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If you work in the "field" your job is much different than those who work in the San Diego HQ. 

Depending on which city you are stationed at, you may or may not like your position. Some cities are very modern, friendly and updated, others are very conservative, old school and petty (certain departments don't talk to each other, don't try to work as a team and don't tell each other when they buy donuts for the office? Very high school) 
Some cities try to recognize the Safebuilt field employees as City employees as well -  they will treat you like a coworker, include you in staff meetings about important projects, include you in city events & some don't. 

The company take over from EsGil to Safebuilt at first was okay. Safebuilt loved EsGil's business model and wanted to base all of their offices around EsGil, but this isn't what happened. It became clear certain people in charge did not understand our day to day operations and would not allow us to make simple changes that would help us. 
Management was sometimes transparent. Seemed like EsGil was always asking for help - more employees, help with inspections from other cities and management was never able to provide. 

Benefits were good, PTO was decent.
Hour Lunch break, every other Friday off. 
Do not pay attention to the observed holidays because you are at the mercy of the City's holidays. If your contract says you have off Christmas Eve, but the city works Christmas Eve, then you have to work. 

Pay was good, but your responsibilities could change if you are stationed at a different city. Some cities require the building department to do much more than other. 
Moving to another city does not guarantee a promotion.


Overall, a good starting place. Has potential to be an okay job, it depends on your city and your position. 

Ended up liking the Cities I had, but did hear stories about how bad other cities were.

Note: For those who don’t know: This is a government contracting company. 95% of the employees work in local government offices doing the same exact thing city/county employees do (just for a little more pay). 

Job security: All jobs are contract based. As long as the contract is going and gets renewed, life is great. You’ll have a take home vehicle, cell phone, iPad, laptop, and credit card. Toward the end of the contract, start looking for a new job - they'll tell you everyone gets placed after a contract ends, but this is still a company that has to make money. If they can’t get you under another contract they will fire you. 

Promotional potential: because this is a contract based company, they only care about you doing the contract work (or making/saving the company money). Not the company for an ambitious, challenge seeking person. Also, if you’re not a building inspector or plans examiner, the company doesn’t have any type of supplemental training for you. 

Culture: there is no culture. You work 40 hours a week in a city government office. There are core values but they are meaningless. No diversity, 70% of the company is conservative older white males. The small minority is mixed with women, other races, and millennials. 

Key points:
1. You won’t retire here unless you’re already old.
2. No diversity, not a progressive company
3. Get as many contacts as you can so you have somewhere to go when the contract is over. 
4. They will sell you a dream of the SAFEbuilt but they only care about profit.
5. Company vehicle and gas card but your commute may be an hour or more.
6. You’ll have at least two supervisors (one from the company and one from the city/county)

SAFEbuilt was a good company overall, but it is too operations driven. Does not appear to value business development or sales. Strong divide between operations and sales.

The company suffers from immature management structure. Recently, a lay off occurred due to not hitting numbers. But the growth numbers were derived with little data support and no help from Operations. Sales numbers were destined to fall short. 

If you are in Building Department services, SAFEbuilt could be good. But do not expect proper job orientaion or training. Also do not expect to just be working around your locale. You will travel. 

Poor job of controlling expenses. Operations does not focus on this enough. They just do their job and do not consider the ROI of their work. 

Idea is a good one. Market is still slowly accepting the premise. But during good times, a jurisdiction could greatly overpay for the services instead of pulling someone inhouse. If SAFEbuilt gets their pricing more standardized and competitive, then the company could be poised for better growth. 

They are hedgefund owned, so expect to see this company sold in probably next 2-3 years.

Safebuilt code enforcement supervisors have terrible management skills and definitely should not be in the positions they hold!!!!They lack professionalism and people skills. They discuss your personal business with other employees on a regular basis. Neither of which know how to provide you with proper guidance and feedback in order to help you become more efficient/effective in conducting your job duties. They treat employees and some clients with little to no respect!!! Your day depends on the mood of your supervisor and your opinion as an employee DOES NOT MATTER!!!! Directives on how to do something changes day to day.  Communication is horrible, especially when you are in the field and need guidance on a situation...they never seem to be available. The supervisors seem to thrive off of tearing people down!!!! One code enforcement supervisor in particular has worked in two jurisdictions;both of which no longer have a contract with Safebuilt. 

Upper management is not much better!!!!!!!!!!!!! They support the supervisors whether wrong or right!!!!!!!! This organization is very unorganized and poorly ran when it comes to code enforcement!
I DO NOT recommend this company for employment!!!!!!

Look, management is terrible, their policies are made at the drop of a hat, and the communication flat out sucks. They expect you to take a heavier work load and just be a card signer. I was told that I need to do what I have to do to help them keep their contract. Total bs, lots of promises and nothing to back it up. I left a great city to work for this private company for money, oh and they will pay, but there is no true value in what I lost leaving a jurisdiction that values the person. Please be aware of that warning, they throw you money and feed you to the wolves, there is NO structure. And no value in their good employees. The office I was in went through 11 people in a short amount of time, turn over is high. Like I said they promise the moon and stars but interoffice management is more concerned about how they look versus how well they take care of their department and the city they work for. Just a bad company all around. And hey if you have no experience that’s your one stop shop, they have people inspecting for trades they aren’t certified to do so. Especially ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING. Well at least Colorado. Hope this finds you well.

Big hiring wave followed by new CEO who is a hatchet-man. Minorities not hired here. Women are at a disadvantage, with skill and input either being dismissed or outwardly mocked in meetings. The best people are steadily leaving. The writing is on the wall for this company; pass up any opportunity. 

Very much a "good old boys" club environment. Bloated promotions without education or skill set--it's who you know, not what you know.

I started working here under the founder. It was a different company and environment then--very collaborative and more of a family. Progressively poorer and poorer management created silos among departments. Management is also divisive--pitting department against department and playing "good cop/bad cop."

It's really sad to see a company tank so spectacularly and so quickly. I would never recommend working here and am actively looking take my educational and specialized skills and jump ship, as are many.

SAFEbuilt's culture has deteriorated completely and utterly.  Almost everyone from state management on down is completely frustrated with the lack of direction, communication, change of direction, consistently compromising on their "core values", and above all else prioritizing money over everything else.  Great, loyal, and knowledgeable employees are leaving the sinking ship left and right for a reason.  Its now at the point where clients are wondering why they are utilizing this company.  Supervisors often ask for new positions to meet base staffing needs, hire new employees and are within weeks forced to fire other staff members - all to keep their profits flowing in.  The company is incredibly greedy - often to the point of selling services to municipal governments at well over double what it costs to preform the work.

Continuously busy and multitasking environment.

•	Provided Administrative, clerical and customer service support for the Community Development Department
•	Triaged multiline phone system
•	Processed e-mail, postal mail and faxed material
•	Interfaced with contractors, residents, architects, realtors and walk in inquires
•	Processed and routed intake applications to correct departments
•	Addressed inquiries accessing EIC, GIS and microfiche
•	Accessed and imputed attachments to computer file, e-mail and or permit folder 
•	Vetted and e-mailed General contractors/sub-contractors of missing requirements and or fee’s to complete permit process
•	Scheduled inspections, managed inspectors calendar, posted inspection schedule for following day
•	Secured department entrance

Hardest part of the job/Best part of the job:  Work day went quickly

Not a place to work if you intend on being an effective building inspector.  The pace is way too fast most of the time to be able to properly do your job.  Promises were made that never materialized, such as in-house training, which there was never any time to do because of the daily inspection load. The culture seems to be sided toward employees that have been there a long time, while new employees are expected to suck it up until they finally get burned out.  Turnover was extremely high.  Management was ineffective.  Employee complaints and suggestions were never effective in changing the culture, even though the same kinds of complaints were lodged by so many employees that came and went.  Would not recommend to anybody who is serious and conscientious about a career in building inspections.

Safe-Build is a great company to work for, but my issue is that they are looking to hire younger people for full-time work and keeping older workers at part-time.I understand building for the future but I still think it is nice to have some experience in the company. I "am driving 200 miles a day using my own car and paying for my own gas and matanince out of my 30.00 hour . I enjoy working with them but feal I can offer more then what they want from me. They like me being able to come to work when they need me.I save them $$ by them not paying insurance,retirement or car and gas. But putting 1000 miles on my car for a week then having gas mant. on me is just not worth it anymore. I drive from city of Tyrone to Union City,Hapeville city,Chattaachee city,to City of PowderSprings.doing my inspections.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Building inspector 2 salaries reported	$39.00 per hour
Inspector 1 salary reported	$37.50 per hour
Examiner 3 salaries reported	$75,262 per year
Electrical inspector 2 salaries reported	$32.00 per hour
Technician 3 salaries reported	$23.83 per hour

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