Low Salary, No Training, No Career Advancement with being Family
Pros
My weekly Paycheck Never Bounced. They have a name in the Industry which will allow you to make contacts and leave for a fair wage. When I left, I couldn't believe literally every offer I got was 175% or more of my salary at Ostrow Electric.
Cons
I can't imagine a worse job. The family is divided in what can only be described as a brutal divorce. You get told one thing from own owner and then a different ALWAYS contradicting things from the other owner and you're always in the middle. I can't tell you how many expense checks were wrong or late. I would drive thousands of miles in my personal vehicle to go to bidding breakthroughs, job site meeting, deliver sealed bids, and I would have wait weeks for mileage reimbursement. If your own car breaks down, you have an accident, or need to get your car serviced, you're on your own. The owner will tell you "That's why we have company vehicles". But the company vehicles are always broken or unavailable, that's why they ask you to use your own car. There is almost no training. There is no way to improve yourself here. There is no career advancement. There's no new skills to learn, no way to better yourself here. You'll get more responsibility, but NEVER be fairly compensated for it.