SPATCO Energy Solutions

If you want to work yourself into the ground and have absolutely no home life at all but make decent money it’s worth it. If you have children especially smaller ones, I wouldn’t expect to be able and do much with them. If they’re in sports or any activity you will most likely miss is 9/10 times with no remorse from the company. 

However the pros are that you get your own work van, they pay for your training, you can work as long as you’d like since the hours are always available if you want them. Almost every week you will get at least 10 hours of overtime every week. Management is alright for the most part, they have their ups and downs. I personally feel like not doing the same repetitive thing everyday if the best part of this job. 

Cons-  You usually average 50-70 hours a week. You leave before the kids wake up and get home after they’re asleep. Good luck on progressing or receiving a raise. You have no home life anymore. If you want to use your vacation time submit it before you even have the actual plans or it won’t get approved. You will always feel drained and feel like you never accomplished anything at work. You won’t find out where you’re actually going to be working until the day of since the dispatchers can’t make up their mind the day before. Don’t make any plans during the week especially dinner plans because you will miss them every time. If you’re married go ahead and tell your wife to put dinner away and you’ll heat it up whenever you can get home. 

Pros
-Excellent training program provides a fundamental understanding of the petroleum industry. If you’re the type to go to classes and not pay attention then you will probably struggle.
-Opportunities to obtain multiple petroleum related certifications.
-Great support from other technicians.
-Paid vacation/sick days
-Opportunities for substantial overtime
-You will learn to enjoy eating gas station food
-Job variety, not the same thing every day like factory work
-Tool allowance
-Uniform and boot allowance 

Cons
-The job can be very demanding and there will be many times you find yourself not knowing what to do and this can be frustrating. The more calls you complete and learn from cause this to be less of an issue.
-Smell like gas/diesel/jet fuel/AV gas/biodiesel/DEF/kerosene all the time.
-Truck stops
-Hot/cold weather
-On call
-Gas station employee saying, “Oh hey, by the way, we also have a problem with…” as you are about to leave. Two hours later you finally leave.







I have never left a negative review but.... they do not treat their employees with respect.  I gave my manager notes from my doctor that I would need a few hours a month to see a heart specialist.  I was then told that I was missing too much work (2 hours) by upper management.    I was sent home for having the flu - got a warning (even though a doctors note was provided) that I was again missing too much work by upper management.  The employees in the office were accused of stating the manager drank at work...this was never said.  The upper management "gossips".  They go through employees like water.  I truly liked the manager there until he failed to backup his employees with upper management.  They work their tech's WAY too much - to the point that it can't be safe for them to even be driving after working as many hours as they were. I was really excited when I started working for  SPATCO.  Just goes to show that some things are too good to be true.

Branch is horribly managed, lack of real leadership, no clear roles. You will do as your told without question. You definitely know who the “boss” is, he will let you know. You get a company vehicle you get paid from 8am until you make home as long as your time is right in the two systems they use. At times you may be asked to provide an incorrect vague resolution to an issue when filling out paperwork. Your company vehicle can be taken away for whatever reason they deem necessary. Profanity is typical as is being spoken to like a child. If all of this is okay then you will learn how to work on various components of fueling systems. If they ever send you to training then you will be eligible for a raise eventually. Co-workers are generally nice and helpful and make working there tolerable. If you are mechanically inclined and do well with electronics you will do well. 

Training is top notch, but the only incentive to take on new knowledge is to get more added to your work load.  You will learn a lot, and the corporate culture is actually really nice. The specific branch cultures are not uniform though so if you are looking at these reviews, focus highly on the area you will be in. 

Benefits were good. Getting paid driveway to driveway is wonderful. Plenty of overtime and flexibility available. Heavy drive time seemed like a norm for everyone which I didn't like, but many others didn't mind. 

Locally in Savannah: I had 3 new/different service managers in the 15 months I was there. It was chaos and stressful. I was working on call every other week for months, and it was frequently really busy all week and weekend. Some guys were working 80+ hour weeks often. The customers would make single dispenser issues emergencies waking me up at night or bringing me in on the weekend or holidays for a single card reader. 

Spatco has TONS of opportunity for growth and development for those who work hard and maintain a positive mindset. The industry is always growing and you must grow with it. This is a teamwork driven workplace. They pay for any schooling or certification related to the industry, and pay accordingly when you successfully apply the knowledge in the field. Just like any job; work hard, challenge yourself, apply what you learn, and you will progress and succeed. Hard work is not only recognized, but also rewarded. The support system here is great. If you don't know the answer to a question, someone does, and is more than willing to help or train you. Everyone here wants you to succeed. This is a consistently growing company, and the opportunities are abundant. 

Management is disconnected. Direct manager was in over his head. Equipment was junk. Morale was horrible. Daily chaos is normal. Planning was nonexistent. Seems the company is on a downward trend or at least locally. Most new employees quit due to being jerked around constantly. They sell you with a good story and then the truth hits you when you start. They do not provide the specialty tools needed to do the job but expect the job to get done. Seems which district you work in makes a big difference as far as tools and equipment go. My experience was they were only concerned with profit margin to make themselves look good all the while employees have to deal with junky equipment and they are well aware. Pay is subpar but you can make decent money with lots of overtime. The potential is there for this to be a good job but they have the wrong people in place.

No life. You will always be working on gas station pumps and equipment. Their service area is to large for the number of techs they have. You'll be driving 3 hours from home on job and when your done with that job you got 2 hour drive to your next job. After you've worked 12 hours or more than you have a 3 hour drive home. You'll get home at 7pm and if you're on call, you get to go back out and work some more. Unsafe and dangerous job. Public has no concern for your saftey the whole your trying to work on a gas pump because they are in a hurry and out of gas and have to get to work or their kids to soccer practice so they will be yelling at you cuz you got the pump down to work on it or you got to dodge the cars from running you over. Company never gives you all the saftey stuff required but will be the first to blame you for not having safety equipment.  You get all this for $14 an hour!! What a joke!!

Worked here a few years was ignored for 2 jobs applied for within with no explanation, HR is a joke, you are required to be on call with no compensation unless you get called out, basically clear your weekend just in case and we aren't going to compensate. Long hours and upper management really don't care about the techs, techs at a luncheon one time, techs were rushed out to make room for suits to sit down, the CEO didn't even acknowledge the techs at all. Tried multiple times to set a meet with them to discuss retention issues, but HR stated they are doing great in recruiting and retention.. another lie. A great company to start in the industry, but get out ASAP. 

The environment was ok, able to have your own office. But no real training with no real training references or tools made the job difficult. The lack of care from corporate was thrown in our face. No room to succeed because they don't provide you the tools to be successful. Not even a review or goals set for your performance. But will fire you for bad performances! 

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