Southwest-Plumbing

Southwest plumbing gives you the bare minimum. Minimum wage and pretty much a slave to the plumber if you are the apprentice. The work is not rewarding and they don't want an apprentice. They want a "helper" which is exactly what you clean, get the tools, errand/fetch boy and you watch the plumber work. And give him his needs. Most of them won't be bothered to teach you since it's all commission based and they are trying to go fast so they can go onto the next job. You'll learning will be there just watching them and that's it. If you get a sewer job gl because you will literally be digging all day. The plumbers always try to go I went through this so you have to as well. And try to make you earn it but at the end of the day, they don't really care about you. They wave a carrot on a stick that you will earn 6 figures in 3 years (average at best is 4 years there) because you are always working and so busy you won't have too much time to study or maybe not want to after the days you have there. Most but not all the guys there are dirty old plumbers in how they talk about females or try to brag about themselves in some insecure way. They also try their best in "selling" a job. Which is really just ripping people off because of the commission base. For example, 800-1000 dollars to change a toilet... let me tell you it only takes 20 mins to do that. And super easy to do. Or 600-750 to put in a garbage disposal. They try to be like it's 1/2 horsepower instead of 1/3 so its "quality" and worth it. You can go to lowes and have a professional install the same one for 1/3 the price. Kitchen faucets are the same deal. It's ridiculous what they are doing to people.

I have worked for the company for over 6 years and have grown a lot there. I started out answering the phones and was promoted to dispatch where I was able to expand my learning in fast paced work environment. It was a very stressful environment when dealing with about 30 plumbers and having to keep track of their helpers hours as well. I then was promoted to the accounting department where i was able to learn even more skills including invoicing, recieving payments, bill pay and more. They management there are great and the co workers are all very friendly.

This company is  a challenging place to work. The Supervisor only speaks English as a second language and the cultural differences may be hard to understand. This company is always understaffed and turns over lots of people. You will be doing most of the building by yourself with no materials or drawings or instructions. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
You learn to work alone an do your job

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Hot some times weather conditions

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You work with different people from all over in the company 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working doing different task that are needed to be done

What is the best part of working at the company?
Relaxed work environment 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
24 hour/day on call every few weeks

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Relaxed, very flat company structure 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Check in at the shop, stock the truck then drive to customers to perform plumbing repairs, snake drains, etc.

I would not refer any of my friends to work for this company, too stressful.  Owners are plumbers,  and have had no administrative training, or any other training for that matter.   They don’t understand what is entailed in each of the employees job duties. Therefore,  they underestimate the employees job performances.

Really bad management, nobody cares about their job and Whole company are just liars and didn’t pay me for a whole three days and never earned compensation for those days. I do not recommend this job to anyone unless you want to work for lazy coworkers that are on drugs and milk the job. 

although the summery sounds negative i did learn alot and the employed there are great people the owners get to involved in the day to day and greatly impede a lot of jobs for the interoffice crews


Short stay at SWP , successful company, and just the beginning.  GM and VP are great at what they do, Southwest Plumbing is a great led Team with zero limits. Keep it up SWP! The administration is  solid. They will get success, because they work for it.
 

I enjoyed my time working there, managers are good. Great working environment! It was a lot of fun getting to know those around me and working with a company that takes care of their employees well.

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