Flock Safety In-House Installers are "The Backbone of the Company"
Flock Safety is growing rapidly, raising $300 million in the last year and now hiring dozens of in-house field installers across the US.
In this report, we examine their hiring based on feedback from Flock to IPVM, Flock's atypical approach, and its impact on the quick-install LPR market.
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**** ***** **** * **** **. Did ***** *** *** **** ***** up?
**. **** *** **** *** ***** coverage?
******* ****** ****** ******* ** ** Flock ****** *** *******
*** ***** *** * ***** ****** Department ****** ******** ** ****** ***** Sales
***** ****** ****** **** *** ***** LPR, **** ****** ** **** ****** Flock
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**** ** *** ***** **** ***** now. *****, *** ***** ********* ** be **** ** ****** **** ** use ** *** **** ****.
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** *** ***'* **** ****, ************@****.****** **'** **** *** * **** refund *** ****** **** *******.
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