MeasureComp Employee Reviews for Measure Technician

"Not quite what I was told it was going to be, but still decent."

What do you like about working at MeasureComp?

"I don't honestly know why so many people hate on working for Measurecomp. Maybe I just got one of the best service areas.. At most my routes consist of four measures and each measure takes usually 30-45 minutes. I have never done any actual work for more than 3 hours a day, but once you include drive time that changes. You're not cooped up in an office or a store, most if not all of my customers are pleasant at the least. The job isn't hard to learn and if you buy a laser measure you can cut down your measure times by at least half. I pretty much tell people I get paid to drive in my car, listen to music/books/podcasts, and lay down a tape measure every once in awhile. There are three guys that I consider my boss; the first guy was my trainer and is pretty much tech support. The next guy up from that is my main boss, he calls me over any issue. The guy up from him is higher on the corporate ladder, but I usually only talk to him about payment and mileage reimbursement. And yes I do get mileage. My bosses are all pretty cool. Once, the main manager called me just to tell me I was doing a really god job, especially considering I have only been doing this job for not even 4 months yet. I never got that kind of feedback at my old job. I go into the store I used to work at and the flooring coordinator tells me she hears all the time from my boss how wonderful of a tech I am."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's home depot now, so put on the I love customers t-shirt and talk about how good you are at interacting with people."

What don't you like about working at MeasureComp?

"There are some negatives, but it's the same with any company you work for. The first thing that I can think of is the wear and tear on my vehicle. I was told I should expect 50 miles a day, but that's on a good day. I average about 900-1000 miles a WEEK! Two of my days I know for sure I'm heading to an area that is 90 miles away from my city but the other three days are random. My service area is quite large because I don't live in a very metropolitan area. But it's a trade off because the guys that work in bigger cities have to do 6-10 measures a day and I usually have 1 or 2, sometimes 3 and rarely 4. I was thinking of getting a motorcycle but opted for an older Honda Civic that gets great gas mileage but isn't the end of the world if it gets a lot of miles. One of the things that actually makes me upset is I have to occasionally, more often than I think I should, go to a city that is 140 miles away. They actually have a tech that lives in that area, but when he calls and says I can't work this day, they pass his work off to me. It's annoying but hey, I have had the chance to listen to a lot more books than I would have otherwise. The mileage reimbursement was hard to understand at first. I get paid a flat rate per day, but $20 of that is assumed for gas. If I travel to a job that is 30 miles outside of the Home Depot store where the measure was made, then I get another $15 that is actually paid by the customer. I was told some whacko thing when I was first hired that I would get a flat rate and then some on top of the original reimbursement but it is not the case. I think my trainer was just misinformed.Other than the sheer amount of driving involved that puts wear and tear on your car, there aren't a lot of other negatives I can think of. Sometimes customers can be jerkish in the times they want me to come. I have from 7-9 in the morning to call the people on my route to setup appointments, and sometimes it doesn't leave neither myself or the customer enough time to really plan for it. Most of my customers just take the whole day off to spend around the house. But once I had a guy that wanted me there at a 8 am sharp and he lived a two hour drive away. Even if I had called him at 7 (the earliest I can per company policy) I couldn't have made it on time. But that's a customer issue and compared to the jerks I faced working in an actual Home Depot store, it's nothing.In my personal case, my trainer did something weird when he put in my hiring info, and so they are forever a week behind on paying me. I keep a close eye on it to ensure they don't rip me off, but the only way I will ever get caught up is if I quit or get laid off. I cannot understand why they can't catch me up, but I have spoken about it to my boss several times and he says it can't be done. With the $500 they gradually take out of your paycheck as a security deposit on the computer, when if I ever quit my job I will get an extra $1200. I have made that in my mind to be a severance package of sorts.I have seen comments about needing a cell phone with a lot of minutes, but minutes are dirt cheap anymore. It takes me 10 minutes max to make all my calls every morning. I have a prepaid plan that gives me unlimited talk and text and data for $55. I had it before I had this job anyways.Not important to me, but don't expect to be getting a promotion anytime soon. The guys that get into the levels of management have really, really cushy jobs and will probably never leave them. Considering that for 70 techs in my zone, there are three managers, you can do the math and figure what your chances of promotion are."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The only thing I would suggest is to make sure every member of management is on the same page. My trainer was misinformed about quite a few things. he's brilliant when it comes to doing the actual job and he trained me very well, but he can never answer any question I ask."

"A very sad cheap and unfair company. Very questionable ethics! Only get a job here if its your last choice."

What do you like about working at MeasureComp?

"Not cooped up in an office. No boss breathing over your shoulder. Get to work very independantly."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Run as fast as you can! Faster run run run run faster Not the worst job on earth but if you need to make a living its gonna be tough!"

What don't you like about working at MeasureComp?

"To sum it up Measurecomp is a company that provides measuring services for several companies but by far their bread and butter is completing measurements and building quotes for flooring for Home Depot.The basic job of Measure Technician is not bad at all. Basically the job consists of downloading your route and customer info, plotting out your route, calling the customer to set time for appt, showing up at customers home, complete room drawings and measurements. You will average between 6-12 of these a day. Then when you get home you upload all your information to the home office and repeat. Like I said the basic job is not bad if you like a lot of driving and working very independant.Now, whats NOT GOOD about the job.1)They do not provide you with a company car.2)You are on the hook for all expenses involved using your own car! Measurecomp does not pay for your gas, mileage, wear and tear on your car, repairs, etc. And these can be quite extensive when you are going to be driving between 150 and 300 miles a day 5 days a week. You can expect to spend around $20.00 a day just on gas!3)Pay........You will be lucky to make $30,000 BEFORE all expenses!4) You will do measures at least 5 days a week but really you work 7 days a week because even on your two days off you have to down load and plot your route as well as call all your customers the night of your day off.5) Measurecomp also does not pay you for your time working. You get a flat rate per measure around $13 or so. They only pay you over time if you exceed 40 hrs in a week of actual measuring time. They do not consider the countless hours you spend driving to your first job, driving home from you last job, or the hours you will spend at night working on your route and calling customers. I'm not sure, but I think this has to be illegal!!6)No Health Insurance Offered7)No retirement plan, No 401k offered8) You do get 1 week but it only starts to accrue at .77 hrs per week after your first year of service. You are also off on a few holidays Like Christmas and the 4th of July but it is unpaid. Measurecomp also does not provide any paid sick or personal days.9) Almost forgot, they require you to have a cell phone but they pay nothing towards it even though you will go through minutes like water. And probably have to have an unlimited plan!Like I said before......the basic job is a good one! But Measurecomp is one of the cheapest companies I have ever worked for! I know the point of a company is to make a profit but come on! Measurecomp takes that to the extreme! I just can not think of any other company that would expect you to use your own car to drive hundreds of miles a day but yet pay nothing for gas, and or repairs, like I said before they pay you around $13 a measure but they charge Home Depot $35, so the tech doesnt get even half the fee but yet has almost all the expenses! They are so cheap that they also make you pay for all your own tape measures (which you will break at least one a month).Im sure there are more negative things I'm missing so please if you also are or were a Measurecomp tech please feel free to submit your own review! :-)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make Measurecomp and much fairer place for technicians to work! Consider all of our considerable expenses when thinking about our pay."