USIC Reviews

2.9

43% would recommend to a friend

(1,450 total reviews)

Richard Batelaan

25% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

USIC has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,450 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The USIC employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
24 Jan 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company truck. Outdoor work. Nothing else about this company is any good.

Cons

Grossly undertrained, and understaffed. Terrible, unreliable computers. Unrealistic production expectations. Over the years, it went from a decent job to a really bad job. Training went from 2 months years ago to 1 week training now. Expect to work 60+ hours / week, not including mandatory on call hours. Underpaid for what job entails. Job turnover extremely high because of excessive mandatory overtime, no weekends off ( Sat and Sun just normal work days for USIC ) , very poor training and no support from supervisors. If anything goes wrong, you are automatically blamed. You can't get help from any experienced locators, there are no longer any experienced locators that work for USIC. Overall, USIC is a very bad company to work for, only take a job here as a last resort, such as becoming homeless or something. I would take any fast food job before working here, the pay is about the same and a lot less stress and you don't have mandatory 60 hours work a week. Also beware, the company cheats its utility customers and forces you to reschedule tickets so the company can say tickets are not late.

4.0
29 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The ability to bring in a decent salary if your committed to hard work, over-time, and safety.

Cons

Paranoid about getting damages most of the time.

1.0
11 Jan 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Home dispatch, company vehicle, potentially interesting job.

Cons

Woefully understaffed, ticket volume ridiculously high, mandatory hours mean no social or family life. Overnight oncall also mandatory, but you do not get ANY ADDITIONAL PAY for making yourself available all night. Starting hourly pay does not match the amount of responsibility and level of work that this job requires. If you value time with your family, a social life or getting a decent amount of rest, this is NOT the job for you. This company cares about one thing only: PRODUCTIVITY NUMBERS. New techs are thrown into the fire too soon, and experienced techs can't train them properly in the field because they have too much work to do. .Supervisors are not sensitive to the plight of technician at all. They tell you in training that safety is foremost, but that quickly goes out the window during the summer months when the work volume reaches levels that become impossible to manage. When the work backs up, managers pressure you to do more. Invariably, the mistakes increase and the exhausted tech begin to revolt. Turnover is high, and there is NO VACATION OR PAID TIME OFF during the first year. These guys need a union desperately. Funny thing is, I read reviews before I accepted the job that said the same thing I am saying here, and thought to myself, "How bad can it be?" Well it's that bad folks. You have been warned!

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