project engineer

associate project manager

administrative technician

project manager

fleet mechanic

Potelco Inc

Worked at the company for roughly 2.5 years, was a high intensity position where I learned a lot and seemed to be on track to advance. Then my Manager gave me a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) for minor corrective issues and left me on it for 7 months with zero opportunity to resolve it. All stated issues were corrected within a month, but they refused to lift the PIP, leading to me being denied transfers to other departments, having no shot at promotions, and slashing my annual bonus. I went to HR for assistance repeatedly, and told that while my performance had improved and the PIP issues "weren't a concern anymore", it was my Manager's discretion to lift the PIP, and that if I wanted career advancement I "should look outside Potelco". More or less saying my Manager had decided to punish me indefinitely (I should have taken the hint and left, but I didn't). I went to upper management for assistance after this, and in retaliation my Manager posted my job as a 'Confidential Job Listing' to hire my replacement all while stating that my job was secure and they would look into adjusting my PIP (not lifting it). When I found the job listing and asked about, I was fired the same day, in the middle of Year End Close. It was more important for them to fire a long time employee than to be fully staffed in the most intense part of the year. So yeah, not a great experience there.

Company was willing to pay the money for the parts it required to make the repairs or to equip a vehicle as needed----The management had a 1 million dollar loss and tried to blame it on the maintenance department and let everyone go.
The said their was some sort of loop hole in the system and their company was not required to provide sick leave and holiday pay or paid vacations It was union but that did not seem to help. 
The typical day was you started with being assigned to a repair on a vehicle you either had the vehicle waiting for you or you went and got it some times you med repairs outside of the shop as required. you have a 15 min break every 2 hours and a half hour lunch at 4 hours.
The original supervisor and foreman were excellent to work for but when they fired everyone it was like they did not know what they were doing.
on the job I did engine repair, hydraulic repair, electrical repair, installation, fabrication, welding, services for vehicles and equipment,
Testing equipment to assure safe operation, certify everything had o.d.o.t  inspections and periodic maintenance as required.
I had plans to work there until I retired.
Then they blamed the repair department for all of the company failures when the problem started at the top.

Great workplace culture! Management will always give you 100 percent of their time and help to ensure your successful and achieve your objectives and goals. They believe in training each person they hire no matter your degree or background once the 2 week training has been completed and you begin receiving your own design projects. You’re not alone you’ll be assigned to a senior team member and all other co-workers are eager to help, assist and support you as well.  Best team work I’ve seen within a company hands down one amazing company to work for.  One thing that needs correction is the Pay!
It needs to be adjusted to match the amount of time each individual project takes to complete and process there’s many many many different tasks that have to be completed and are required for each project the pay simply doesn’t match the heavy work load!

Potelco is a contractor for utility companies. The local utility in the area does not like contractors and that applies to Potelco. Utility union employees backstab and politic like any place, but due to being a contractor it seems worse. Because Potelco attaches itself to a utility and milks the money from them, they do not care about employee performance. They hire and promote based on whether or not your liked or in the club rather than actual job performance. This company definitely fits the description of 60% of the employees do 100% of the work. If you want to just free load and collect a paycheck, well then Potelco is probably a good place for you. But I would look elsewhere if you are motivated. You get a yearly raise if you are around long enough and promotions are non existent.

Lots of hierarchy and classism unfortunately. They are a big successful company, its understandable but lineman and management tend to be full of themselves and Potelco could benefit from more of a cohesive brotherhood like culture. Everyone's job is important but only the management and lineman seem to be appreciated. Try saying hi to a lineman or a manager you don't know, you'll probably get a dirty look. People here would rather watch you as you are making a mistake rather than prevent you from making one. If you are backing up a truck and you assume the gentlemen behind you will tell you that you are too close to something then you would be taking the wrong bet.

Terrible place to work This company has in its mind that’s a good old boy system still works For a lot of companies this rings true but not this one I do not recommend working here or applying for any position at Potelco If you do a little research you will see that it’s a huge revolving door outfit and nobody wants to work there when that’s the case they need to revamp the whole system including all management they are all so busy trying to make themselves look good That they have no idea some of the people they let go was really trying to work hard without any help from them I wish that the company was built on a fault line and we had a huge earthquake just saw the whole place will disappearIf you read this please do not apply for Potelco you will be sorry if you do or maybe not maybe you are one of the good old boys good luck

Schedule is up to you as long as you work full work day (for the most part). But there are too many managers that all fight eachother and will take their anger out on new people or try to get you to pick a side. They talk behind eachother's backs and will even talk about you behind your back. They yell and swear at eachother from time to time. It's all toxic gossip in secret online chat rooms and the projects are confusing, the project standards always change, and there is no training. You "learn as you go" which is lazy on their end and leads to disorganization, confusion, and slow project work. Do not work here. Apply directly to PSE instead.

Potelco is a utility construction company that bills itself as a world class operation but functions like the ultimate good old boys shop. It has a 10 year service contract with the largest Utility in the state.

If you're not part of the upper management don't expect things like raises or bonuses. The owner doesn't care about the staff and has said he doesn't care if he is sued for something, he's richer and will out last you in court.Those that are allowed into the inner circle get benefits such as fishing trips, vacations to hawaii and other incentives paid for by the company and with out having to use the limited vacation days.

This was my first job after getting my degree. Not a horrible place to work, but it's a company filled with contradictions.

The pay is pretty good, especially overtime during storms. The opportunity to advance is pretty good also.

But it's a mandatory union shop with the worst union in the history of unions. Zero vacation days. Zero sick days. Zero paid holidays. 

When the shop was closed for Thanksgiving, you simply went to days without pay. You got the flu and needed to miss 3 days? That's 3 days no pay. 

I learned a lot of good skills there, but when the opportunity came to move on, I didn't esitate.

A typical day at Potelco included lining out my employees for the day on what they were to be doing unless change occurred which is fairly frequent both due to client driven needs and changes in job site needs. Adapting to those needs and coordinnating new plans which a lot of the time means working late hours whether that be just coordinating or facilitating some of the work yourself as necessary

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Project engineer 23 salaries reported	$42.00 per hour
Associate project manager 8 salaries reported	$33.50 per hour
Administrative technician 7 salaries reported	$31.87 per hour
Project manager 2 salaries reported	$115,000 per year
Fleet mechanic 2 salaries reported	$40.57 per hour

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