9 Feb 2015
Southwest Systems Engineering. Reviews
1.9
15% would recommend to a friend
Dominic Politi
100% approve of CEO
41% positive business outlook
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5 reviews
2.0
20 June 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
I suppose if you get BICSI certifications and move to a better company, this is a great stepping stone. SSEC will hire anyone.
Cons
Pay - other businesses in the same field pay $5+ more an hour starting. Per Diem - not automated, was limited to $85/day for hotels while i was there and $30 a day for food. Salary, not hourly Some senior staff members are not professional My longest days were over 14 hours. They hire anyone. This includes people with no quality control, no self awareness, and people who will fight you for no reason. Job quality is not a focus. When at a site, speed matters over all. Lowest bidder means lowest number of days, and the designated bidders at the company sometimes vastly underestimated workload.
2.0
31 Dec 2008
Anyone who wants to have no life outside of work would be a great candidate for this company
Former employee
Sierra Vista, AZ
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Get to do many different kinds of work in many different locations. The CEO is very nice and most people that work there are very nice. The CEO treated me like family. Very interesting work. The work on each job is very different. Got to see a great deal of the country while working. Meet a lot of different people at different job sites. They communicate a lot of information to the employees. They say they will help the employees get certifications for the work that they do. They provide many tools that will be needed for the work. A great place to make contacts for other jobs.
Cons
Expected to work very long hours (12-16 hour days), everyone in management is always on your back about finishing a project. They send 2 employees to do a 5 person job, or they send 1 person to do a 2 person job. Management sets unreasonable deadlines for projects. Management does not let employees at the work site have weekends unless the customer has days that they do not want the work being performed. The company does not give any compensation for the overtime worked. The Leadership is set in their ways and think that there is no other way than what they have been doing. They do not necessarily provide all of the tools and safety equipment to do a job correctly. They do not follow through on all of their promises. The management keeps giving excuses for why they cannot sign you up for certifications.
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