EmeraldLynx
@verizon.net
| reply to ColorBASIC
Re: Anonymous insider: The real skivvy
O.K. folks, here's the real deal. I've lived in MD and VA and installed FiOs in the midwest and CA. The union employees do NOT want FiOs to fail. I can't speak for everyone, however, 99% of us are really excited about being on the ground floor of something new. FiOS success is our bread and butter.
I won't lie to you, there are folks who milk a job, every company has them, and those very few are the ones you hear about the most. As a technician, I apologize if you happen to have had one of those. We take pride in our reputation and do our best to provide peer pressure to the one or two here or there who may, or may not tow the line.
Now, to the installations. A lot of homes in Cali are prewired. Period. Also, they use a different Optical Network Terminal than we do here. On top of that, almsot every home has a shanty, in the garage, where everything is prewired to. What does this mean? The ONT in Cali can all be mounted inside, which means no trips back and forth, inside, outside, inside, outside, everything centralized, ground right there. Beautiful! Here in the midwest and out East, alot of homes have a utility room in the basement, which means, up the stairs, out the door, around the house to the back and the reverse. Something blocking the wire? and around you go again. And don't forget measure twice, drill once. On top of that, don't forget the traffic out east. I used to live 17 miles from home, took me 2 to 2.5 hours every night to get home. All of that is wrapped into an installers production time. Long story short, are there better attitudes east west of middle? Perhaps more or less skill? Not really, just different environments, almost completely different jobs, outside of the basics.
I encourage you to be involved with your installation, ask why, when and how. Know why your installer has to take a little more time, to crawl through your 120 degree + attic, through this tiny crawl hole separating two haves, and that it may take a while to do it safely. Compare it to doing calesthenics in a sauna while walking a tight rope. Then puts hooks on your feet, and climb 20 feet up, look at the 1.4 inch of steel holding you up and tell me that you can say that I am underpaid.
Please take the time to research before spouting off. Passion without education is nothing more than a mob mentality. Managers may fall into that trap, but leaders do not. "Anonymous insider", quit managing your assets and lead your men and women to success! |
