Sounds to me this company is a very poorly ran company. If all that is going on I would get out a find a new opportunity.
I was in a similar situation 8 months ago, where it was the best paying job and a good place to work till he wouldn’t give me a raise after I got my masters also he quit getting work, to the point the last few months was almost 40 hours a month.
I decided to go out on my own, now 6 months later I have more work than I know what to do with, and making a lot more.
All that to say I think you need to move on, there is so many places looking for electricians, it’s not worth the headache dealing with all the nonsense of this company, no matter how good the pay is.
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Remember reading about that here. IIRC your previous mentor was fair to you, and deserved your patience and consideration.
Glad to see your prior mentor will be getting out to train again. However, surviving 6-months on your own is the tip of this iceburg. Anyone that goes from W2 to Self-employed will be exposed to learning curves with bidding, general contractors, cash flow, and regulatory issues.
None of this is mastered in 6 month, much less the regulatory side. My State License Board reports over 50% of licensed contractors register themselves exempt from Workmans Comp, but do work not possible without helpers. Trying to get my clients help, finds 90% of EC's registered at the license board declare themselves WC exempt, and most likely show up to these jobs with a crew.
If one of these helpers try to collect on an injury, the labor Dpt., Unemployment Dpt., OSHA, State License board, and if violating Building Permits, the municipality will all descend upon that contractor, who will either file bankruptcy, and change corporate names to continue business as usual, or throw the Responsible Managing Operator (RMO) under the bus.
While exclusive service work avoids some bad business, tax reporting and accounting incompetence still gets me. I found professional Tax advisors were specialized in either W2 or corporate returns, and quit after getting caught screwing up my taxes. I stopped a Tax Attorney from submitting my tax return after he copy & pasted data from a prior tax year. It seams everybody relies upon tax software expert systems, which are very expensive to keep updated with every year's tax changes, new laws, & formats.
Filing IRS 1040 with Sched C, may avoid the formal title of corporate scum, but still imposes criminal liability for all sorts of tax filing errors. The last time I was audited the IRS refunded me for paying twice the amount owed. After providing ~4 hours of online customer support to get it filed the previous year, my IRS Approved E-File provider had cut off the support option for this round of filing errors.
The private enterprise of professional services are incompetent, if not more so, than the defunded & busted government.
