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I am a 30 year Telecom veteran having experience working in engineering operations for network operators and the vendor side providing hardware/software solutions. I have partnered with SRI over the years supporting projects for deployments of network infrastructure with solutions requiring a turnkey deliverable.

When my career experienced an exit from a start-up I was part of, the opportunity to join the SRI team (family) presented itself. I am thrilled to be part of a team where I can leverage my operations, engineering and sales experience. My roll is helping build and strengthen SRI's national coverage with MSO's, Telco's and Data Center customers. 

I report directly to the CEO and EVP of the company with full support of initiatives and ideas to strengthen the company and team. Being a national company, we do travel and work on extended projects in different regions of the country. The best part of the job for me is developing great professional and personal friendships with colleagues and customers.

Typical day at work is assisting and overseeing field technicians perform their installs by verifying their work is up to standard. We play a big role in the research and development of Comcast cellular and providing intel for future installs and technology. I haven't found anyone who wasn't willing to help out at any time no matter what their job title was. The most difficult part of this job will be troubleshooting continuing issues that will require in depth research but its what we are here for. The best part is when, after multiple issues occur and a significant amount of time is spent on troubleshooting, we get a better idea of the issue and are able to apply that to future jobs.

As long as you enjoy traveling this is an awesome company to work for. I have traveled all over the country with time on the weekends to explore and sightsee. Management cares about you as a person and will carry on conversations (sometimes to excess) about any topic. I starred out as a Level 1 Integration Technician and have quickly worked my way up to Area Manager so there is plenty of room for advancement.
Having traveled all over the country and worked from one coast to the other most issues I have seen have been from the customer side and are usually easily resolved as long as you communicate with them.
Overall I love working for this company and look forward to many years of working and seeing the industry grow.

You can expect crews with only one or two guys with experience. Project leads you rarely ever see, working weekends due to avoidable mishaps, the list goes on. While working in Virginia I heard the company is losing many bids and we should start looking elsewhere for work if you didnt live close to Louisiana. Management is not helpful and will ignore many emails if you are not persistent. 

If you have something else lined up and you get an offer from SRI look elsewhere. Work is not persistent whatsoever, unless you are prepared to sit at home for two months then go for it! During the holiday season downtime is 3x as worse.

You have been warned

No matter how much they sweet talk you into accepting a job, remember its all a sham. They will offer you a decent salary for you to only work a couple of weeks and send you home and wont call you back for several months. I should have known not to accept when they called me the exact same day I sent in my resume.

The projects you do get to work on will undoubtably go wrong even if you try to warn leads/project leads. Something as simple as cutting in a bundle of CAT6 will be left to an unexperienced worker that will often make a mess of it. Expect to do jobs 2 or 3 times over

I have no idea how this company is still in business. . . its mind boggling.

After a few years of jumping around between contact based companies trying to stay busy I found SRI. 21 years later I'm still with SRI and still working with a bunch of technicians that have been with me the entire time. SRI was built to provide top quality installation to their customers. SRI's sustainability is based on true partnerships with their customers. They are not a 1 and done company. And this allows them to maintain steady work for their technicians and staff. Quality company, quality people!

Please dont let these fake reviews fool you. Notice that they are all very recent and all give the highest rating. it's just like this company to lie and manipulate people into a job that will last a month and then you're sitting at home for weeks, possibly months when you could have had a real stable job elsewhere.

I have had a terrible experience with SRI, and would like to let people know this job is far from sunshine and rainbows. They also have a terrible reputation everywhere outside of Louisiana. Good Luck

This company doesn't care about the employees. It is ran by a small group of guys who founded the company and if you're not related to one of the project managers you will never be promoted and you will be sitting at home a lot waiting till they need you to work after all their family and friends are put to work first. Everyone is paid differently depending if they like you or not. 

Only being able to go home 4 days a month isn’t a way to live and work isn’t guaranteed. A typical day starts with you leaving on a plane to a random destination where you will stay for 3 weeks. You have to pay all your travel up front and get rembursed on the back end. You work 60/70 hour weeks and any free time the can get you for after 3 weeks you come home for 4 days and leave for 3 weeks again in a never ending cycle!

Work consisting of 8-10 hour shifts that fluctuate, you will learn to build communication network system that are constantly changing.
Thus giving you the knowledge and experience and the ability to work with customers techs.,engineering and Management of multiple company brands.
I believe the task  to completing the scopes of work to meet both customers and company expectations is a challenge at times.
However that gives me goals to strive for.

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