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MasTec Advanced Technologies

I've read the other reviews...I find it a funny read.

OK, so the negative side. They expect you to do your job. Be on your first job by 8 AM. When the work runs out you go home. MOST of the technicians in this area are home before 5PM with many, many days where you're home even earlier. Also on the negative side, we work outside. But, common sense should tell you that since the dish is located outside, there's going to be some outside work.
I read in one review that they "make you work" under a house "filled with cottonmouth snakes." This is decidedly untrue. They will tell you point blank to NOT do a job if you cannot do it SAFELY.
I've also read in several reviews that the company does not care about the employees. This, again, is untrue. I've never had a company as concerned with my safety and well being as these guys. Example: my site manager came up to me one day, out of the blue, asking if I was making ends meet or if I needed a little bit of help getting my pay up a bit. (I'd missed some time due to illness)  
Example: When I first started, my supervisors bought me a new pair of boots so that I wouldn't violate safety practices and get in trouble.
Example: The safety policies that the company has in place are there to make it where you can do the job as safely as you possibly can.
Your pay depends completely on YOU. I've never gone to a job that I could make my paycheck be whatever I needed it to be, and I likely never will again...but if I need more pay, I simply work more.
They say that you are not paid for your drive time, and this is true. However, they typically try to keep you within a certain distance of your home. And, if your first job is more than 90 miles away from home (which does happen occasionally) then yes, they do pay you drive time. Again, you have to keep in mind that (as it is with EVERY BUSINESS ON THE PLANET) the employees are hired to make the company more money...of course they're going to care more about making money than inconveniencing you.
Yes, you are expected to fix jobs that you are there to fix, that means if it was a bad install, you have to fix it or the quality control technician...me...will fail the job. However, it is untrue that you do not get paid for this. We have this marvelous system called FLAT RATE. It's a little bit of paperwork and a couple of photos and presto! You get paid for the work you do.
As far as training goes, like with any any industry you sometimes get trained by someone that has no business training people. However, by far and large, the people that do the training are senior technicians that know their business in and out and will teach you the proper way to do things.
It is untrue that you have no support from management. I have never called my supervisor and not gotten whatever help it is that I've needed. As far as upper and middle management goes...I've called the regional vice president before with a problem and had a very pleasant 20 minute conversation with an extremely busy man. I call my site manager on a very regular basis with questions, thoughts and concerns and KNOW that I am being listened to. The best part, though, is when you voice concerns and see something done about it almost immediately.
Now, this part may be a pro, may be a con...but the pay is done by piecework. That is, you get paid for the work that you actually do, not by the hour (with some exceptions). I've gone to 4 room installs that take me 9 hours before (something like 80 dollars). I've also done 4 room installs in 2 hours for the same pay. If you don't waste time, work steady and try your best, there is absolutely NO reason that you will EVER make under $15 an hour.
The company offers us tremendous benefits (a little pricey, sure, but it's damned good coverage and I blame Obamacare more than the insurance companies, but that's another issue). You get the best technology that we have to offer for free, as well as free service, after your first 30 days of employment...including the best package DirecTV offers (what's not to love about absolutely free TV). The company offers good discounts on a wide variety of things from Verizon phone accessories to Dell computers...all the way up to new Ford vehicles (if you go to a dealer) and even gym memberships.
As far as possibility for advancement goes...they aren't going to make a brand new supervisor or site manager position just because you think you deserve it. Come on...common sense. However, if you follow the job boards and postings you'll see jobs come open all over the country. If you're willing to relocate, there's no reason that you can't advance inside this company.
As far as promoting from within, from what I've seen they truly do prefer to fill all positions from within rather than hire somebody off the street. I've seen several supervisors and site managers filled from the current working staff. Granted, if they don't have qualified personnel applying for jobs they will seek the talent they need elsewhere...but what company won't? Again, do your job, show that you're a good fit for something, and odds are it'll work out in your favor.
Overall, this is one of the best jobs that I've ever had and I'm very, very proud to call myself a member of the MasTec family.

Company was great until ATT obtained control of the contract. Slowly ATT was taking the life out of the company. Mastec only cares about metric incentives which have totally destroyed company moral and job satisfaction. Mastec has their core values placed where you can see them however they are not followed. 

First, the work/family balance does not exist. To be fair, you are told this is a fast paced industry which will require many hours. Be prepared to not have much family time. Mastec will be your family at that point. Working 60+ hours is not sustainable. When the hours are long jobs will be sloppy and personal will be inefficient. Safety incidents will increase which impacts your family. Asking people to work five or six days a week consistently is not healthy. 

Second, employees continue to get more responsibilities and not get more compensation. If you are salary expect more. If you are a technician, expect more tasks on your work orders without the compensation. You will be told your reward is your job and to do it because you were told to do it. Compensation for technicians have not been adjusted according to added tasks. The cultures attitude is to use word phrases to manipulate you into the objective to be achieved. Remember if something is being pushed, someone stands to benefit other than you.

Third, Mastec stopped caring about the front line workers. The only thing that matters is upper management and their incentive bonus money. Like states before, everything is about the incentives and morale of the employees have suffered. It doesn’t matter to management about morale or to hear the voices of the concerned. Yearly town hall meetings are designed to check the block to say they have listened. Management pretends when they come in that everything is great however I do not believe they see what really happens in the front. So some advice is that you have an idea or concern, it won’t be fixed.

Fourth, dispatch is a load. To be fair they are guided by upper management to game the system to hit the metrics with schemes. Clearly personel in dispatch are misguided or do not want to think of ways to increase efficiency. Unrealistic expectations of the technicians and supervisors who have to manage damage control of the routing system. Routing and dispatch are always to first complain during town hall meetings.

Fifth, fleet personnel need to vetted to see if they actually know the job. Good luck getting a fleet issue addressed. Hire willing and helpful personnel.

Sixth, ATT is an organization that is too big to fail. This company does not know how to place orders and ship them so the warehouse can supply the technicians. Be prepared to be short on equipment and quality parts.

Seventh, training lacks and the training personnel lack. Who ever created the training program needs to be fired. Who believes one week in the field is sufficient training. You have too many people in training who are stuck in 2001 and have no clue what it’s like in the field.

Last, management. Like I stated before, prepare to give your time and life to an organization that treats you as a number. The drive, morale and desire to excel at this workplace is not there. Management starts from the top and they don’t care about your welfare. Productive and happy people are more productive as studies show however that is not a concern. It’s just part of the business now. So much talent has walked through the doors as if it were nothing. Good luck having someone in management getting involved with helping with any issues. Communication is a joke as you are told nothing and are expected to follow through as a matter mindless soulless being. You are feed lies and deception because that’s what the culture has been. Two-way communication is expected but not looked upon the same from management point of view. The reality is that you are a replaceable part and you dare not speak out against the establishment. The power structure of the organization cannot be challenged as you will lose. Promotions based on the buddy system.

In summary, if you value good management and a good family environment, do not work there. It’s smoke and mirrors and will not change. If you like coming home mad, them the job is yours. This is a short honest review of the problems here.

If you're an Installation Technician from any other field, looking for a different experience, don't apply for MasTec AT!
Although you are given 3 weeks of training pertaining to Satellite technology, operation and various dish installations, once you get in the field, the manager and supervisor have a completely different focus.
We Tech Types search for jobs and ignore any results that pop up with the word "Sales" in them, specifically avoiding those jobs because we're not looking for commission-based employment.
We Techs love a challenge. We love getting our hands dirty and having a feeling of accomplishment while hearing praise from the customer.
With Mastec AT, it doesn't matter to the manager or supervisor how well the job went that day; how pleased the customer was with your work; or whether or not you ran into any issues that caused the job to take longer than expected.
They have one expectation from technicians in the field...Sell more stuff when the customer invites you into his or her home.
You are expected to scan their home when the door opens and look for opportunities to suggest items such as Google Wifi, Video Doorbells, Security Cameras, Sound Bars, TV Mounts, etc..and hand them a catalog of "Convenience Store Prices", since you're basically a convenience store on wheels.
You're then expected to proceed with your installation, installing as fast as possible ( I never rushed! ) in order to close the work order and move on to the next.. knowing full well that the excitement felt by the customer regarding having their requested installation or repairs taken care of, is now replaced with head shaking and bitterness over your shady tactics of trying to suck more money from their wallets.
Granted, there are some who like impulse purchasing and have extra "mad money" to buy those expensive items, but they are few and far between.
Expect a phone call from the manager or supervisor either while you're sweating under a hot sun, on a ladder, installing a dish on a roof...or in a crawlspace, slithering on your stomach to get a cable pushed up into the wall...with this type of conversation: "I'm looking at the work order you just finished (or are currently working on). Did you sell anything?" If you say No...if you say the customer didn't want anything...the conversation continues: "What was their reason for saying no? Did you explain <insert item's specifications or warranty info here>? Did you use your sample of screen cleaner to show them how well the ($20 bottle) screen cleaner worked?" ... My typical answer: "He/she didn't want anything. I'm trying to finish this job."
At the end of the day, you will be expected to send an email to both the manager and supervisor, with sales made or SPECIFIC reasons why customers did not purchase any of the "SmartConnect" items in the catalog.
This, along with the daily "scorecard" emails which remind you of how micro managed you are, showing you the faults you made while going slightly over the speed limit while driving that day, or turning too sharply, or braking too quickly, etc...along with another "scorecard" regarding your overall performance in closing work orders, creates a feeling of anxiety that no Technician should have at the end of a productive day.
If you are a man or woman with moral convictions, who sees yourself through the customer's eyes...If you've always had the mindset of going above and beyond for the customer, to give them the service they *requested*, then stay far away from MasTec AT.
If you're a salesperson who sees an invitation into someone's home for requested service as an opportunity to roll in a snake oil cart, then here's your opportunity to get dirty and manipulate people.
If you're just a "grunt" with no real technical experience and the training you get from this company is the highest technical education you have ever received, you'll probably accept the conditions of micro management and fall right into the Stockholm Syndrome, treating customers who just want their DirecTV to work as "Marks" for other sales...like a vampire who can't suck the blood from the victim unless invited into the home first.

**Review for MasTec Advanced Technologies**

I had high hopes when I joined MasTec Advanced Technologies, especially with the promises of growth opportunities and travel experiences. Unfortunately, my time there was far from what I expected. Despite being assured of upward mobility, I found that numerous employees were leaving the company, making it nearly impossible for anyone to advance. This high turnover rate—an astonishing 90-95% at my location—was a clear indicator of the underlying issues within the organization.

The equipment provided was often inadequate for the job at hand. For instance, attempting to fit an 85-inch TV into a work van already filled with tools was not only impractical but also highlighted the lack of proper resources. Additionally, lifting equipment was not supplied, even though we frequently handled heavy items, which raised serious safety concerns.

I was promised travel opportunities but only traveled once in my year and a half with the company. My paychecks were artificially inflated due to the grueling 60-70 hour workweeks I was forced to put in. The piece rate compensation model left my hourly wage insufficient to sustain a living without excessive overtime. Moreover, I found the scrutiny over my hours clocked to be excessive, with certain tasks met with what I would describe as unethical compensation practices.

Despite my dedication and hard work, consistently going above and beyond, I saw no progress in my career or any increase in pay. The micromanagement was not just prevalent; it was extreme and often unbearable. After raising concerns about safety practices—particularly regarding working during a state of emergency due to a historic hurricane—I noticed immediate changes in how I was treated. Instead of taking my concerns seriously, management's attitude shifted, subjecting me to increased scrutiny over my work hours and performance. Tasks that were previously acknowledged as completed without issue suddenly became points of contention, leading to uncomfortable discussions about my productivity.

Additionally, my average hourly pay began to decrease, which was perplexing given that my work ethic had not changed. It felt as though I was being penalized for speaking up, exacerbated by the fact that I had consistently been a high performer. The management's response created an atmosphere of distrust, making me hesitant to voice any future issues—whether they pertained to safety or pay.

On one occasion, when I expressed my exhaustion after a long shift, I was met with dismissive comments from my supervisor. Instead of understanding my need to prioritize my safety and well-being, I was discouraged from discussing my fatigue, adding to the stress of my role. This culture of silence and fear of reprisal stifled any open dialogue about critical safety issues.

Moreover, the micromanagement became even more pronounced after I spoke up. I found myself being monitored closely, with my every action scrutinized, creating a sense of anxiety that made it difficult to focus on my work. The environment became less about collaboration and more about compliance, with management often treating employees as expendable resources rather than valued team members.

Overall, my experience at MasTec Advanced Technologies was disheartening. The management, lacking empathy, often treated employees as mere dollar signs rather than individuals with lives outside of work. While every company aims for profitability, it should not come at the expense of its workers' dignity and safety. I cannot recommend this company to anyone seeking a supportive or healthy work environment.

This post is meant to expose the ins-and-outs of my experience with this company.

This position is best suited for a young man(sometimes woman) who is looking to make a decent buck for their age (18-30) and get good in-customer home experience. When I started my position as a satellite technician for MasTec I had no experience in this type of field. After one year, I am proficient and pretty comfortable running coax cables, drilling in-home and out, maneuvering 32ft and 40ft ladders, wall-fishing lines and cables, and driving long hours all over the country. 

Yes, traveling for work is mandatory and frequent. Allow me to explain. 

When I was hired I was told traveling was a part of the job due to some areas being busier at times than others, but no more than 3 times per year; but that this was also a good money making opportunity. It was not. I was required to travel almost immediately out of "training".  Within the first year I traveled 6 times, twice to the same city. Each time I traveled I was paid 'Drive-time' of 10 dollars per hour on the road in a company supplied vehicle. The least amount of drive-time that I spent while traveling in one day was 8 hours and the most was 11hrs on a two day trip to Texas. We drive company vehicles that are monitored by Geo-tab and max speed of around 70mph.  The hotel accommodations where terrible and the woman handling all of that for us books the cheapest hotel nearest to a main highway of where we're located. I was not once paid my per-deim on time. Oh and to boot, the company rooms you with another tech for the stay. So someone you've never met you will now be essentially living with for 2-3 weeks. Luckily a pro of my experience is that I stayed with good guys out of my region so I've interacted with them before. Only 1 hotel I stayed in actually had a fridge and microwave. The rest of them there was only a bed and a shower. When traveling you are required to work 6 days a week with Sundays off. There is no limit on the hours you will be working each day. 8am to whenever the office is out of appointments that day. Assistance is limited and usually lax by management when traveling.

The work is non stop and demanding. During summer months you will be working 6 days a week even at home. Do not expect to have much home/family life as we work most holidays including, but not limited too, Labor day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas eve. 

The pay is weekly and under a 'Piece-work' pay element. So you are paid per completed job and how much depends on the type for service you are doing. Other factors come into play while on-site. Pay fluctuates each week depending on work load but if you move quickly and stay busy you can earn a respectable check each week, at least during the summer months.

Since day one I have not worked a day less than 10 hours. The work put in does in no way reflect the pay you receive. IT IS SO MUCH WORK FOR SO LITTLE. You will be re building work done by other techs hunting for equipment all over the city. You will easily spend 3-4 hours at a customers home. Over-time pay is the minimum allowed in your state and is laughable when you see it on your pay stub. I can barely pay my bills while working harder than I ever have. 

Overall, this multi- million dollar company has an infinite growth mentality, where little respect and care is given to its employees and our general concerns never make an impact when discussed in our mandatory weekly team meetings at 6:30am sharp. We are only required to push harder. I will say safety is a major concern and MasTec enforce a strict policy on employee safety in the workplace.

Ok, you arrive on site, if the former tech sleeved the pole and you replace it, you do not get paid. If the former tech failed to install the correct underground cable and you replace it, you do not get paid. If the former tech failed to install a ground and you install one, you do not get paid. If trees grew and blocked the dish, you move the dish to another location for good line of site, you do not get paid. If you go on a service call and have to repair another tech's screw up, you do not get paid for the correction. You will spend more time working without pay than you will working with pay. Drive time - forget it, you start the clock when you get to the first job and clock out when you leave the last job. If you run to the warehouse to pick up parts, you do not get paid. All trucks are monitored, if you take a curve too fast, you get written up, if you hit the brake to hard, you get written up, if you speed, you get written up. You get charge backs for little stuff that you had nothing to do with (equipment failure is back charged to the installer),  If they tell you to drive an hour to a site, you do not get paid for the drive. I went on a single box upgrade, the dish was not mounted properly, the wrong cable installed underground, the system was not grounded, wrong splitter installed incorrectly. I repaired the system and brought it up to spec, but was not paid for any of the additional work. Another work order was for a single box install, the dish had poor line of site due to trees, the dish was moved to the other side of the roof and new cable installed, did not get paid for any of the additional work. If you leave the problems and the company finds out they will write you up and back charge you when the next tech fixed the problems. They say they give you tools, yea right, just the basic. You better plan on spending a few hundred more for additional tools to include drill and drill bits, shovel, wall stud finder, wall fishing equipment, line toner or mapper, wrenches, socket set and more. Do not plan on eating lunch. And get ready to enter into some of the worst homes in your area. Get ready to crawl under homes with snakes, spiders, mold, radon gas and more and the company does not give you any protection gear. When you go into the attics, expect heat as high as 140 degrees. One of the biggest problems they have is people falling through the ceiling from the attic and getting hurt. You better learn how to use a ladder their way and it slows you down big time on the job. Need equipment to do a job, good luck. Many days the warehouse does not have the equipment needed to do installs, so you have to ask around to other techs to see if someone has the equipment you need and they can spare it. Plan on starting around 4-5 am and working till 8,9,10 at night. They charge you if you take a truck home. You do not get off till all jobs are dispatched and completed. Yes some days when it is slow you may do 1-2 jobs and then go home, but these are rare. Based on total hours worked, you end up making less than min wage. I was told during my training period the company had a 90% turn over rate, this is why they have class after class and keep posting wanted ads. The office I was at was talking about setting up a union and going on strike for better pay. The SBCA certification you get is a joke, open book test and anyone in the room can help you take the online exam. Heck you can have someone else take the exam for you and the company will still pass you. They run as many new hires through as fast as they can because they already know most if not all will end up leaving, making room for the next class to find out the job sucks.

MasTec AT is an infrastructure company, the Advanced Technologies branch of which is directly contracted by DirecTV/AT&T to perform installation and maintenance of satellite TV systems, home security systems, and internet services.  It is by no stretch a bad place to work at, but at the same time, you have to consider the very culture behind working for a satellite provider such as this arm of MasTec.  It isn't for everyone.  

For a good clip of the year, most of the locations that do the satellite TV installations are running a 6-day work week, ad during the summertime, appointment windows from 4-8 or 4-6PM are offered.  12-hour days during the summer are not unheard of.  This makes it difficult to make, or have a life outside the workplace.  

There is a compensation model offered by the company during their training period, and the pay is piece-rate.  It doesn't seem like you can make much, and can sometimes be hindered by getting stuck on a difficult task, but if you battle through it, and rack up some easy tasks to back it all up, you'll make up that lost time, and come up with a nice average on your paycheck.  It does, again, take a lot of hours to get there though.  As far as the benefits are concerned, I have had better, and I have had worse.  There are a wide array of benefits offered, but the coverage isn't that great.  The standard medical coverage is 65% co-insurance for a single person, and as the price doubles for their higher plan, it only covers 70%.  Not a great value.  They also charge the employee per week to drive the company van home.  

With the acquisition of DirecTV by AT&T, however, there is an increase in work, and was not a slow-down during the cooler months that I had expected during my time there.  Therefore, there is work to be had, their sales teams are indeed hard at work developing their customer base.  Job security is not in question.  You need to keep your quality of work up to standards though.  You WILL see personnel in the field doing QA's, and even field safety observations.  

The management team is great, they've all got just the right amount of energy to keep a technician from feeling pressured, but keep just enough pressure on to keep them driven.  They are all positive, encouraging, and play to each employee's strengths.  They are also no-frills, but willing to help you when you need it.  There are well-executed open-door policies among the management team.  

Finally, Culture!  There is a definitive culture surrounding the piece-rate model of DirecTV.  Most of the people who are there, are said to be there because they WANT that piece-rate model.  They believe with all their being that their speed, accuracy, and quality are good enough to earn them more for the work they do than an hourly paycheck will.  

You come to work early to get parts, you are on your first job by 8:00 AM, and you work until the work is done, and this sometimes means working in adverse conditions such as cold, rain, heat, humidity, attics, crawlspaces, inaccessible conditions, and the like.  It's not difficult, but it is physically challenging to certain extents, and safety is always a top priority.  They would rather fire you than bury you.  To that end, they care about their employees, and have a technician-first culture.

I am approaching my year mark at MastecAT as a Field Technician for DirecTV.  In the time I have been here I have seen things go from bad to worse.  The work load since the merger has doubled which on one side of the coin is good given the money you can make is exponentially increased, the other side of that coin though is the 6 day work weeks accompanied with the 14-16 hour days in the heat (which is what were in now) to the freezing cold literally bring you to the point of insanity.

Management from office to office is different.  However at my office we are comprised of an "RDO" - Regional Director of Operations so basically a big wig, Site Manager - Our top manager at the office, Warehouse Manager - Controls our inventory and what we get and last but not least Supervisors - Who are directly responsible for the field technicians.

At my office location in Summerville, SC our supervisors in all honesty seem to do their best to help out the technician however our Site Manager stops that from happening.  We are expected to work 16 hour days in the 100 degree weather with 90% humidity all day every day for 6 days a week.  We will already be overbooked for the day "meaning we have jobs that are unscheduled" and our site manager will still pull more jobs forward just to ensure we don't see our families at all it would seem.

It has become clear that Mastec's slogan as a "Family Company" must only mean in certain areas or certain positions.  Down here in the South where we have no Union the motto here is "If You Want A Family Life... Quit".

Our warehouse manager will blatantly not give you what you order and when your on your 4th install for the day and run out of remotes or receivers it's "Oh Well".  Find the nearest technician who could be 30-45 minutes away and go get it.  Thus making your day longer and lowering your hourly average.  Which only shows utter incompetence to our valued customers and infuriates the technician.

When you voice your concerns to the Site Manager with our supposed "Open Door Policy" the only responses you'll get is "Oh Well" or "There's always someone looking for a job" which only shatters your feeling of self-worth at the company to the point you don't even matter to them.  

Advancement in the company does not exist.  When they are promoting or hiring for a new Supervisor position chances are (based off my own experiences of course at my office) that they have already chosen who they want there (typically a brown noser or whoever is doing the worst in the field numbers wise).
 
I can honestly say that if you live in South Carolina and are looking for a job that you can make quite a bit of money here at Mastec.  But if you wish to have a life or family outside of work then do yourself a favor and find different employment.

At Mastec there is no advancement, a wage cap, back breaking work in the elements (my office does not reschedule jobs due to weather and this is from our Site Managers own mouth and countless emails), poor management, long hours, no room for family or out of work activities.

Now that I have said the bad I will say the good now.  You meet some pretty cool people whether they be coworkers or customers. You make good money if your "FAST" at your work.  That's about it.

Where should i begin.....

They will give you 2 company phones  (iphone and Galaxy) plus an Ipad and company vehicle. That's just pretty much to buy you in to sign in to the company. Although the job was very easy and fun and customers were great, the management and the company rules will make it super difficult and nearly impossible to achieve most goals and you will have no life after work. They OVERWORK you till you literally can't stand on your feet anymore. The long....loooooong eternal drives that you will be going through will make you wish you were dead because of the lower back pain you will develop. Almost everytime i work, the drive time was 8 or 9 hours driving the entire day and you will be driving 3 hours away from home almost every time you work. Sometimes your last appointment was 3 hours away from home at 8pm and you started your shift at 7am. That's a 7am till 11pm shift that will happen often. It rarely gets slow, but when it does you wont make enough hours. They will tell you "40 hours is not guaranteed". Its either work a little or work way too much, never in between. Many many times i worked 14, 15, 16 hours and drive 10 hours. I dont mind working overtime but sometimes is just too much and dangerous drives to dark strange places and bad areas with criminal activity while you're carrying expensive phones with you.
When you finally hit your days off, you will be so tired that you will have no desire to do anything with your family other than rest. It will tear your family apart and they do not care.

Management is mediocre, some of them youngsters on their early 20s that dont now how to manage a business. The company failed to pay me my incentives in 3 paychecks, pretty much owing me $900 (or $300 from each check). I sent countless emails for months to get that fixed but it was totally ignored. Without the incentives, you will only be making around $10.50 per hour. The incentives its what makes you good money. You're better off working at a gas station or a call center to be honest with you.

You probably think im exaggerating and if you get a call for an interview they will deny all of this like they denied it when i told them about the feedbacks i read before i got hired,  but i promise you its the truth. They constantly text you and email you while you're driving the company vehicle to ask you for stupid serial numbers of phones and things as such, and in some instances that will get you to be late to your appointments and guess what....IT WILL AFFECT YOUR INCENTIVES.  If you are in the interstate,  they will ask you to pull over to the side of the road to give them the info they asked you for. Totally dangerous, seriously!!!! 
It is not worth going through all of the stress and dangers that they will put your through. You can do better, trust me.

I worked for Mastec for about 3 years. When i first started, I loved it. I made more money than i had at any other job, but I pretty much worked a various restaurants before this, so that isn't saying a whole lot. This company, plain and simple, DOES NOT CARE about its employee's. Literally every thing they do and change is to take money from the technician. They have a metric system, like a report card, which grades you on about 13 different things, many of which are essentially the same and many of which you have no control over. They were constantly changing this scorecard, when technicians were finally able to figure out tricks and ways to get better points in certain areas, they would make those metrics harder to obtain, or get rid of them all together. Everything they do is to save them money, by taking it from you. Don't get me wrong, if you have a minimum wage job now, this is definitely a step up. Its the only company I know of that requires no experience. They will provide you with a vehicle, training and all of the tools needed. Its a good place to START, but thats about it. There is very very little room for advancement. They say they like to promote from within, but thats only to about supervisor positions , which by the way, the average technician makes more than a supervisor. Above that, to upper management, they usually bring outside people to fill those positions.If you enjoy a bunch of BS, then this job is for you! Expect to drive alot (which you dont get paid for) and waste hours of time every day (which you dont get paid for). Overall, horrible company but a good place to start to get in to this field. I left them and went to a contracting company doing the same work and making double the pay. Again- if you are experienced in this line of work already, i definitely would not recommend coming here. This company is a revolving door. People are constantly getting hired and fired (or quitting) , which on the plus side is probably why they will literally hire anyone. They do not understand one essential concept- The employee makes the company. They would rather let you go and hire someone else than try to keep their employees happy. Which to be honest (not exaggerating at all) I do not know of any happy technicians at this company. A normal day in the "office" is pull your hair out, wish you had a different job, get screwed over, complain all day long to deaf ears, go home and get ready to do it all over again. 10-12 hours a day, 6 days a week. And you don't get paid hourly.

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