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Southwest Systems Engineering.

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Anyone who wants to have no life outside of work would be a great candidate for this company - Field Engineer Southwest Systems Engineering. Employee Review

2.0
Dec 31, 2008
Recommend
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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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5.0
Feb 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great environment, understanding management, innovative, skill will grow quickly, training is number 1, family oriented

Cons

Lots of travel, better compensation

1.0
Mar 8, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

CEO (Mr. Politi) is great to work with.

Cons

Retaliatory behavior by management, the president specifically, after they were called out for improper dissemination of personal communications and information to non-HR employees was petty and uncalled for. This led to their attempt (and then quick retraction) to tell me that I could not take prenatal appointments and make up the time afterwards, that I would have to take them as leave without pay. Additionally, after realizing their mistake they then stated that my prenatal appointments were cumbersome to the work schedule. I had only had 1 and turned in paperwork for another later that week and one for the following month. Anyone who knows, and the president does as she has many grandchildren, prenatal appointments only get more frequent. As a pregnant woman I did not feel comfortable working in such an environment.

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