Meh... - Technical Sales Engineer CaptiveAire Employee Review

2.0
5 Aug 2020
Recommend
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Pros

They had a solid, well thought out training program. It lasted 6-7 weeks, however it involved traveling to Minnesota every week which became tedious. Initially, I was working from home which brought with it a lot of autonomy. I could manage my time easily and the job afforded quite a bit of flexibility.

Cons

There is zero future at this job if you value personal growth and learning new things. You will end up doing pretty much the same thing every day. Quoting out kitchen hoods, fans, occasional HVAC unit, etc. This becomes incredibly mundane. Eventually, you could possibly manage a sales region, but your job activities won't really change. After two years, I was bored out of my mind with no path out of the monotony. The sales offices are also very small. 2-3 people. If you get a long with you coworkers it can be fine, if not, it could end very poorly. The regional manager completely dictates this dynamic and there is very little oversight by corporate. I had a good experience, but others I knew were less fortunate. At the end of the day, i didn't want to spend the rest of my career selling fans. I needed growth opportunities which I very easily found in an active and competitive local job market for engineers. Pay and benefits are extremely underwhelming and not at all competitive for my region. 10 days PTO is not at all practical, realistic or compassionate in today's work environment. The company culture is work work work work work. There is zero emphasis on work life balance. Also, the owner’s politics get in the way many times. You don't need to force your wack job conservative agenda on your employees. Act like most other responsible corporations and keep that aspect separate.

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CaptiveAire Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We regret to hear that you did not enjoy your time at CaptiveAire. We pride ourselves on our culture of continuous improvement and personal growth, and we encourage employees at all levels to grow their skills and opportunities daily. We recently made a significant improvement to our PDO policy for new hires, increasing the time given to new employees. We are happy to hear you benefitted from our training program, and we wish you the best in your future endeavors.

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Pros

- Good benefits and work schedule... no weekends - Many opportunities for career growth across the board - CaptiveAire continues to reinvest in their operations and staff year over year - Education & certification reimbursement program - Generally promotes within and provides in-house, on the job training - Monthly bonus for all employees - Free lunch every week for all employees - Safety and quality are the main focus

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

Bad pay, very strict time schedules, and ZERO engineering experience expected to be gained from this role. You are treated as a full time manufacturing associate. This entire company does not know how to utilize talent accordingly, engineers are doing menial tasks and you are doing NOTHING. Every promotion or managerial position seems to be decided entirely on if you are related to someone higher up in the company or if you are buddy buddy with a manager.

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