Working at McBride Electric in San Diego, CA: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Diego, CA Area

"McBride is a nice place to work if not only for the current economic down turn."

What do you like about working at McBride Electric?

"Nice people to work with. Very good work place. Management is supportive of personal growth."

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

"None I can't think of."

What don't you like about working at McBride Electric?

"That I have to be laid due to budget cuts."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To have a better sales force maybe."

"Familyowned small business with a great culture but living in the past. Very resistant to change"

What do you like about working at McBride Electric?

"Loved the group I built and ran (M-Power). They were hand picked professionals who knew how to prospect, identify and qualify opportunities and close value based relationships with companies like The Home Depot, Best Buy, Staples, Simon Malls and many, many others."

What don't you like about working at McBride Electric?

"The corporate structure supported a group of independently run branches with their own sales organizations. There were huge BD opportunities with these 12 remote locations and their existing customer relationships which were never capitalized on due to political infighting. This is something I could have easily resolved with the backing of the CEO but he considered it too political."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get together and act as a team providing strategically important services to national customers. My group, M-Power was able to do this in a highly specialized vertical market and could have easily team sold to local branch relationships. The political and compensation issues were just too challenging. Too bad, they should be a $200M company and are now struggling to hit $70M in annual sales."