Pros
They pay for certifications, provide a work truck and gas card, have many offices to allow you to work reasonably close to home, and have plenty of work for most of the year.
Kontras
Raises take in excess of 6 months we made effective despite being based on acquisition of certifications. No one knows why, no one can get a hold of anyone who can provide an answer and there is absolutely no certainty as to if it will ever change. The work trucks that they provide are single cab f-150s that are rear wheel drive only and they won't even put off-road capable tires on them, despite the fact that we routinely drive on unimproved surfaces, through mud, and on construction sites that see heavy vehicle traffic. They also do not have electric mirrors, windows, or locks, which are all massive inconveniences at best, and legitimate safety concerns at worst. They do not have cruise control, which makes highway driving inconvenient for extended periods. They do not provide tool boxes, but expect us to carry tools that can and do rust in the rain, and lightweight materials that can blow out in the wind. They will not quickly authorize simple and crucial maintenance like AC system recharges, or water pump replacements, and do not have enough trucks to provide a reasonable number of spares for when regularly used ones expectedly break down. Many trucks have TPMS sensor faults. Many of them do not have functioning heat, and/or AC, and many more have other issues that I'm probably not able to think of. The company does not care about its employees at the corporate level. Middle management absolutely does, but they can do absolutely nothing to make raises effective, having the headquarters of intertech in London means that the offices in the US for PSI, a smaller company that they own, cannot get a hold of anybody from the corporate offices to figure out why raises are taking six or more months to be made effective, or figure out what can be done in the meantime. Budgeting seems to be mismanaged, and corporate offices seem to be either understaffed, overworked, or utterly inept. PSI, now owned by intertek, is one of the worst paying companies in the field, and many employees once they achieve enough experience, and acquire enough certifications, leave to go to better paying companies, leaving us perpetually understaffed and inexperienced, and the only employees that don't leave are the ones who are on the brink of retirement.
