Aarron Walkup
1/5
Relocated here for $25 an hour and after a couple months of not meeting quota because I was not given a company vehicle like everyone else so four hours of my work day was prep and travel I was never going to meet quota. My salary was to be reduced by $8 to $17 and some change. Also when I was asked how much I wanted and said $25 an hour I was speaking to the hiring manager and HR. The HR lady said well that’s a lot and the manager said hold on Joseph they put me on hold and talked privately a minute later they came back online and agreed to the salary, almost as if they talked about how they were going to reduce my salary when I got here and was trapped at this job. They didn’t expect me to walk out like I did. I’m pretty sure that’s illegal, offering a salary to get me across the country knowing that you plan to reduce that salary after I arrive. Do you know what else is illegal? Making your employees relieve themselves in bottles in public because you’re too cheap to buy a porta John is a felony. You know what else is illegal? Falsifying contracts stating you have CERTIFIED trained technicians working on million dollar projects who have never seen fiber optics in their lives, is not only in violation of that contract but pretty sure it’s illegal. I am a Certified fiber optic technician specialist in five categories, splicing/testing/premise cabling/ FTTX/connectors.
Transtel wanted those certifications and experience to gain new contracts and build on my knowledge but they wanted to rip me off in the process by using my name and experience to gain contracts or trust and not pay me for my education or worth. You may ask how do I know no one is certified? Well, the supervisor in charge of fiber comes from owning a gym, it failed he is at transtel. No experience or education yet he is managing huge projects with no inside knowledge or training of fiber optics. If he can not tell me how to do my job if he’s not trained, how can he tell his workers? The people in the field told me they never spliced outside of a Cox enclosure. That’s two slices a case. No one could tell me the maximum bend radius of a fiber optic cable which is pretty basic knowledge as well as EXTREMELY important!!! Does OEC know that your employees are untrained and certified. Would OEC management be ok knowing that your employees can’t tell how much of a bend is too much for fiber? That scary to me and it should me to OEC. If you desire a real future in comms or fiber optics this is not for you, a dead end job where they teach you the bare minimum and never certify you because you can work anywhere afterwards. Lowest paying comms job in the state. Never met a splicer making less than $20 an hour and they pay in the teens here, again they get away with it because your not a real splicer or fiber tech, your just gonna do bare minimum fiber work and get paid bare minimum, if your lucky.
I been waiting on transtel to reach out to me on here or defend themselves like they did other posts on here but they have not, because they know I’m right. Transtel, if I’m lying let’s have a phone call conversation about my claims and talk this out. We both know the truth and so does god. i have been in communications 20 years I single handedly led the Data center connectivity team at 5 facebook data centers across the nation in charge up 75 people installing everything fiber optic n the data center, which is a lot. I was even in charge of EPMS ststens after DCC.I was the youngest field engineer at facebook for six months dealing with many communications companies and vendors and never have I seen a company so sloppy, unorganized, unprofessional, un- knowledgeable, or so open about their transgressions. The audacity of transtel blows my mind. There is a reason they can not work outside Oklahoma and it’s not a licensing issue. It’s that no one wants their crappy workmanship. State average for splicing fiber is $17-$24 and despite knowing more than anyone in the building you slap me in the face with $17 an hr. What was next Worst company in the state.
