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TK Elevator

TKE is a decent enough  company but this location is not . 

When interviewing make sure to look at the offices of who you’ll be working for as they exactly explain who you will be working for.  One is jam packed of useless stufff.  This is the hoarder.  It’s the office  corner office. the second door south of the tv ( which always has MAGA stuff on it)   This is who fills the warehouse up with all the useless, rusty parts salvaged from previous job.  Make sure they show you the warehouse so you know what you getting into to because, I can’t  stress this enough, you are expected to put 75lbs of stuff  into a 3 lbs sack.  No hyperbole.  The other officer is the second door on the north wall.  This is the messiest person you will ever meet, this exactly explains how it’s like to work for him.   Nothing ever makes sense and there is absolutely no rhyme or reason to do any task he gives. He is also a self fulfilling propagandist, he will complain all the time about what is being done in the warehouse but will NEVER train  any aspect of the job.   Loves to make snide and derogatory comments under   his breath. He has never put in a hard days work and is. one the main reasons I left.  

If you can look past all of the above, you  will be treated with a good amount of frat like behavior.   Hazing is the norm.  I believe whole heartedly that they ran off a salesman with the antics just a few weeks before I left too. 

What  should be the best part of working here is driving.  Don’t expect guidance or any training other than how to work the lift gate, I know I didn’t.  I can almost bet you will be pulled over snd get hits to you license because of the severe training deficiency in this area.  

If you can see past all of the above I will lastly inform you will be cleaning up after EVERYONE.  This is why you are being hired.  You will realize fairly quick that they have ZERO need for this position.  The warehouse will always be full of useless stuff that you won’t be able to throw away.  So you can’t really warehouse unless you want to move 25 pallets  just to get the forklift into the racks and even this is futile. But you will be expected to throw heavy garbage cans full of used floor dry into the dumpster yourself because one crew in particular, even though there is two of them is lazy beyond belief, and just drop their stuff and leave.  

I’m not even getting into the really touching the things that had me looking for a new job in less than 6 months working here.  Avoid this place under current management at all cost if you value your moral compass, mental health or even your dignity on most days.  




To be hired on initially I had to get the job through a temp agency but my interview was from management to be sure I was
Geared to learn the job and prove it along with being on time etc. i was led to believe I would be full time when I did and after a few months I had more than proved that and the gentleman that hired me had moved companies. So when I asked the new manger he was very honest about why I could never be full time where I was which is the old manufacturing building about 10 mins away and also in another state. Stipulations from the now main plant and the old one that only held certain positions were actual full time and those specific jobs would be the only and last to be a hired hand. Worse part of it all is I made a really good friend working with my superior and for some months I had not only done it for me and my family under false ideas of what I believed I was working toward. 
 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Unfortunately not much related to work but I built up strong friendships at the end. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Constantly on the phone. Too many middle managers not doing much and doers being overwhelmed and pulled to different directions. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Old fashioned leadership with power and political games. Not really up to date to the current work climate. Culture is about power and streaming. Very unfortunate. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Someone watch the time you connect on Teams and then you spend 8h on the phone and chat and hundreds of emails to tell you what you didn’t do or what someone else thought you would do for them and you didn’t because it was not clearly agreed. Not a growth environment for sure.

As a whole tk elevator is a sinking ship. After being misrun for years, the company sold to a group of companies who only care about the bottom line. As a result the new management is taking the company further in the wrong direction. Mangement is inexperienced and promote a very negative culture. Although mangement has gotten better over the last few months, they have a ton of work to do. In my office particular, the mangement was notorious for playing the blame game and not fixing problems. Overall my expirence was up and down. There were good moments and very bad moments. I would probably give them another chance down the road but for now my advice would be to steer clear for a few years while they figure it out. They do pay outside hiring a nice wage but for an entry level  employee they are about 20% lower than their competitiors when it comes to wage.

My employment at Thyssen Krupp Elevator was enlightening, challenging and very rewarding.  The fact that I was able to repair and maintain over 225 units at the FSU Campus, keeping them running as smoothly as possible was gratifying. As the TKE lieson, I developed strong relationships with FSU Administrators that were overseeing our service contract. We were always under time constraints to repair elevators or suffer penalties for not meeting their requirements. We produced an over 95% success rate.  I was able to turn around the profitability of the service contract within 1 year.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Flexible in office and work from home days

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Bad and unfair decision making from Director and Mgmt in the Payroll Dept and never owning it.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Pretty relaxed  and laid back most of the time aside from the effects that are encountered from unnecessary changes that the Director makes .  The department worked better when the managers and supervisors are more involved with some of the decision making.  This would alleviate unnecessary stress on the department as a whole


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I’m no longer an employee but I will say that a typical day is setting aside time for emails, along with designated time for calls and processing payroll

I served as a contractor but many around me had long hours and the complaints were generally the same regarding service that needed to be performed better before customers issued payment. I was lucky to have a good and kind supervisor, but my experience there was mixed. Not a bad company, but had I stayed on and been a member of their team long-term, Saturdays probably would've been a standard--maybe not 'requirement', but many were seen doing it, so it could've been for work level control, but long hours seemed to be a big aspect of the role.

This company is very shady. If you want to steal money from people then this is the job for you.  I was promised overtime but never was I ever approved to work OT. They are money hungry and will take money from innocent business owners and don’t provide service. There is no monthly bonus yet you are a collecting thousands of dollars on delinquent accounts. The pay is too low for the scale of work duties, you are given goals that can be very hard to attain. They also have a strict attendance policy which is ridiculous living in the Atlanta area. Good luck to anyone who wants to have a career for a scummy company like this. Oh and your federal tax deductions are always incorrect.

I was let go because I was the highest paid  sales person due to experience and a well negotiated salary. Replaced by 3 young female college graduates willing to work for considerably less income. I was later told they replaced me (middle aged man) with 3 young (attractive) women without affecting the local office budget for salaried sales people. The way they did it was disguised and covert and none of their current sales team has more than 2 years of experience and none of the new hires are men. All experienced sales people were replaced with young attractive women and the entire management team are middle aged men.

This is a union elevator company. We abide by union rules, and company rules.
Every day is a learning day for both , the mechanic and the helper. There are no easy days, but the more you learn the easier it does become. 
Show up on time every day due as your asked, and always ask questions even if they sound silly. This job is a life or death job. If you’re not paying attention that day could be your last.
If you have loved ones  at home you, make sure you tell them you love them every day.

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