I drove 5 hours across two states to unplug a fax machine and plug in the signage. They assured me they hadn’t touched the phone line before I even left. I could only bill for the time I was there and the pay per mile was abysmal.
10 hours of my life I’ll never get back.
don’t worry, I took my crimping tool and shattered their tip of the line for the fax machine. The company I worked for only supported the signage. when they called to complain that I broke it I simply said, “It was like that when I got there. someone must have stepped on it.”
I could only bill for the time I was there and the pay per mile was abysmal.
This is one of the best changes going from IT to the trades. My billable hours now start the moment I get in my work van at home and end the moment I get out of my van at home. Our time is billed the same regardless of if it’s drive time or time on site. If a customer hundreds of miles away wants me on their site at 1AM to fix their screwup then I am more than happy spending hours just driving, listening to podcasts, and making double time after hours pay the whole way.
I recently had a job where I had to drive 3 hours to a customer site and the only work I wound up having to do there was make a phonecall to their building automation person which the customer could have done on their own.
Customers who can’t follow basic instructions went from being the bane of my existance to being the most lucrative and relaxing part of my job.
I drove 5 hours across two states to unplug a fax machine and plug in the signage. They assured me they hadn’t touched the phone line before I even left. I could only bill for the time I was there and the pay per mile was abysmal.
10 hours of my life I’ll never get back.
don’t worry, I took my crimping tool and shattered their tip of the line for the fax machine. The company I worked for only supported the signage. when they called to complain that I broke it I simply said, “It was like that when I got there. someone must have stepped on it.”
fuck lying shit-ass users. don’t fuck with IT.
This is one of the best changes going from IT to the trades. My billable hours now start the moment I get in my work van at home and end the moment I get out of my van at home. Our time is billed the same regardless of if it’s drive time or time on site. If a customer hundreds of miles away wants me on their site at 1AM to fix their screwup then I am more than happy spending hours just driving, listening to podcasts, and making double time after hours pay the whole way.
I recently had a job where I had to drive 3 hours to a customer site and the only work I wound up having to do there was make a phonecall to their building automation person which the customer could have done on their own.
Customers who can’t follow basic instructions went from being the bane of my existance to being the most lucrative and relaxing part of my job.
You are the type of it worker this meme is referring to.
I know…that’s why I shared. 🤷