Working Saturdays

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We work 24X7 have done this for 30+ years it comes with the type of work we do. We have worked most holidays (Though I/we avoid this like the plague).
 
It's 1:47 and I just faxed a material list to my supply house.

Saturday is just another day to me, that if we need to work, we will. We try not to, but it happens. Sundays too.

But, it's hunting season.

Was on a job yesterday and the GC said he lost his trim carpenter to 'hunting season' and now the job is behind schedule.

Now i'm going to take my nightly nap...zzzzz
 
emahler said:
what happens if her house burns down? i assume your insurance will cover your work?
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Well, I dont have to worry about that because I was there and fixed everything. I looked at everything he touched, and really all he did was hook up the origional wires wrong. It was quite easy money to tell you the truth. Shes more likely to have her house burn down due to lightning then any electrical that I have touched.

Yes, I am very confident in my work and am proud of it. :smile:

~matt
 
TOOL_5150 said:
Well, I dont have to worry about that because I was there and fixed everything. I looked at everything he touched, and really all he did was hook up the origional wires wrong. It was quite easy money to tell you the truth. Shes more likely to have her house burn down due to lightning then any electrical that I have touched.

Yes, I am very confident in my work and am proud of it. :smile:

~matt
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you either missed my point or avoided it...either way, others understand it...
 
emahler said:
you either missed my point or avoided it...either way, others understand it...
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:-?

What exactly IS your point? Do I have insurance? Yes. So what is the problem? I fixed what was broken, job done.

~Matt
 
fair enough...from the wording of your original post, it appeared as if you were employed by someone else and just moonlighting. Apparently, I was wrong.
 
I did read through what I had initally said. I agree with you, I was not as clear as I should be. I DO have 2 jobs, My own and I also work for another company [during the week] However, they are not an EC, they have their own license, which I cannot remember off the top of my head [the construction of prefab buildings] They install the building and I wire it, and hook it to a source. Since they are not an EC there is no conflict of interest. I have my own customer base which I had before I started at the current company and do work for them, including pulling the permits, and anyone they refer to me. Life is good.

~Matt
 
TOOL_5150 said:
I did read through what I had initally said. I agree with you, I was not as clear as I should be. I DO have 2 jobs, My own and I also work for another company [during the week] However, they are not an EC, they have their own license, which I cannot remember off the top of my head [the construction of prefab buildings] They install the building and I wire it, and hook it to a source. Since they are not an EC there is no conflict of interest. I have my own customer base which I had before I started at the current company and do work for them, including pulling the permits, and anyone they refer to me. Life is good.

~Matt
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Dang if you stay busy and pay the bills that is not a bad way to make living..
 
Work week

Work week

I work 4 1/2 hrs a day five days a week. No weekends. No holidays. Two four day weekands in November. Week off at Christmas and Easter. Ten weeks off during the summer.
 
electures said:
I work 4 1/2 hrs a day five days a week. No weekends. No holidays. Two four day weekands in November. Week off at Christmas and Easter. Ten weeks off during the summer.
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And they still complain that they don't get paid enough. :rolleyes:
 
I do not schedule for Saturday and Sunday, but I did work yesterday, due to an upcoming inspection on Monday. I hadn't even started the job, just looked at it, and I didn't even know I had the job until Friday at noon. Then at about 3:00, the data portion got dropped in my lap too. The GC calls me and says, "Oh, by the way, the inspection is at 11am.." :mad:

So, I had to get three guys to work in a 14 unit office outfit, cable and phone in every office with conduit stubs and bridle rings (pulled cable too), relocate lights and add switches in every office, relocate emergency lights, and add some outlets here and there. In at 9am, out at 3pm. Not too shabby for the three of us. :cool:
 
StreamlineGT said:
I do not schedule for Saturday and Sunday, but I did work yesterday, due to an upcoming inspection on Monday. I hadn't even started the job, just looked at it, and I didn't even know I had the job until Friday at noon. Then at about 3:00, the data portion got dropped in my lap too. The GC calls me and says, "Oh, by the way, the inspection is at 11am.." :mad:

So, I had to get three guys to work in a 14 unit office outfit, cable and phone in every office with conduit stubs and bridle rings (pulled cable too), relocate lights and add switches in every office, relocate emergency lights, and add some outlets here and there. In at 9am, out at 3pm. Not too shabby for the three of us. :cool:
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No, not at all. Can I borrow some workforce from you on occasion :)
 
oh, and we had to take down some sheetrock that was already put up.......... :mad: The GC isn't making life easy for me, is he, as long as he pays, I guess. At least I got approved for the time and a half!! $$$$$ Oh, and I forgot to add that it was all new work, which made it easy.
 
StreamlineGT said:
oh, and we had to take down some sheetrock that was already put up.......... :mad: The GC isn't making life easy for me, is he, as long as he pays, I guess. At least I got approved for the time and a half!! $$$$$ Oh, and I forgot to add that it was all new work, which made it easy.
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Still, pretty impressive ... e/m
 
impressive

impressive

Energy-Miser said:
Still, pretty impressive ... e/m
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impressive, indeed.

no wonder your screename is "streamline" :smile:
 
augie47 said:
impressive, indeed.

no wonder your screename is "streamline" :smile:
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Much is to be said about the help I had though. One of the two gentlemen worked as a data project foreman for a contractor at Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino, doing ALL of the data work they had. He was able to do all the stubs, rings, and cable pulling by himself! I didn't have to help him once. Kudos to him, and his pay reflects his ability. The other guy working with me on the line voltage stuff used to be a Navy nuclear electrician, and currently owns his own successful electrical company where he is all by himself. I had great guys, that is the secret of my success.
 
Customers is the key

Customers is the key

M-F always, Saturdays when needed, Sunday - Never, I need rest more than money.
 
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