Exceed Electrical Contracting

This review comes 2 years after I worked for Exceed and may not reflect on the current practices and company culture. The Good: In the year that I worked for Exceed I witnessed mostly quality electrical practices performed by the majority of employees. The hardware used was of higher quality and there was an overall desire to be conscientious. The Bad: When I started at Exceed I genuinely wanted to do well and tried my best daily by the end I left the trades for good. In the first location I was “mentored” by a poor example of an electrician. He left a few weeks later when he went to prison. I then worked under a master electrician (DP) who would show up very late to work every day. After a month of chaos, I walked off the job. The owner (Adam) called me and asked me to come back to work. I gave it another shot and was sent to another journeyman. While working with him in extreme weather a ladder blew over and split my head open. He begged me not to say anything, I didn’t. While working with him I was forced to clean fans at an Amazon warehouse overnight. I explained to Adam, that I cannot work overnight randomly as I have a family. This was later used against me when I was fired. I was then sent to work with Rolf who I enjoyed working with greatly. Shortly afterward, (DP) killed himself. I was then sent to another Journeyman (Joe D) who was inept and very dangerous. He also was very vulgar when discussing females. I was learning nothing but poor practices. I then bounced back and forth between doing pre-fab work and working with Joe D until I was fired. Message to the Owner: As C.G. Jung says, “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” Exceed, like many companies, act psychopathic. For example, Exceed kept the difference of Davis Bacon wages from employees to put into “company pensions” because that is what “a lot of companies do”. Not only is this ethically bankrupt but also poor reasoning (appeal to tradition). His aspirations are overshadowing his ethics and have lead to a surprisingly high employee churn rate. Another example was while doing prefab I would see Adam daily. Every day he would walk right past me and other employees without even acknowledging our presence. When another admin, named Marty, would come by he would stop and talk to us for a minute. Marty was well-liked and employees tried hard for him because of this. The juxtaposition was stark and hurt morale. I believe, Adam’s aspirations to make a lot of money will continue to subvert his leadership. Adam once said to me, “I know Josh is a psychopath, his ex-wife, and my wife are close friends but that makes him a good salesman”. I had a couple of intimate conversations with Adam and heard him say many loving things about his family. So what’s the deal? Aspirations + monetary success = perceived power. I highly suggest you reflect on the research paper “Power, Distress, and Compassion: Turning a Blind Eye to the Suffering of Others” The research demonstrates “that responses to individuals who suffer are a foundation of cooperative communities. As predicted, participants with a higher sense of power experienced less distress and less compassion and exhibited greater autonomic emotion regulation when confronted with another participant's suffering. Additional analyses revealed that these findings could not be attributed to power-related differences in baseline emotion or decoding accuracy, but were likely shaped by power-related differences in the motivation to affiliate.” My suggestion is to stop looking for minions and start investing in your community long-term. The degradation of our society is apparent and companies like Exceed play their part. “If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”

Exceed Electrical are who you should call for any electrical need. Exceed Electrical has done a number of commercial projects now for one of my clients. He has said, and I quote "Their work is excellent. Even when their bid is a little higher than others, I continue to choose Exceed Electrical because their is no substitute for quality work. I would rather pay a little more and get quality then pay less and get who knows what." If you have a job where you need quality electrical work done, make sure you hire quality electricians hire Exceed Electrical.

As a general contractor I have hired Exceed several times to scope out, design, and execute my most complicated and high dollar value contracts as well as the everyday work. Adam Stockton is my main point of contact and he is always responsive both by phone and email, and is quite meticulous about his record keeping which helps me keep track of all the little changes that happen when we are piecing together high-end residential electrical systems. Five stars: Service, knowledge base, and execution.

We had the Exceed team come out to our property yesterday. Aaron the field supervisor was outstanding and reassured me that they were able to resolve our electrical needs at our property. His team remained professional throughout the process. Josh our main contact remained available with any questions I had. I would also like to thank Amy in the office for her assistance finalizing the process. I would definitely recommend these electricians to friends and family. Thank you!

Exceed Electrical worked on my condominium building that has 12 floors and about 84 units. Not a small job to say the least... We were extremely satisfied with their work, professionalism and speediness to complete the job. They were referred to me by a painter in the building so I shopped around a few other contractors and exceed came back with the best bid. I would highly recommend this company for any electrical work. Thank You Exceed Electrical!