Something aint right.....
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I assume they quit bald after tearing their hair out.
I dont know what utulity it is he works for, but I work for a public utility and the job apllication is this. You know someone ( uncle, neighbor, aunt etc) who knows someone in the union or HR. They tell some people who tell you and you call a number to schedule a test. You pass the test ( which is typically based on being able to navigate a map, basic problem solving and situational exercizes in a multiple choice format) and you get put on a list. Its beyond easy. ( I have taken all of the tests in my tenure)If it the union that helped you, they have all the tests so they will give you "sample tests" to review. You get a call and you get the job. No interview, no scrutinizing your education history nothing. I am not saying this is how this utility works, but thats how the one I work for operates.
I have seen people who I am shocked can find their way to work daily get jobs as "technicians" making obscene amounts of money and watch my mother who is a teacher with a masters degreen work her tail off for a fraction of what these people earn.
if you cant tell, I think the system pretty much sucks
I have seen people who I am shocked can find their way to work daily get jobs as "technicians" making obscene amounts of money and watch my mother who is a teacher with a masters degreen work her tail off for a fraction of what these people earn.
if you cant tell, I think the system pretty much sucks
*H8R plans to look up local utility jobs when he gets home...*
it's very common for linemen to make $80k-$100k a year with all the overtime they work...
PS: Welcome to the real world
I've worked in the elec utility industry for years and i can tell most of you have no idea what the fvck you are talking about...
With a 2 year electrical engineering cert, you can start out here around 50k doing HVAC/controls/electrical work no problem.
One of my brothers has no schooling, but has attended several honeywell schools, makes 70k+
Another brother is a pipefitter, 4 year apprencticeship, makes 75k+ in Chicago.
Father is an HVAC crew foreman, makes more than both of them...got to 10th grade.
If you learn a serious constructionesque trade or skill, there is money to be made. That would be the real world.
One of my brothers has no schooling, but has attended several honeywell schools, makes 70k+
Another brother is a pipefitter, 4 year apprencticeship, makes 75k+ in Chicago.
Father is an HVAC crew foreman, makes more than both of them...got to 10th grade.
If you learn a serious constructionesque trade or skill, there is money to be made. That would be the real world.
it is quite common for technicians to make more than degreed enginerds.
This is almost always usually due to blue collar types getting paid for overtime etc...where white collar enginerds are salary.
Well it's also alot of hard work, problem solving, etc. And depends where you are as well. I worked for the company my dad and brother do for a year, started out at $11 an hour, but worked on military bases the whole time making about $34 because of scale pay, prevailing wages. Or working for city contracts, same deal, but less money. Kind of "who you know" as well, cause as "Boss's kid" I ended up on the good scale jobs usually.
Running conduit, pulling cable, wiring up controls/panels = no fun and hot, but still easier than lineman work.
it is defiantly harder work to be a journeyman than an engineer.
No enginerds have to climb a 60' pole with a broken cross arm and sheered insulator pens in the middle of a major frozen rain storm using hooks....
nope. The enginerd just sits in a warm car and points the flood light at the pole.
You think that's bad, have you seen how much a Jawa's hourly wage works out to be? It's hard work in the hot sand, selling droids to cheapskate moisture vaporator farmers, not to mention the bribe money you have to pay to Stormtroopers.
post of the new year.