Wow. Kinda sucks down here in Florida... its hard to even approach 20 an hour.
$18/hr rarely get OT Double time if you get called from home. I'm a 5th year residential tech in southern MN. NATE Certified, EPA certified.
Don't move to Missouri, right to work equals low pay. Low pay makes jack a dull boy.
Do you mean working non-Union in an R-T-W state equals low wages?
Yes I fogot about you lucky union guys. I would kill for a union job.
I think my package is twenty seven and change but that's shop.
Field is about thirty and change.
Hussmann is headquartered in STL. They should have a Hussmann Services branch there. I'm not sure it would be a Union location though.
Do non-Union chiller service shops pay just under $50/Hr in Boston?
I don't work in Boston. I'm pretty sure the only chiller/commercial shops inside 495 are union. I don't know. I'm out west, it's a bit more competitive, and changing all the time, we have a shortage of journeymen out here.
I'm not anti or pro union. I haven't had an offer good enough yet to actually leave, from anywhere. I believe a tech should be paid by what they're worth, bring to the table, and how much money they make the shop/company. I don't think all techs are equal, or should be paid equally. Though, I will confess, I just recently learned that isn't exactly case. I have a couple of guys that keep telling to go down to the hall and talk to them... So.. I may at some point. I don't know.
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Guys can bring a whole realm to the table here, $300K billed out. The most they'll get is a pat on the back.
The biggest secret in a non-Union shop is how much everybody makes.
Depends...I get $18.56/hr. Will be a second year apprentice in May and will be bumped to $22.
I have to disagree, not if you look at it long term, pension benefits and annuity funds have to count. Also look at fixed costs, a new Tahoe isn't going to be cheaper in
Tennessee than New Jersey. Cars, higher education, building material, fuel, or appliance cost will be similar.
I don't know what your lifestyle is, but most of my contemporaries with 25 years or more as union techs seem comfortable, and have prospects for a great
retirement lifestyle. Do your colleagues own homes with decent equity? Were their wives able to stay home with school age children? Are they able to help with kids
college costs? Can you expect a 35k yearly pension? A 500k annuity account with your name on it? I hope our situations are similar, we all work too hard and spend too
much time away from home to give ourselves away.