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Barts Electric Careers
What is a Merit Shop?
Barts Electric is a merit shop. What that means is that we do not operate as a union or have union employees in our business. We have chosen to be a merit shop electrical contractor because we seek out employees with the highest skills, who take the most initiative, and perform at the highest levels. In return, we reward them with employment opportunities, advancement opportunities, and amazing benefits.
Since our inception, we have chosen to work with our employees one-on-one. We do not allow union interference. We respect their rights and offer competitive benefits and compensation. We make our hiring decisions based on the ability of an employee, not on their union or nonunion status. By operating our business in this way, we can provide both our employees and our clients with a higher quality experience at every level. Along with this philosophy we have developed some guidelines, which we have listed here.
- We accept responsibility for making sure that our voice is heard. We believe merit shops are a movement that improves the lives of individuals, the industry and the country.
- We believe strongly in open competition and free enterprise.
- We believe that employees and employers should both have the right to determine the wages and working conditions of their employees, either individually or collectively, provided they do so within the laws.
- We support sound legislation on workers' safety, workers compensation, and unemployment.
- We believe that fair play between employees and employers is essential for the preservation of our free-market system.
- We believe the law should safeguard the rights of all employees, regardless of race or creed, age or national origin. We believe that everyone should have access to job opportunities.
- We are against violence.
- We believe all government entities should be responsible stewards of taxpayer funds and that government should only award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder. We don't support unjustified pressures to violate these principles.
- We believe monopolies, or any type price or wage fixing in either the private sector or the public sector, are detrimental to our system of free enterprise.
- We believe that the best way to help all Americans is through cooperation, reconciliation, as well following the principles of free enterprise and democratic government. Business leaders should be active in politics and civic affairs to best protect these tenets.
We offer a wider range of services and operate in a larger area than union electric contractors. This means that our craft workers have more work to choose from. We believe this consistency in work has an overall benefit for our workers that isn’t yet realized by unionized electrical contractors.
Our career electricians will typically share how rewarding their life has been as an electrician working in a merit shop. Some will even share about how they have developed a 7-figure retirement portfolio by working as an electrician for a merit shop like Barts Electric.
Today marks a major milestone at Barts Electric—our 700th consecutive weekly all-company safety meeting. That’s over 13 years of never missing a Tuesday morning meeting. Every week, everyone from apprentices to execs comes together to focus on a specific safety topic, share exciting project updates, and spotlight team members going above and beyond. It’s more than a meeting—it’s a reflection of our commitment to sending every employee home safe. Week after week. Year after year. We’re proud of the culture we’ve built and grateful for every person who keeps it going. Here’s to the next 700. #SafetyMeeting #ConstructionSafety #ElectricalSafety #JobsiteSafety #Electrician #Safety
Big results. Short timeline. Outstanding crew. This team made serious progress on one of our major active projects, and we couldn’t be prouder. They proved what happens when skill, pride, and teamwork come together with purpose. This is more than a job—it’s a craft. And thank you to every Barts Electric employee who’s not pictured but who has contributed to this one along the way. #ElectricianLife
Some of our 2nd-year apprentices in the Florida division gave up their Saturday morning to study together—and we think that says a lot. About drive. About teamwork. About the kind of people we’re proud to call Barts Electric. After the books they fired up the grille and got the cornhole boards out. Learning, laughing, leveling up. That’s what we mean when we say: We Build People. If you’re looking for a place where people have your back—on the job and off—we’re hiring! Barts Electric is currently looking for experienced electricians and apprentices in Kansas City, Florida, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Visit our Careers page to learn more and apply: https://www.bartselectric.com/current-employment-opportunities/ #WeBuildPeople #BartsElectric #ElectricianLife #ApprenticeElectrician #ElectricalApprenticeship #Hiring #Electricians #Construction.
