they have zero clue as to what you bring to the company/role. Why? Because they don't bother to work with you (not once) and make assumptions. Wrong ones at that! Be prepared to work 50 hour weeks just to get your footing while losing money every month. Minimum 6 months of this. They do not offer a PIP if you're not up to speed in their eyes. They fire you by telling your local manager to fire you and then hide behind the phone. That is a bully for you. 

• Worked as temporary employee for Hardhat, contracted out to Strata Solar
• Lead and instruct the heavy equipment aspect of the project and all operators and other workers (up to 200 employees) for six multi-million dollar projects ($12 million - $30+ million each)                                                                                                                            • Led construction and operating for the two largest solar farms in Tennessee.
• Including unloading material from trucks, trenching for electrical underground/conduit, moving material throughout the worksite, organizing the shipping containers which held all tools and materials and laydown yard.
• Monitored silt fence and erosion control
• Maintained mechanical and inspection aspect of all equipment
• Run correspondence between the equipment rental company (United Rentals) and worksite, managing $60,000 per month worth of rental equipment, maintained the safety aspect of equipment and employees. 
• Assisted the site superintendent in running day to day operations both in the field and in the office.

A typical day at work starts off by getting together with team to come with daily task and strategies in which we complete during the course of the day. Since joining I have gained considerable knowledge about wiring management systems as well as how to work most efficiently with a group. The supervisors and fellow co-workers all work together  in many ways like a family-oriented system where everyone is willing to help others when needed. The hardest part of the job would be that it is physically demanding which I wouldn't advise anyone with health issues to apply. My favorite part of the job would have to be the experience and knowledge gained from working with seasoned veterans in the filed.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They acknowledged your work process and accommodate you on it.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Just keeping up with your hours, it can get out of order from supervisors, not hard hat, but the company you work for.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Most of the environment I've worked in were clean and up on safety and ppe"s. As for the culture in can say that its natural being that it's construction sites.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Well a typical day is just coming in and following protocols for what the job is and looking out for workers in my surrounding as the day goes to make sure we're doing it in a safe and comfortable manor.

I was really excited about working for this company at first. I was talked to about it being a family environment & long term work & growing with the company. Once I got in there & learned my way around, is when I really saw the company for what it was. This is not a family environment, with the exception of some people bringing in their kid or dog…& it is SO UNORGANIZED. I held most of the responsibilities in the office & instead of it being a team effort…everyone was on their own agenda & once I was asked to do something, it’s like everyone else forgot how. I was let go over the phone, in the middle of the day, because “it’s just not a good fit…” after the director smiled in my face all week. I feel used.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They Always has work for its employees

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No one  with the company. It is only this kind job, and some time is stressful and massive physical effort. Just it is necessary the support of the company to get its employees certified under rules and regulations of electricity in Florida. Thus obtaining greater added value for both, company and employees.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is pretty good. I have had the opportunity to expand my technical knowledge

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It is working and learning about typical situation on the electricity field

i started with them on 6/1/2015 and after two since suppose to get a  pay increases for every site you complete so i had total of 7 site only got one increase also i went throw the reentry program which is second chance for the ones with a back ground so afterafter 10 months being one there employees the main company come in did there back ground on us then few days later got laid because i had a back ground which was over 14 years old so then they call back for 2 weeks laid off again so not they saying strata changed there policy so i call strata asked if there policy changed and they said it has not it was hardhat workforce solution

I say if your not really a outside working in any weather
person or can not travel places then this job want be the best thing for anyone, but other then that you will work in all weather except lighting... I love this job I was a machine operator they have like bobcats an other machines that's for to carry the supplies to the field.. The thing I liked was u don't need license or anything to learn how to drive the bobcats they will let u test it out in the open fields and oh yes when it's hot you will have a deep sun tan... But I love it the job is fun n anyone would enjoy it...

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