new to ecsm

[dragondata5]

how does ecsm rate as a company?

[TBONE]

Never heard of them...sorry :confused:

[AULupstate]

All depends on who you DM is with ECSM

[gypsygirl]

Never heard of them either? Where are they located out of??

[Mack]

I have a friend who works for this company. And you are right, it all depends on the district manager and supervisor. The locators job is easy and fun, no matter what part of the country you are in. It is always the people running it that make things complicated. When you say the word "CLS", I get diarrhea because of the pressures and tensions the supervisors unnecessarily create.
But just to warn you, I heard they have GPS on all their vehicles and you HAVE to call your supervisor twice a day no matter what. If your translore (yes they use translore) does not match up with your clears(even though you know it's clear) they start calling you up to do a drive along and start warning you with threats of losing your job. They audit your ass if you go too fast. This is a nightmare for experienced locators who know what they are doing when they clear tickets. You basically work with your hands tied. Too much time is wasted policing employees instead of locating and fullfilling the contracts in my opinion. They only locate in the tri state area and are fairly new to the locating industry. They are super slow in the winter, and by the looks of it, they won't be going far if they operate like this.
If you can handle this type of atmosphere, then go for it.
I don't like to be calling people every day for nonsense (I only call for flags and paint) and I sure hate when the supervisors call to ask me where I am.
The new vehicles are unsafe 2008 Chevy HHR's without rear windows (an accident waiting to happen)and hubcaps on wheels for the locators (backbone of the business gets the shitty equipment). In my opinion, the old Colorado pickups are better and safer.

The lazy coffee drinking supervisors get the ones with full power aluminum rims and rear windows. (the best equipment and vehicles)

My advice is to stay away from that company. Unless you love to work with the phone constantly ringing next to you. And, if you love tailgate meetings and a man always wanting to ride along you and watch your every move with the added fear of getting fired if you wake up late or move your car on the weekend(they'llknow on Monday).

I don't like cameras and GPS tracking. It makes our jobs more stressful to have people monitoring your every move.

It defeats the purpose of being a locator in the first place. (the sense of freedom from factories, and brick and mortar businesses)

Hope this little bit of information helps answer your question or clears things up about ECSM.

[yahoo]

where is this company????????????????

[locomike]

they are out of penn. they just picked up the verizon contract in va and working on getting the dominion power contract in va and nc. aint heard much about them yet but soon as i do i will let yall know.

[dragondata5]

thanks to all who provided the info.

[AULupstate]

ECSM lost Verizon a couple of years back in Central and UpState NY, actually were ask to never bid again. Now they primaily do stray voltage work for National Grid in the service areas for NG. There was a rumor they were working on Fort Drum in Watertown but that hasn't been validated. They are out of Carlisle, PA and when CLS lost NJ as a whole ECSM, Premier and Utiliquest sucked up all of the scraps.
I know more and names of persons who work there to stay away from but I'm not going to post it here.

[stoner77]

I think ECSM lost the Verizon in upper part of VA today it don't look good

[locomike]

when i talked to sum sups on fri they said they had over 1000 tickets between drops,projects and fttp/fios that got called in fri afternoon. over the weekend ecsm had people from penn,del,and i think nj from what some other techs told me trying to get ticket loads down so i dont know. if verizon doesnt put them out with damages then the va scc will send them a nice litte bill.

[daMan]

I think ECSM lost the Verizon in upper part of VA today it don't look good
ECSM hasn't even started in North VA, so they couldn't of lost it yet. And anybody who has been in the business long enough knows thats start-ups can be rough no matter what company it is. And yes , I do work for ECSM, but the same goes for all the other companies.

[Goldenboy]

There website is http://www.ecsminc.com/index.html

And they have quite a few job postings at www.locatorjobs.com

[greg2169]

they dont audit at all, and barely EVER check those gps... i know alot of the trucks gps dont even work because ecsm went out and got horrible gps units... i personally never call my supervisor just email him the hours at the end of the day... its a good company to work for.... BENIFITS ARE HORRIBLE THO

[stoner77]

ECSM just let about five people go on Friday. Hope they found a job.

[yahoo]

we got plenty of work down this way!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tell them to catch a plane to lafayette

[ifinditunderground]

I just recieved this via e-mail today from one of our associations.


To Whom It May Concern:
We at ECSM are experiencing some unexpected volumes and large locate requests that are somewhat substantially longer and require more time to locate underground facilities than expected. We apologize if this is causing any type of delay of your work and are working diligently to ensure an on time completion of all locate requests.
We are bringing in outside resources to assist in reducing the number of late locate requests and No Show tickets. We hope to have the problems remedied and be current by Monday 27 October 2008 or sooner.
Please do not hesitate to call J***** S*****, VA Manager with any issues @ 703*******.
Thank you in advance for your patience as we work to quickly resolve our late ticket issue.
J*****, ECMS

[TheCableVine]

I just recieved this via e-mail today from one of our associations.


To Whom It May Concern:
We at ECSM are experiencing some unexpected volumes and large locate requests that are somewhat substantially longer and require more time to locate underground facilities than expected. We apologize if this is causing any type of delay of your work and are working diligently to ensure an on time completion of all locate requests.
We are bringing in outside resources to assist in reducing the number of late locate requests and No Show tickets. We hope to have the problems remedied and be current by Monday 27 October 2008 or sooner.
Please do not hesitate to call J***** S*****, VA Manager with any issues @ 703*******.
Thank you in advance for your patience as we work to quickly resolve our late ticket issue.
J*****, ECMS
Did ECSM ever get caught up?

[ifinditunderground]

No word whatsoever, not that I am waiting on them for any tickets to get marked so I can work.

[2RUDE]

ECSM lost Verizon a couple of years back in Central and UpState NY, actually were ask to never bid again. Now they primaily do stray voltage work for National Grid in the service areas for NG. There was a rumor they were working on Fort Drum in Watertown but that hasn't been validated. They are out of Carlisle, PA and when CLS lost NJ as a whole ECSM, Premier and Utiliquest sucked up all of the scraps.
I know more and names of persons who work there to stay away from but I'm not going to post it here.


I recall hearing that shortly after ECSM took over the Verizon in New Jersey after CLS pulled out, that there was an at fault Verizon Damage in New Jersey, that was supposedly the biggest Verizon had ever taken. Fiber and or duct run that was supposedly going to run into the millions to repair/replace. Anybody have more details on this?

[stoner77]

What is happening down in Chesapeake,Va