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Originally Posted by beachtech

lmao i wouldn't do ice machines either!!! inless it was an ice plant

ewww... one of my fisrt ones to clean was in a convenience store..... Ugh... GROSS!
bout gagged cleaning it!

Originally Posted by Bubbleheadski

thats what I need to do... but our company doesnt do much commercial....
they did about 10 percent back when I started... but they have dropped a lot of accounts... only have like 3 right now. They dont even do ice machines any more.

lmao i wouldn't do ice machines either!!! inless it was an ice plant

thats what I need to do... but our company doesnt do much commercial....
they did about 10 percent back when I started... but they have dropped a lot of accounts... only have like 3 right now. They dont even do ice machines any more.

Originally Posted by Bubbleheadski

well depends on who ya work for.....
Last christmas... I had 18 hrs for the week.... 8 of that was holiday pay. I worked 2, 5 hr days. 2 yrs ago it wasnt so bad but 3 yrs ago... I worked at least 30 a week.
The company i work for now says they pretty much can keep me busy with 40 a week. I have a feeling my old company will be slowing soon.... they already have no work for some installers..... we are staying hammered in service and we have one guy dedicated to installs... and another who can do then too. Us service techs do heatpumps if thats all thats getting changed out.
I get an hourly rate... where as beachie is getting the big bucks. But I think he is into commercial.... I am 99 percent resi.

i do about 90 percent resi and 10 percent comm work. am trying to build up the commercial customer base, cause am tired of doing resi work. so far i have had good success in building it up

i don't worry about hours, i worry about getting jobs with a lot of crap effed up so i can charge more money to fix it lol

my piggy bank is so tiny only 1 penny will fit into it!

Originally Posted by meoberry

Looks like I need to move to N.C. They don't pay anything like that down here. What kind of hours do you get during winter.

well depends on who ya work for.....
Last christmas... I had 18 hrs for the week.... 8 of that was holiday pay. I worked 2, 5 hr days. 2 yrs ago it wasnt so bad but 3 yrs ago... I worked at least 30 a week.
The company i work for now says they pretty much can keep me busy with 40 a week. I have a feeling my old company will be slowing soon.... they already have no work for some installers..... we are staying hammered in service and we have one guy dedicated to installs... and another who can do then too. Us service techs do heatpumps if thats all thats getting changed out.
I get an hourly rate... where as beachie is getting the big bucks. But I think he is into commercial.... I am 99 percent resi.

Originally Posted by meoberry

Looks like I need to move to N.C. They don't pay anything like that down here. What kind of hours do you get during winter.

is called PERFORMANCE PAY

you don't get paid if you don't work your azz off!!!!

winter slacks of big time! gotta make hay when you can, and put it in a tiny lil piggy bank

Originally Posted by beachtech

that's what you get paid for warranty work and call backs.

the rest is 16% of the bill.

with all the warranty work and call backs and then my 16% of what i billed, that 2800 week was over 10k in work done

is no wonder why i am not one of the posters complaining about getting fat

Looks like I need to move to N.C. They don't pay anything like that down here. What kind of hours do you get during winter.

lol

Fat? I would say..... you need to go on Dance your A$$ off!

youd be like the 1000 lb guy.... you would need a breast reduction not to mention gastric bypass... youd be that FAT!
Best of luck to ya!

Originally Posted by Bubbleheadski

uh. yeah thats weak! but thats your price on your time sheet? or your invoice price?

that's what you get paid for warranty work and call backs.

the rest is 16% of the bill.

with all the warranty work and call backs and then my 16% of what i billed, that 2800 week was over 10k in work done

is no wonder why i am not one of the posters complaining about getting fat

uh. yeah thats weak! but thats your price on your time sheet? or your invoice price?

Originally Posted by Bubbleheadski

you suck! I could see performance pay doing better in commercial than resi.... to many factors in resi to take into account. warranty.... callbacks.... etc... maybe only maybe if your office was good at calculating it well... it could work.
congrats... maybe you will get it this week!

you calculate it. warranty time is a hourly rate set by your shop. ours is a very weak 18 an hour

Originally Posted by beachtech

lol she proly wouldn't want anything to do with a HVAC guy after watching the time and effort you have to devote to the trade least we are home more than a sailor

LOL... yes we are. I think my wife is glad she didnt meet me when I was in.
but while I would like to think my daughter realizes how much I work.... I bet she would see $$ if whe did date someone who was in the biz.... (lol with my luck she would date a helper who was just happy to stay a helper! )
LMAO

Originally Posted by alikair

What do you mean by "godd comm tech"?

yea my typing isn't the greatest "GOOD comm (ercial)" tech.

Originally Posted by beachtech

yea i did it without breaking 65 hours lol

big jobs though

performance pay is awesome, at times

you suck! I could see performance pay doing better in commercial than resi.... to many factors in resi to take into account. warranty.... callbacks.... etc... maybe only maybe if your office was good at calculating it well... it could work.
congrats... maybe you will get it this week!

come to florida

I put in 52 hours this week. Changed a compressor in Trane water to air yesterday. Man those things are good for extra hours. With their rotary compressors. Got it down to 2 hours flat if we have a compressor in stock. We handle two condos 200+ rooms each with those things in them.

Boss won't be happy when he sees time sheet.

Originally Posted by beachtech

yeah, there place that doesn't need air conditioning, and everyone uses wood burning stoves for heat

better be a godd comm tech if that's your location of choice

What do you mean by "godd comm tech"?

Originally Posted by Bubbleheadski

naw..... her choices were App State, UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Charlotte.
LIke i would let her get near another HVACer just like I would another sailor!

lol she proly wouldn't want anything to do with a HVAC guy after watching the time and effort you have to devote to the trade least we are home more than a sailor

Originally Posted by Bubbleheadski

Oh gotcha! I maybe broke 2k in a week! have not had an 80hr week this yr like I have in the past 4 yrs.

yea i did it without breaking 65 hours lol

big jobs though

performance pay is awesome, at times