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"I enjoy doing physical work, learning more telecommunication and meeting new people. After 23 years of experience in this field I cannot find something that I hate about being an installer technician. It brings joy to fulfill the needs of customers."
Posted 10 years ago in Mount Vernon, NY
Installation Technician at Waara Technologies
in Traverse City, MI

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It's a good company with some space to grow with management style."

What do you like about working at Waara Technologies?

"Having challenging work is enjoyable for me as well as working with the higher end technology."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a good company to work for, you're just going to need to be comfortable with things changing a lot and not necessarily knowing what you're going to be doing before you get to the job."

What don't you like about working at Waara Technologies?

"The organization and management style is very hard to adapt to. Feels very cluttered and sometimes frustrating."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I feel they're in the process of getting better but definitely not there yet."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Installation Technician at NETRICOM

What do you like about working at NETRICOM?

"I loved driving all over British cColumbia, traveling up mountains to remote sites."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You must love the outdoors to really enjoy your work."

What don't you like about working at NETRICOM?

"I was on the road a lot, sometimes for a month"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The roads leading up to some of the sites need work."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Installation Technician at Comtech PST
in Sacramento, CA

What do you like about working at Comtech PST?

"Feeling like I was doing something important. Learning new skills."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Decent gig if you like the style of work and have no ambition to change things."

What don't you like about working at Comtech PST?

"Put my life at risk every day for menial pay. Was never given responsibilities, or trusted to do projects on my own. Work was constantly taken out of my hands."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take a more hands on approach with the employees. Offer better training."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Installation Technician at Shoreline Air Systems
in Tampa, FL

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"intermediate"

What do you like about working at Shoreline Air Systems?

"convience, work was close to my home,good working conditions overtime"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be yourself not someone else dress casual be on time"

What don't you like about working at Shoreline Air Systems?

"there was too many workers using work lifts that weren't theres"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"be tougher with orther contractors that are working there daliy"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Installation Technician at DirecTV
in Ridgecrest, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I liked this job, but the money was not sufficient for my needs."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"They have a great training program and a supportive company culture."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Best for an entry level job with opportunity for advancement."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Not enough consistent volume of work and a lot of drive time with no compensation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They have the best product and service in this field."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Installation Technician at LinkUs
in Ukiah, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"great work, hard hours, wonderful experience"

What do you like about working at LinkUs?

"I loved the work, met a number of wonderful people my co workers were good and I was mostly 95% on my own"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you have a four wheel drive vehicle and can squeeze into tight spaces. Have your own tools and be prepared to put a ton of mileage on your vehicle and a lot of Hours on end on the road all over the four - five counties Your in for long hours at a lower pay than you think your getting."

What don't you like about working at LinkUs?

"they spread their few techs thin and give them jobs at opposite ends of the work coverage area and push on the techs to get the jobs done without care as to weather or not its done or dune right after which they might inspect 1% of jobs and that's only if its one close to the office. the fact they are a third party company charging differently than the main tended to hurt the customer service aspect A LOT! It was peace work in a sparsely populated area most of the day was spent going from one job to another typically several hours or more at a time. wouldn't have minded so much if I was getting paid for the travel time plus adequate mileage"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to care more about each customer and making sure the Quality is really in every job regardless of the time taken at each job"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Installation Technician at Car Toys
in Humble, TX

What do you like about working at Car Toys?

"nothing I couldn't install or modify in a car, freedom of quoting and scheduling my own jobs."

What don't you like about working at Car Toys?

"The commute, 126 miles a day. Never being able to work my scheduled time, always being hassled because I cant stay later on account of my daughter needing to be picked up from daycare"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to be more respectful to their employees family life."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Installation Technician at Verizon Communications
in Thousand Oaks, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Verizon was a good company to work for."

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I like the opportunity to move laterally into other related jobs. This complemented your technical knowledge."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Get to know someone who works there by doing an internship."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I dislike the bureaucracy. It often makes it harder to get things done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be nimble and flexible to changes in the workplace and corporate environment."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Installation Technician at Duck's Home Theater
in Folsom, CA

What do you like about working at Duck's Home Theater ?

"I was always learning something new in the industry from hardware or now software"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I wish I had something to offer but if you don't know what you're doing, you'll know shortly"

What don't you like about working at Duck's Home Theater ?

"I didn't like climbing in attics or basements, I'm 6'3 and a little big for some of these crawl spots"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"continue to network with those that know of you and you work"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Installation Technician at Cobalt Refrigeration
in Lehi, UT

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great experience in regional sales"

What do you like about working at Cobalt Refrigeration?

"selling and up selling products to existing and new customers. Being away from the office doing my job"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great company to work for if you can get around the family ownership"

What don't you like about working at Cobalt Refrigeration?

"The family orientation throughout the company and how they think they are better then everyone else"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't let family get in the way of the company. It can ruin a business and you lose good workers"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Installation Technician at Spectrum
in Overland Park, KS

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It was okay,"

What do you like about working at Spectrum?

"meet all kinds of different people. Each customer was different."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just have a professional appearance and the way you speak to supervisor."

What don't you like about working at Spectrum?

"If you call for help, it is not a guarantee to get it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go out and do more hands on work. Then they can get an idea what it is like in the field."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Installation Technician at Verizon Communications
in Hewlett, NY

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great benefits and a good work environment."

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"Benefits are great: full medical dental and vision, as well as a good 401k plan."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"There are many opportunities to move around. If you do not like the job you are in you can transfer at a later date."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"There is no incentive to work hard. All technicians made the same base salary."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give bonus incentives for working hard. As of now, you get paid the same for being lazy or working hard."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Installation Technician at ADT Security
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Installation Technician at AT&T
in Lombard, IL
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Installation Technician at LasVegas.net

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Dishonest company with dishonest management."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.6 / 5
Company Culture 2.6 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
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