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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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Oct 20th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Aerial Photographer
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Chesterfield, MO
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not fulltime
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travel, overtime pay, friendly coworkers
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off days can be extensive
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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214105
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Open
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0.0
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PART_TIME
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No
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Yes
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1.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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Aug 31st, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Sensor Operator
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Expect to travel a whole lot
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Pay is not bad plus can build up hotel points
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Gone for long periods of time
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0.0
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3.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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214105
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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Jan 10th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Pilot
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Chesterfield, MO
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Conquest pilot
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Excellent maintenance, competitive pay, lodging/meal per diem, line mile/profit sharing bonuses. Efficient teams who get along well. Piloting a twin turbo-prop aircraft is challenging and an enjoyable job. In the aircraft you manage yourself along with your sensor operator. Ron Hoffman is an excellent CEO as well as pilot; understands the role of pilots on the road.
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Micromanagement, low meal per diem, no room for advancement (only “role-flexibility”, flying piston airframes). You are on the road more than you are at home (two weeks on/6 days off). No further career advancement possible in this job position (confirmed by chief pilot).
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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3.0
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5.0
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3.0
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4.0
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5.0
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214105
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Open
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Reinvest in your front-line employees with better pay increases and more room for growth opportunities to reduce turnover rate of pilots. Possibly add vacation time so that pilot employees are able to plan functions at home with family. Purchase jet type aircraft so that there is a way for present pilots to upgrade and not have to consider movement to other companies for career advancement. Present teams are excelling together. Invent a creative way of keeping these souls on board to further success of the company in the future.
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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May 16th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Technician
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Good place
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Nice management, family owned operation
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Workload can be heavy, some 50 hour work weeks.
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0.0
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4.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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214105
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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May 11th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Survey Pilot
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Saint Louis, MO
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Aerial Survey Pilot
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Benefits, Professional Staff...excellent airplanes, maintenance on point with the aircraft.
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As of right now. No dowside to the company so far...im very satisfied with everything.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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214105
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Open
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None
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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1.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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Apr 28th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Pilot
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Chesterfield, MO
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Pilot
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I give it more of a 2.5 stars (flight department great, upper management not)
The maintenance side of the company is awesome. The planes are very well maintained and safe. Things do break on the planes...like anything, but they are fixed and back up and running whether you are on the road or not. The flight crews (most of them) are super cool and great people. Made really good friends outside of work with them. They make being on the road for two weeks a lot more fun. No set uniforms or anything while traveling, and a small phone stipend is nice. They issue the pilots an iPad and foreflight and lightspeed zulu headphones. They reimburse each week for the expenses you build up. Can get a lot of cash back points from all the expenses you make.
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Pilots have no set vacation days. Sure you get your 6 days off (which you could be asked to return earlier on your off days...) but 90% of the time you truly don’t know when your days off are going to arrive. They tell you 15 days on, but I’ve been told to stay a week longer past my 15 because they didn’t have anyone to cover me. That’s not my problem to be short staffed. Yes part of the job is traveling for 2 weeks, but to be asked to stay longer as if 2 weeks away from family and spouse isn’t bad enough. You can’t plan any vacation trips or events because you basically have no Schedule. The schedule gets updated each day, but only showing what’s going to happen the next day. So planning any kind of event, even only a week away is basically impossible.
Next is perdiem. The cool flight crews and perdiem made being on the road a lot better! That was a nice benefit of having to travel so much, make some extra cash for the low paying salary of single engine pilots. Unfortunately, the companies management has decided to remove most of the perdiem. You can’t pocket anything now. They pay you for the hotel room, but exact change and they lowered how much food money you get each day. Nice job Management for taking away these guys perks on being gone from family so long... why not lower the pay of the upper management instead of hurting your front line guys.
One last thing, it was very frustrating when you could not get ahold of your boss, even during business hours. Doesn’t matter if it was a call, a text, etc. 85% of the time I would not get any sort of response about work related material that I needed answered. Even though the flight crews are micro managed to the max by upper management.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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4.0
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4.0
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2.0
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1.0
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214105
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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Jul 8th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Sensor Operator
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Chesterfield, MO
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Great job if you like to travel, MUST be flexible!!
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Great flight crew. Traveling all over the country is a definite plus to this job. Pay is very good(when working). Safety was not something that was ever overlooked and plane maintenance taken very seriously. Office personal easy to get along with. All in all, a very cool job!
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Flexibility is a must with this job. Can only fly on clear days and if you understand weather at all, you should know it can change very quickly. Must be able to head into work at a moments notice with no definitive schedule. Could be on call for days - weeks. During slow season there is very little work so must be able to manage your pay to adjust for the entire year. There are times when flight crew was not working for up to a month at time. Flight management does not seem to value flight crew as much as they should. Decisions were (occasionally) made in the office that directly opposed what flight crew would suggest which seemed to be counterproductive to the mission.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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4.0
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2.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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214105
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Open
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More respect for flight crew. Suggestions for workflow should be taken more seriously to help improve production.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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Jul 10th, 2016 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Sensor Operator
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Saint Louis, MO
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Sensor Operator
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Fun traveling job for entry level status job seekers
See the country from a different viewpoint
Well paid for traveling expenses
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Nepotism in the company means little chance of promotion or advancement.
Office and flight staff are almost two different companies
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0.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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2.0
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4.0
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2.0
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214105
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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Sep 17th, 2015 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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VP of Business Development
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Management is so poor that autonomy comes easily.
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No Direction. Low Pay. Minimal recognition. People have no clue who I am or what significance I add to the "team". No actual "team". NO room for advancement, essentially you have to wait for someone to leave, die or retire to advance within any department at this company.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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0.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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214105
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Open
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Restructure. Learn how to actively "Listen" instead of nodding you're head and daydreaming. This means listen to your employees who are in the trenches or those that actually interact with your clients, rather than people that never leave an office. Stop getting suckered in by blood sucking consultants that have no clue about your business.
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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9.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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private:surdexcorporation
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=214105
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Sep 10th, 2015 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Surdex Co.
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Sensor Operator
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Chesterfield, MO
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Aerial Photographer/ Sensor Operator
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Travel if you want to see lots of little places this is great. You could learn a lot while working here.
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Travel is based on work load you could be gone for up to two weeks.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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4.0
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1.0
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4.0
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3.0
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3.0
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4.0
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214105
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Open
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0.0
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No
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No
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0.0
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Apr 26th, 2021 05:57PM
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Surdex Corporation
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