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He is a Hard Worker (telegra.ph)
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[–] 58 points 2 years ago (4 children)

There's a startling lack of quality a lot of the time now, it's gonna get hella bad when the trades-boomers go.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    True enough. I can only hear "NoBoDy WaNtS tO WoRk AnYmOrE" so many times before i figure who's to blame for that

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Exactly. Nobody wants to work for unliveable wages. It's a wage shortage, not a labour shortage.

    Or, after being tired of being lowballed for work and offers to be paid in exposure, "fuck you, pay me."

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    A local (and very well off) welding company wanted me to pay for my own courses and equipment when I applied. It would have been hundreds of dollars out of my pocket, for MAYBE a chance to be taken on as an apprentice, if I withstand being the shop bítch for long enough.
    PART TIME.

    yea,

    FUCK OFF

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is so crazy to me. I got into a low voltage trade and everything was paid for. I brought minor hand tools, but everything over 100$ was provided. And that is like standard around me (for new guys). Also amazing wages once you're a well experienced worker. (Talking 5 years or so).

    Maybe not welding, or electrician, but pipefitters, plumberd, fire guys, all great trades.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What kind of work is that if I were to go looking? I really enjoyed control wiring for HVAC systems, didn't enjoy lugging boilers up flights of stairs or brazing compressors in place in Manhattan with 1/2sqft of space to work in...

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    My work specifically i very company dependant, but data wire, access control, fire, cameras, all the fun "low voltage" stuff. Normally you'll find Access, Security, and Cameras bundled. Sometimes with Fire, sometimes Data. All depends on who ya look for!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    lost Italian?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    uh

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Most trade jobs don't pay enough. As an auto tech The offerings are not good, because most dealers keep most of the profits. Nurses are getting screwed left and right too. I tried switching over to being a truck driver and they actually pay less now than they used to, this is after the supposed shortage and I was out 14hrs a day.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Or in my case: "cool no one wants to pay me, I guess I'm taking the $1000 out of savings and starting my own businesses." It's way more stress, but I'm making enough money that I can think about buying a house and retiring before I die.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Things are built to spec. Everybody wants that 4500sf house but most people don't know what quality looks like. When I was house shopping, the new construction homes homes already made me very disappointed and leary. I eventually bought an older home with a Stablok panel and felt better about that. 😂 Swapped the panel out after close, I'm not nuts.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    I eventually bought an older home with a Stablok panel and felt better about that.

    My house had a Bulldog panel with the original 1960s inspection sticker still attached to it. Swapped it for a modern 200 amp panel when I had my solar panels installed.

    It's hard to buy a new house in my area... They're so expensive, and the quality just isn't there.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Leery is a synonym of wary. Leary is an angry man named Dennis that we thought was funny for a year or two.

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