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the management team including the regional managers the presidentand the vice presen, are constantly saying they are friendly and open to questions.  they are not!  the only thing they see is money. they do not care about you or your concerns.  what they want from you is to sit there shut up and sell whatever they tell you to. they want robots, not happy employees. 
the call center is understaffed.there is barely any down time. you will be    taking calls from out of state companies nd dealing with there angry customers and you cant do anything. you will be cursed and screamed at by customers. management will do nothing about it except shrug like it is normal thing.  you are graded on every single call you take and they will  threaten your job every other week.  meanwhile the permitting team messes up permits every week without consequence.
they keep saying they will expand permitting accounting and that they promote from within. there is zero growth here no one in any other team will be leaving. if you are hoping for a raise for working really hard as a call taker then you need to think again. it will not happen.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Horrible environment, leadership is focused on teaching you sales techniques not electrician skiils. Branch manager will dissinformation in order to ensure his monthly bonus us high. Extremely poor compinsation, company will not cover any medical insurnce. Pay is based on how much work you sell leading employees to lie to customers about how much work is needed to fix there issue. Company values are vary shady. The work hours are ridiculous, under false pretense its custumer  care wnen in reality the branch manager is ensuring his profit margin. My review/experience is based off one branch of the company can not speak for the all the branches.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The high-school level of maturity of those with  a leadership position.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The worst I have ever been apart off.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Everyday is a litte different.

I began working with this company going on 4 years and counting. I was a good electrician with limited knowledge on residential scope of work. Mister sparky gave me an opportunity to expand my electrical knowledge extremely abroad. I now understand, have knowledge and can help, develop other people in how to rebuild, repair and install indoor and outdoor electrical services overhead and underground. I know have the knowledge of effectively work with a team and individually. I also have a great knowledge for troubleshooting any scope of work in order to repair and restore power. 
Mister sparky gave me a home to expand my knowledge, but it also gave me the opportunity to become a better person to improve my abilities, personally and professionally. This company is one of a kind and it’s up to the individual to make it the best while your here. 

I went into the job with little professional experience. The company believed in on the job training, which I was excited about. However, after only two weeks, I realized that the position was not for me for multiple reasons.
1a: While the technicians I was training under were knowledgeable, their interpersonal and teaching skills were lacking. I was often treated more as a burden to their work rather than a coworker that was there to assist them. 
1b: On the first day with a technician, he felt it necessary to have me shock myself rather than take the precaution to make the work area safe.
1c: On another day, I had sustained an injury to my wrists and immediately told my supervisor who ignored me and put me back to work, worsening my injury. 
2: The hours were absolutely terrible. It was normal for me to start work at 7 and not get home until 10 that evening. If you are young, no family and low responsibilities, you would be fine. Not recommended for a single parent.

Fired half the staff right after Xmas-after having an expensive party at the fanciest restaurant in downtown Dunedin. Zero management or leadership, to the point managers did not even know their own job titles or daily required tasks so they could not delegate to others. The only manager who knew his roll and had sole authority would use people against one another like pawns for his amusement just to see what would happen. He would mess with the men regularly, take jobs away from ones who need it and play favorites and then girlie others, and take away hours from CSR girls just for fun even though he had the hours to give.The only one who ever had stability was the boss’ daughter! Zero room for growth or stability and everyone is constantly looking over their shoulder, gossiping, feeling tense and just waiting to get fired. Over 40 people were fired in the end of 2019 alone....apply at your own risk!!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pull of experience (the guys in the field share their experiences)


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Long drives to jobs  could be a 2 hour drive 1 way


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
On the road, work is mostly independent, call center, inspectors and power companies can create headaches and changes in your scheduling.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Receive a call, start planning the job  sight unseeen gather materials from shop, suppliers and specialty stores. Head to job, meet the customer coordinate with salesman. Begin work schedule power companies and inspectors if needed. Perform work planning the project time needed, communicating with customer. Plan for any materials you may need. Can be controlled chaos.

The pay was decent but not enough to deal with the stress of being constantly yelled at by customers for either permitting not pulling proper permits for jobs or techs messing something up and now their whole house has no power. Trying to get a hold of a manager or someone to give assistance you'll find yourself waiting forever and telling the customer someone will get back to them and they never do. It's rough, the management is lacking leadership and honesty. The script is forced if you want to work there it's robotic and doesn't fit with most conversations. If you don't grab contact information from a customer you get a "talking to" that makes you feel like their talking to a machine part that stopped working. You don't get any PTO until a year in. Health care is about 50% coverage it's all pretty meh.

At Mister Sparky you will be given the opportunity, training, and support by management needed to succeed. What I personally love about working here is that nothing is given to you, you earn it all with your work ethic, attitude, and your personal motivation.  

There is no better opportunity for electricians who passionate about what they do and desire to earn what they are worth. No owner or manager will put a cap on your earning potential. I will never return to an hourly system that dictates what I am worth, I get to be in control of that every day! 

Lets Face It... 
 If you're looking for a respectable company that you could be proud of, a company that with a healthy worth life balance , great pay && ethics? 
 Keep looking because this is not the place for you.  
   This is the place you stop on the way to the place you're going.
  While you're there you'll get to be an important part of a toxic atmosphere, You'll learn how to con customers and sell them everything they've never needed.
     It's hard to say that I'll ever recommend this company to anyone , whether as an employer or contractor. 
  My personal recommendation is to avoid signing any contracts required to  join this scam, there's better jobs out there .

They don’t tell you that you’ll be working long hours. They don’t tell you that you’ll have to be on an on-call rotation for evenings and weekends. They tell you that you’ll be making a lot of money, but they don’t tell you that you have to sell to get paid. They’ll tell you that you’ll get a company vehicle, but then you won’t get a vehicle. Once you do, it will be one that is falling apart. 

Working twelve hours a day is quite common, often more, rarely less. Most of their employees aren’t even electricians. This place is a rip off to their customers. This place is a joke. 

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