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Wayne J. Griffin Electric

Working in the field is horrible, will place 20 guys on a job with no parking and expect employees to willfully carpool. Long, continuously changing hours, communication is abysmal between Forman and journeyman. 15 minute breaks, “no lunch policy” which is a load of junk, we all take a 30 minute lunch regardless (haha Wayne) Work is seldom within an hour from your house, largest contractor in the NE and with over 1500 employees still cannot manage to get people closer to their homes. Quick to write employees up, big void between project managers and field employees (we are scum). Unfortunately there are too many old heads running the show, every year has gotten progressively worse, and until change happens (it never will) it will continue to get worse. Bad reputation with unions. I have put over 20,000 miles on my car driving to work in the last 6 months. Good place to get your license for free and get out. Miserable work/life balance. 10 hours a day working/driving everyday minimum. Material is never on site, running around looking for things to fill in time just to go back to what you were doing the next day because the stock magically showed up. 10/10 adds unnecessary stress into your life for trying to make ends meet. I have worked here over 5 years and still do to this day, change needs to happen. Was once a great company.

i worked there for almost six years the benefits are awesome. The culture depends on which job site you are on for the most part its a good work environment but if you get on the wrong worksite you could end up in a good old boy atmosphere and then you could have to deal with people hide stock so they can do what they want and screw the rest of the crew or the formen may sit in the trailer and let a apprentice run the crew so if you try to tell the apprentice he's could do something a little faster then he is use to you could run into trouble and that may affect your job security/advancement. managment and the office management is awesome and great to work with. The work /life balance is what you make of it if the overtime is there and you want it let the office know and if you are a good worker you get all you want. I was a good worker and liked overtime and some weeks i worked like 60 hours a week if i wanted. If you a foreman likes your work then they will usually call you direct about overtime for weekends.

Firstly know that you will be working at least 1 hour from your house, this is the norm. I’ve put 55k miles on my car in 14 months. No work life balance, expect to wake up for work between 3-4am; if OT is available you are almost expected to work it and if you don’t you get put down. Management is strict and rules with an iron fist through fear. It’s always a upper management vs the crews it seems, communication between upper management and crews is poor and the jobs I’ve been on they’ve sabotaged in some ways. You’re expected to GO GO GO and be a “Griff-bot” and bend over backwards. You can do an amazing job finishing the job site and you never get as much as a thank you for working OT for months. Using PTO and sick days if needed is almost frowned upon it feels because if you can’t work then you are losing the company money. There are some good guys that work for the company but I wouldn’t recommend working here for the mere fact the company seems corrupt from upper management. There are also no 6 month raises..not everything is as great as advertised. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Hired as they thought they were going to be big players in the DataCom field. One big job that was already going on. Another small job that ended up with the coworker stabbing me in the back for the jobs problems. I have 20 years more experience than he does and the field supervisor we very had anybody’s back except his own. The company has cliques.If your not in one , they get rid of you. Glad I’m gone.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
See previous. Lots of backstabbing if you’re not in a clique.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful and hopeless. Makes you want to go home and wonder why you accepted this job in the first place.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You are given something to do and the lead man disappears .If you have a problem you have to call and beg for assistance.

I had a great experience working for Wayne J Griffin Electric.  Plenty of challenging work.  Multitude and differing work environments.  The benefits and pay are some of the best around. Even in this tough economy they still try to keep employees working and feeling appreciated.  I will they would have made more accommodations to allow me to keep working. I think there was things to could have been tried to avoid termination and me going on unemployment. Especially with my situation and having been with the company 13 years.

My experience at Wayne J. Griffin Electric inc. was a great one. My co workers were very supportive in helping me to advance my knowledge of the electrical trade. Management was very employee conscious, and always strived to assist in any way. The company as a whole is very inviting, and encourages ideas for improvement of every employee. Even as just an apprentice I felt heard. I would recommend this company to anyone who wants to learn the electrical trade, as their teachers are professionals with experience in both hands on and technical education.

The project manager manages all aspects of the project from monthly billing to budgets, RFI, Change Orders, labor tracking, etc.  

This company provides great benefits and really good health insurance.  But a work/life balance is really hard to acheive with Wayne J Griffin Electric.  You are expected to work 50-60 a week as a standard and often will work more, including Saturday's and/or Sunday's.

A typical day was to install,terminate or troubleshoot electrical devices.panels or lighting systems.Learned varios circuitry skills.Management needes some personal people skills,too high strung and not very professional.Co-workers were very good.Hardest part working in ducts in the summer,most enjoyable paid vacations.

This company has some of the best training and advancement opportunities in the business. The owner cares about all aspects of the company and takes care of all employees needs. Safety is also a top priority. There are alot of very smart people who work here and every supports each other. 

This was by far the best job I've ever had. The work was interesting and related to my field of study. Everyone in the office was great and I enjoyed going into work everyday. They kept me busy with work and there was a lot of work to do, but I was able to manage all of it fairly well. If I had any questions, they were very helpful in teaching me how things worked.

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