Should Electricians Be Worried About Layoffs?
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2024
- Do electricians need to be worried about being laid off? How can electricians be prepared for layoffs? I address that and more in this video!
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Buddy of mine who owns his construction company was giving me some advice when I told him I needed a new career. He said in a downturn, you don’t need the carpenter. They can always cover a broken window with boards. You don’t need the builders, people just won’t build. But you will always need to flush your toilets and power your refrigerator.
This is why you also get good at service, not just construction and installs.
Service work is specialized skill it takes years and years to be proficient service electrician.
Pays well too if you can line them up efficiently in your schedule @stepanvinnikov6024
I agree, I love doing new work, but service is a whole other game. Gotta use that knoggin!
Ex: 240 to a 110 receptacle for a sump pump. 🤯🤯🤯
It’s so hard to land a service job
@@maverickbeats2226 your language makes up your reality
Just got my first layoff after a year and a half with the same contractor. Work just got too slow. But im excited to work somewhere else and hopefully learn new things from different people.
Layoffs are just a part of this thing. Almost everyone in the union will get laid off sooner or later. Nothing to feel bad about.
Hate that
Yea but the problem is people have themselves and family they need to provide for car notes, bills, rent etc nobody got time to be out of a job union or not.
@@cameronjackson461 have you worked both union and non-union?
saving for a rainy day is the most important thing you can do.
If you are working for yourself. Make sure you collect 50% before starting any job. Never let anyone buy the materials. Protect yourself
So we buy the material for them and charge them more?
I tried to apply to your union for the same program that you went through and I'm still 1100 people out. It's always "we need more trade workers" untill people actually want to do that
Not since everybody and their mothers learning to be an electrician.
No trade experience? Start working as a construction wireman and/or a material handler. We do need more trade workers, but it's not a revolving door.
Try other trades in Chicago easy access to become plumber but not electrician
The video didn't mention favoratism and toxic shops that might not care how good you are. Just got laid off as a first term after a few months of work on my first dispatch.
yea i just got kicked out of my place that had some favoritism. i did good work, had months more time at the company over other apprentices (some of us were 7 months, some 4, some 1), and always showed up early/on time. apparently seniority nor quality of work matters when some guys dont get along with you/dont work well with you.
I was layed off over a dozen times during my attempt to graduate. One of the sitting members of the review board asked me where I belonged and I said 'where ever you send me' haha. Of course I asked other members why they would ask me that and they tell me it's their job to assign you not ask you where you should go but then that comes down to where you live or where you grew up. I was upgrading lights to 277v at a fire station when one guy realized I didn't grow up in that city. Next thing I knew I was layed off again. An address change was difficult for some reason at least for me. I worked with journeymen that lived in tents but an apprentice can't change an address without some hassle? Eh oh well.
Do u think being an electrician will be a good choice.
Great vid Brotha
Keep up the content
Cool advice 😎 thanks for sharing 👍
I’ve been a non union electrician for 6 years and been laid off about 3 times but I’ve always been able to find work at a new company. I once found a job 18 hours after getting laid off. Also there is a bunch of temp agencies that work with hundreds of electrical contractors and they can quickly find work for you.
What are the name of these agencies please
Did you go to a trade school?
how dare you mention father daves name lolol, great video as always, "and i feel dumb even saying that"
We need a video about Map jurisdiction! Like if your local cover a big place, does that mean u will travel too much? If the map is big, can i see 95% of the work is just in 1-2 big cities? So that will make you don't travel alot? Should i choose a local covers a small area?
You should do a video on traveling electricians. Could you interview those that are on the road?
This is a topic that I plan on covering soon! I’ve been thinking about how I want to do that video since I can’t speak from my own experience, and an interview style video was one of my ideas! Thanks for this suggestion!
It amazes me how much people hate travelers. I plan on traveling and I know I’m gonna get a lot of crap from locals. It doesn’t bother me but I know it would be really annoying to deal with.
@Sparky272 That's unfortunate to hear. My local that I'm applying to is considered a suitcase local. Most of our members are on the road. It's expected that we're supposed to be traveling for work.
@@hmoobmikah yeah my local is tiny. 659 but I enjoy seeing new places and would eventually like to go to some remote jobs that offer incentive pay. When I started I was working on a big hospital addition that had 100 a day incentive just to get people to work on it. (We are the lowest paid local in Oregon so nobody wanted to come here)
I can't find work outside of my local because it's not allowed. I only work like half the year
I like layoffs, i stay finically safe. I dont mind being able to use the unemployment benefits i pay into once and awhile
I feel like if you get ahead of it layoffs could be a nice vacation. I know it takes a while while to get to that point, however
I generally like to work for bigger GC's, multi custom renos. If I ever get laid off by one I've always made sure ive done good work and can always get call back from all my previous GC's. Build good healthy relationships.
Layoffs simply come with the territory. Plan and prepare accordingly.
Every job comes to an end. Especially in construction. Never plan on making a career with one company. Take care of yourself. Don't let them shove benefits down your throat. Get all you can in cash and buy your own benefits. They hold that paid vacation over your head and just before you get in your year to qualify for it you get canned.
Great advice brother 👍🏻
Can you request to work in other unions as an apprentice if the union you’re at is slow?
How long was you on the wait list to get in to the IBEW
How often does it happen? And is it easier to find work immediately?
Just got laid off as a 4th term sparky apprentice. bossman told me i would only be home for a couple weeks. its now been over a month with no call back. turns out 28 people have been also laid off and the company has only 2 jobs going. sometimes i wish i went with another career. these layoffs are harsh on your mental health and bank account.
Phone company for 10 years here. They call the layoffs Surplus. I got threatened w surplus for the entire 5 years I was in Portland.
How much of your local is sitting at home already?
Passed my test, waiting for interview date.
I am blessed to be in a market w a strong union. Local 481. We have a few large projects that will take 3 to 4 years to complete. Our Apprenticeship enrollment has doubled. We are having a hard time manning these projects. 70 hour work weeeks are avaliable... Gonna try to pay off a vehicle and build an emergency fund over the next 3 years.
layoff = payoff! construction boom in the local i am working out of .
I was laid off along with 100+ others from the company we were at in phx az . One of my coworkers committed suicide after being laid off. I’m pretty lost right now I’m trying other electrical companies but so far only offer is 8$ less then my pay I was laid off from..
I was with the company 4 years.
If an apprentice get laid off, what will happen with the class?
Hello I have a question please
What type of work would you say is the most reliable; industrial, residential, or linemen?
Industrial, you make good money! I say just pick one of it and stick to it and be really good at and you will be valuable to the company and they will have no choice but hire you.
Join oil rig/refinery work, also facility maintenance you will always get a job
Industrial is most reliable. Residential is not very reliable unless you do service. Lineman storm work is very reliable.
Just got done with a data center a couple weeks ago and have been laid off since then. I’m patiently waiting to get back to work!
That’s scary
Ah yes,
When you find out you don’t make 50.00 and hour,
You make 25.00 ONLY when you are working.
Electrician isn’t a career,
Quit lying to folks , it’s a job.
I did 18 years in the trade I am keeping it 100.
It’s cool as an apprentice,
As you get up in the scale you’ll be smoked loke!
6 months here, 4 months there,..
Remember what I said, I’m gone now how your heads.
I didn't understand your comment well because I'm not native in English, can you please clarify it? Do you recommend being an electrician or not?
@@abanoubmelad2919 yes when you are young, and for about 10 years maximum.
After that companies only use you periodically because your make a lot per hour, but you’re not always working.
Ibew is a glorified temp agency.
In Portland Oregon union electricians make almost $60/hr with almost $30/hr in benefits. Unionpayscales shows this. Even looking up their wages in local ibew 48 will show this. It's all dependent on where you live and how strong your union is.
@@hmoobmikah
I'm living in Florida, what's your opinion?
@@hmoobmikah I’m not arguing the wages,
I’m arguing the consistency of one’s employment.
As we can see from the video, being an awesome electrician STILL sitting on the sidelines like a chump???
Half of the year??? Not worth it .
I’m local 11 Los Angeles,
The biggest in the nation.
And the rattiest.
I know good and well.
I think union electrician get layoff more than non-union?
Absolutely correct.
@@PeymanSultan-wn6iwwhy is that? im looking into this field and have no prior experience
@@thatsnotkatbecause labor unions want to pay lowest wages.
Once you rank up in pay you become less profitable for the contractor and become part of a temporary agency.
All while paying monthly dues.
Becoming a circus 🎪 clown 🤡 of a sort,
Looking for work, landing work for weeks , or months of your lucky.
Ibew #100 fresno, best parttime job I ever had 😂😂😂😂😂
Watching this at work awaiting my layoff lmao
Oh no 😂😂
Can someone get laid off as an apprentice?
From what I've been told. Yea
I just got accepted to ibew local i was curious do they have any policies on carrying while working for the company. I am licensed and former armed security so was just wondering about their policies.
lol I am currently in security and looking to become an electrician
Big Boys
"You work for the IBEW and you are on loan to an Contractor." thats the way our union works.
A glorified temp agency.
? @@hmoobmikah
@@Kuzon315 the union finds you work like a temp agency.
You could work for a contractor for a month, 1 year or 20 years. Remember you build your way out of a job. @@hmoobmikah
What I try to do is keep my basic living requirements (ie. rent/mortgage, utilities, food, etc) if possible at what my income will be with unemployment. This will allow for putting money aside for a rainy day while also allowing for planned purchases (ie. big kid toys 🛥️).
Additionally, each local has its own procedures for filling job calls. Some locals do it by phone calling those in the “out of work list” while others require members to show up in person to be dispatched. In LA to be able to take a call you have to be there in person that day. Otherwise your skipped giving the opportunity to work to those with higher numbers than you in the out of work list. But again each local is different and that is driven in part by the size of the local as well as what the membership decides is fair.
i just got laid off wtf do i even do