foreman

equipment operator

truck driver

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laborer ii

North Sky Communications

A typical day at work is being told  to get a site done or do things that are impossible. I learned that getting hired on a big company with lots of money doesn’t mean the company cares about you. They only care about saving  money but do everything they can to waste money, which then brings me to tell you about why there not making money like they want, management thinks cutting over 10 sites in 1 month without completing them is how you save the company money, aka get a good bonus if your upper management!!!  But then send a crew of only 2 with one on the tower expecting the site and all close out photos to be done in one day.  Management believes that’s it’s better for a crew to do a half done job so that they will never know the 40 punch items they have and so that they couldn’t  actually better them selfs and save the company money but it’s better to sending a clean up crew after every site that is cutt over to fix all there mess ups. In which then brings me to the workplace culture, north sky’s way of culture is telling you what you want to hear, you’ll get a raise, which is a lie management tells there higher up that oh yeah that sites done, were only going back to fix an alarm that popped up. Also they send you out to do an intergration on a site you never been to and tell you, everything all good for intergration just need a crew there just in case, just in case turned into  2 day ordeal because nothing was ready and sfp cards were missing in the cabinet. The hardest part of this job is being blamed because the management is so terrible. The most enjoyable part of the job is not being there. I write this to warn anyone thinking about applying, if you have no tower experience they pay you $18 an hour and send you out of town for 3-4 weeks without even a notice the night before. If you have tower experience, they say how you can grow with the company and move up, yes that is true but they won’t give you a raise and if they do it’s not what your worth. I’m saying this only talking about the Spokane branch, the other branches will treat you very well. Please don’t waist  your time at this company like I did, there’s other companies that would treat you right just not north sky communications. Also they have a drive cam in all trucks watching your every move waiting for you to mess up

What is the best part of working at the company?
They lie to get you to work there and when they say all you’ll be doing is climbing towers it’s a lie you will spend months on the ground doing the grunt work like hand digging trenches with no break and still get told it’s not good enough.you’ll be lucky to get your first raise after a year and the company as a whole never has any clue what’s happening or who’s going where which stems from the top,I would highly recommend to not apply, they took 3 years I will never get back don’t waste your life here I promise you will hate the world

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
All of it is stressful every day 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very unfair and if you speak out that places a target on your back

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Work from sun up to sun down rain or snow

No real training system.  Basic learn as you go environment. Job security when there are projects but lay off's were prevalent when job site were being negotiated. Upper management only cared about job completion and would lie to you to get any type of job completion. Foreman's were lazy.  Management would avoid you when it came time for evaluation period thus preventing workers from receiving their contracted raises. Management would pick favorites and ignore all deficiencies as long as they liked you. No retirement plan

I worked for North Sky for almost a year, and my work was superb, but too many employees are always watching over your shoulders to get you into trouble - basically watching you if you make any mistakes, no matter how long you've worked there. They don't give you enough warnings on certain situations that go wrong, and it is too easy to get let go there. 
Not very reliable coworkers or people to work with there, so I'd be careful what you say or do. They act like they are your friends but they are not...even though they go to lunches with you...they are just coworkers and nothing more. Don't relax, and keep an eye out for those backstabbers!

I was hired as a temporary data entry employee in 2017, but since then I've been hired permanently and have continued to grow new skills and be promoted to new positions. If you have a good attitude and willingness to learn, this company can truly provide pathways for building life-long careers.

 I'm so appreciative of the career that I currently have and it wouldn't be possible without the many opportunities  that North Sky has provideed to me
 Lastly, just to further show the company's growth opportunities, my current position's salary is more than TWO times what my wage was when I first got hired as a temp.

Monday-Friday I Started work at 6:30 a.m. Wouldn't leave the yard from anywhere between 7:30-9:30a.m. with our job packet. We'd do anything from replacing pedestals to digging trenches 150 feet to 1500 feet and laying 4 in pipe or conduit, even pulling fiber optic cable or copper cable. Sometimes we'd get called out to emergency jobs and be on that all night, sometimes we wouldn't get back to the yard from anywhere between 3:30-6:00 pm.

Too many managers in the office. Unless you’re one of their favorites or in the office sucking up then they don’t care if you work there or have work or not. Pick and choose their favorite employees to give work to and if they don’t like you they’ll send you home with no pay. Managers talk trash about employees and about other managers constantly. No such thing as getting proper tools for jobs. If a company truck doesn’t have the tools they say to use your own that you have to pay for. 
Work is good and coworkers are fun and get work done aside from management

A typical day starts with a crew safety meeting. After completing a safety meeting then crew sets up with the days task at hand, performing any maintenance to support vehicles and machinery, after that is completed then we resume with the days work load. Any given day was gratifying after completing set goals. It was always enjoyable working with a good solid crew. Work was made easier when working with a compatible crew.

NorthSky Communications was an unfulfilling company to work for.  Management is laser focused on margins to the exclusion of training and quality.  The general manager made monthly trips to projects during which he would continually re-structure tasks and roles.  He was only interested in advancing people that told him what he wanted to hear regardless of the true state of affairs.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
Weekly paid day. Working local and in new areas.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The lack of accurate communication among the whole company.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful but rewarding. Great environment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Go to where I’m told to go and people confused and don’t understand why I’m there.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Foreman 41 salaries reported	$34.73 per hour
Equipment operator 34 salaries reported	$32.07 per hour
Truck driver 21 salaries reported	$27.95 per hour
Laborer 21 salaries reported	$26.71 per hour
Laborer ii 49 salaries reported	$27.62 per hour

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