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Baker Installations

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Work for this company and you will have no personal life. - Cable Installer Baker Installations Employee Review

2.0
Oct 9, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

If you are a good installer with overtime and bonuses you can make alot of money for such a entry-level job. Pay increases are tied to bonuses. I happened to be very good at this job and was making alot of money each month.

Cons

You work six days a week. I rarely had less than 60 a week and had several 70 hr weeks. Also unless you live in a big city and there is a lot of contracting work there, you could have a long commute time which they don't pay for. Also your intitial pay depends on where they hired you. I once had to go to Parkersburg WV to do work and the cable technicians there started at $3 an hour less than I did. YOU WILL HAVE NO TIME OFF and NO PERSONAL LIFE.

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5.0
Aug 5, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The supervisors have your back when it comes scheduling issues during jobs throughout the day and if there's an problem with a customer. Pay and benefits are competitive.

Cons

Nothing that I can think of.

1.0
Jun 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None. I've noticed some reviews have included being given a work truck and gas card as pros but since you can't use your work truck off hours and the gas card for your own vehicle, i just view them as tools.

Cons

The three months I spent at Baker felt more like three years. In that short span of time two people quit and two were fired, so turnover is high and understandably so. Management is dishonest, incompetent and self serving. Expect to work between 60-75 hrs a week, so forget any kind of social life. Training is inadequate and the jobs you are given Time Warner in house doesn't want because there in low income and public housing areas. Pay is hourly with a chance to bonus if you complete a certain number of weekly units and meet Bakers BS metrics. In other words, don't expect to bonus out for your first few months or even longer. You will be charged for any lost or stolen equipment so be careful. One misplaced cable box can cost $500 or more and Baker will take every penny out of your paycheck, even though all equipment is insured. As for equipment, the boxes are never programmed at the shop so a lot of time is wasted on job sites waiting for modems and cable boxes to download software, making your day longer. There are no paid holidays and benefits are mediocre. Take this job if you are in desperate of a paycheck but get out once you find a better job, which should be easy, like I did.

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