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Pearce is essentially a middlemen whom collects a bounty much like other employment services. In essence, Pearce pays you a fraction of the salary you would recieve from the actual employer and pockets the rest. You are at-will, which means you can be fired for no cause. 

Pearce handles your HR, Insurance, benefits, but in reality, you work for and report to another employer, whom has complete control  over you and report back to Pearce. This has unintended consequences as you are micromanaged-and receive contradictory messages.

I worked as an inspector for a major fiber optics installer. My role was to babysit the dysfuntional contractor hired to install wholesale internet for business only, no residential.  The contractor can not make deadlines, uses every excuse in the book to buy more time, only to deliver an inferiior product that will require additoinal re-work. Then, the re-work will never get completed since they do not get paid for it, and will take away from future earnings.  Then the hiring manager whom is responsible for quality control will turn the cheek and bury his head in the sand. Thus, a crippling dysfunctional process. Thus, the inspector is the guy whom falls on the sword ultimately by enforcing rules/regulations that will never be enforced. A lame duck position.

A short time into the job, the reasons became clear why I was hired: the current employees whom are union protected were not functioning properly due to various reasons. The most obvious issue were the frequent bathroom breaks, followed by constant sniffing, blowing nose that was attributed to allergies. Even though it was the middle of winter.  Allergies never seem to improve even in summer, Go figure.

Work is behind schedule. Poor quality. Eventually the culture becomes predicated on blaming others.  All the while, plenty of politics at play. "Rules are not for the bosses but for everybody else. Don't do what I do, Do what I say."  

Preferential treatment given to current employees, whom  suspiciously work out of their house and come in 1x a month. Meanwhhile, you are the only one around doing the work! (Tha'ts why you were hired) Culture predicated on lies and deception. After a while, you feel used.  

Eventually, gain enough experience to find better opportunties. Important to network and constantly keep your resume up to date. Pearce has no intention of keeping employees around any longer than they need them too.

While there are so many good progressive companies that are doing their best to create a truly kind, incredible, whole, and healthy (and diverse) culture in a respectful, supportive and trusting environment - and compensate their people well --- sadly and very unfortunately – Pearce is not one of them.

This company could have been a viable healthy, caring company, yet chooses to be a poor example of a disrespectful and deeply unhealthy organization. Executive and HR management are unfortunately biased, dysfunctional, heartless, and encourages an environment of a lack of safety, favoritism, and would readily throw someone UTB if it meant they could get rid of them. I've witnessed this multiple times with really great employees getting the boot.

The leaders who should care, don't. They are ineffective, and if you say anything they dont prefer, they are retaliative. Their unwillingness to emphatically support their people who matter is unreal.

Every day, I witnessed so many awesome yet stressed-out and unhappy team members who feel stuck. I hope they find a better employer that really cares, that gives to their people and takes better care of them. Pearce has a lot of growing up to do, starting with it's senior management.  

SUGGESTION: Steer clear.

Management will not support you. On-site hazards are common and poorly mitigated. When you work this job, you are on your own. Pay is entry level, but expectations are far from entry level. You make your own schedule. Every single detail is meticulously tracked and if there is even a slight discrepancy among countless pictures and reports you're expected to submit per service or repair, you can expect a call and a stern talk down. If you make a mistake on a site, you are expected to come back and fix it unpaid for the time it took to correct the mistake even if you already moved on to a different site. Projected man hours are precise down to half an hour increments. Go over on time and you will get dinged. This job is extremely stressful. Expect mandatory overtime and little empathy for your home circumstances. Good if you have years of full-time experience in the field, are single with no family, accept being away from home for extended periods of time, can tolerate minimal support, and don't mind heavy-handed on-site paperwork. Dreadful if one or more conditions don't apply to you. This job is not entry level friendly. 

This position will challenge you mentally and physically, you will earn an excellent income while out on the road for Pearce.  As a seasoned 10 year industry climber, I worked as a climber for almost a few years before moving into a foreman role. I worked with good technicians, made a lot of money with Pearce but ultimately the job wore out my body and mind and I sought opportunities back home to start a family and try to leave the road life behind. 

For someone in their 20's or 30's who needs to build up money to get out of debt or save up for a home, I say go for it. Just be prepared to work, in a variety of weather conditions. The gear / clothing will help you succeed, if you choose to invest in it. Get your rest, and eat well at the end of the night - a huge part of succeeding long term in this role is mental fortitude. Climbing numerous towers a day can wear on the soul, but most foreman are willing to swap out a tower or two during the day. 

I would go back to work for Pearce in a heartbeat, but the rotation schedule does not jive well with my girlfriend. Such is the woe of a tower tech. 

Pearce has a team with some genuine strengths, but there are areas that need significant improvement. Colleagues were generally courteous, fostering a respectful atmosphere. However, operational inconsistencies often undermined productivity and morale. Scheduling challenges and shifting priorities made project timelines difficult to manage, creating stress for both staff and clients. Communication within departments was uneven, leading to missed opportunities and misunderstandings. Despite some employees going above and beyond, the workload distribution was frequently unbalanced, affecting the overall quality of work.

The company’s potential is clear, with a handful of committed professionals and moments of effective collaboration. However, without clearer communication strategies, more reliable scheduling, and a consistent approach to workload management, sustaining long-term growth and satisfaction will remain difficult. Improving these areas could transform Pearce into a more efficient and rewarding workplace.

I started as a solar laborer in august with promises from that the company was going to train me to be a solar or wind technician. Well come to find out during my time working there that program was abandoned and they were just telling everyone they still were. They pay way too little for what they ask you to do. Your hopes of moving up depend on if you know someone, are one of the favorites, or just suck up to the bosses. They'll lay you off with no warning. They never get work because they always lose the contracts and will continually say they have a contract that they don't have. The management is poor and they treat those who they don't like or who don't know someone as expendable. You'll never get a raise but the person who they like and joined after you will get a raise The company isn't based off your work. It's based on who they like. If you want a good job with good pay and a career. Go somewhere else. 

Zero to minimal training, learn as you go on your own. See how the customers get the short end of the stick and told more than the company can provide. Unfair business practices, HR is a joke and not a care in the world for employees only for upper management. Don’t have a family while working their unless you don’t want to see them at all, forced to work other areas if you want paid when your work area is done, even though you completed all tasks in a very widespread area. And forget about moving up anywhere, they like to hire and promote friends to keep management circle tight and ruthless with their iron fist of not feesable standards and then walk you out the door saying it’s due to your production, company’s a joke really. No safety or liability at all! 

When I first started at Pearce things were great. Started out in an hourly position, but once you get a hang of things, they move you to unit pay. Unit pay is a by the foot, by the job, set pay for a piece of work. They will give you a project to complete, and once complete you bill the unit to be paid. Everything after that is for free, on your own time, having to make corrections or changes to the project. I have worked weeks without being paid simply because it was all "unbillable" or the project took weeks to be approved. When I started at Pearce, we had a team of 15+ engineers in office. Over the course of the 3 years I was there, work has been so inconsistent and frustrating that by the time I left, I was 1 of 2 engineers in office.

Liked it at first , very flexible and awsome manger .worked my way up from PM tech to pretty much tech only and no PM except on trouble calls . Got to see cool areas and went offroading to job sites . Got in a disagreement with my new supervisor and later that day my final paycheck was written. Being contrary to my 20% pay raise that I got just 20 days prior, I ended up being let go for job performance. 

 Taught me a lesson , 
 Never put family on the back burner for work , don't miss holidays for work , don't miss birthdays for work , don't miss kids ball games for work, don't stop being a father for work ... especially if a place will just throw you away after you threw everything in you're life away for them .

Company has undercut the majority of its employees. 
No incentives given to grow. 
Promotions happen but not with pay increases. 
Bonuses, Salary and Unit rates are some of the lowest in the industry. 
Upper management seems to be the only place for actual career growth within this company. 
Work/Life balance does not exist for production driven jobs and the hrs vs pay is minimal for the work involved.

Would recommend to a new design engineer to get experience with a great team and good tools but not for anyone wanting to grow or have a career in this industry.

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