FastSigns Reviews

Steve doesn’t offer any sort of insurance, or benefits and doing dangerous work is a requirement. Such as, getting up in the boom truck without safety equipment, or harnesses. The job requires that employees use power tools on a regular basis, but again there is no guarantee for safety or insurance. When asked about what happens if an employee gets hurt on the job the best he can offer is worker’s comp. Steve is among the most unorganized business owners I’ve ever worked with. Nothing an employee can contribute goes appreciated, or receives commendation. There is no goal, or benchmark to meet. I would say for a competent employee, Steve is going to be in the way of professional, and career advancement. The only standards that Steve upholds are the ones that make him look favorable. He has no problem berating employees in front of clients, being condescending, even being verbally abusive to employees. I would not recommend anyone work here for any amount of time. Steve is not a fit person for anyone to acquire adequate experience, or acquire professional growth.

Most stores are run by small teams. Each person is critical to the success of the business and there is no extra help available to fill in. Even if everyone is cross trained, if someone is out sick or takes vacation, it can cause some problems and stress. Again, if you have a good owner, he should know how to do every job in the place and step in when needed, including doing installations and deliveries. There is no opportunity for advancement for anyone, becuase that is the nature of a small franchise. It is a franchise, the owners have their life savings invested in the business. If the location is a good one and profitable, there is money avaialble to pay well. Many locations are not profitable and struggling. The franchisor makes 6% of the gross sales. The franchisor doesn't care if the owers are making a living or if the sotre is wildly profirtable as some are. The franchsor gets their money no matter what and are the first ones paid through their ability to take money right out of the owners bank account at the beginning of the month. The owner must sell enough to cover fixed expenses of running the store and only gets to keep 94 cents out of every dollar a customer spends. These are real expenses that must be paid just to stay in business. Getting behind can be a slippery slope to failure of the business. There are owenrs who have lost their life savings investing in a FASTSIGNS that never sold enough to make money. So even if the owner would like to pay more, if the sales aren't there to support it, he can't do much. Remember, the owner has to make payroll twice a month. Even if sales are slow, even if customers are late paying their bills, the payroll and the rent must be paid on time. Being an owner isn't a cake walk, unless you can get the business to operate well over fixed costs and make profits. We are constantly being squeezed by FedEx Office on the low end and by state licensed sign contractors who can do the big jobs like electrical signs.