Technician sentiment: PE-owned HVAC conglomerates, good and bad

On the HVAC Know It All podcast, the host recounts visiting a PE-owned HVAC conglomerate that acquired and consolidated multiple businesses and trains technicians well, but contrasts it with widespread horror stories of techs leaving PE-backed companies that train sales tactics over technical skill.

“And I went to a business that is private equity owned and they bought up different types of businesses around and created this conglomerate and they do good things.”

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