Hell, we can’t even find people to do hvac work for $120k a year.

I can do even better. $575/week to work Friday-Sunday. It’s salary too. You get paid even if we don’t work. Also there is health and dental to be had 80/20. A few weeks out of the year we have to work more days, but we also basically have two months off in the winter (still paid). Have to lift 35 pounds repeatedly. We set up crowd control fence for special events. Travel around the region. We buy dinner while in the road. Always decent hotels. Good crew. No yelling. Everyone is an adult.

Edit: We're based in Plymouth. DM for more info,

Shit, I went to a Vocational High School with an electrical background, after graduating I ended up working office jobs for half that wage, wanting to go back cause I know trades are eager to find people and I’m just here procrastinating

Wow. Looks like I’m out of luck then. I wish I could raise the rate, but I’m not in that position. I know the pay kind of sucks, but it’s easy work with no nights or weekends and no experience required. Maybe it’ll catch someone’s attention.

Train me

Edit: I'm being downvoted but I'm serious. I'd love to do that job but all employers want to do is complain. You want a good employee? I'm right here, just train me in the job.

Honestly, I’d totally apply for this if it wasn’t a traveling job

Dm me please. For a friend, you don’t have to be concerned w diarrhea.

I was confused why you added that last bit...then I read your username. Thanks for the chuckle.

You should tell your bosses they need to pay more. On that salary your prospective employee will only qualify for an $1,100 apartment. Good luck finding that anywhere near Waltham! Even a room with multiple roommates goes for more than that these days.

No you have to go into a decade's worth of debt for third party training first.

Alright guys I just thought I'd throw a joke in, albeit probably an overly cynical one. I have no idea what it takes to do HVAC at a level that guy is proposing. I just pull fiber optic cable for a living, if I could learn HVAC and double my pay with that guy's company I'd do it in a heartbeat

Not to mention full time training for poverty wages. I'd love to see this $120k/yr job listing. Probably calls for 20 years experience in the field.

Where is this located?

OK. That's the wage of a big chunk of every public school system in Massachusetts.

I’d love to hear more

And then hope you don't throw out your back and become permanently disabled before you're able to pay back those debts. A lot of people who glamorize the trades fail to take the risks and morbidity into account.

Try a local vocational high school. Tri-County offers night classes in all different trades.

You should cross-post in r/Waltham

I have a nephew that graduated from Tri-County's HVAC-R program and is looking. Can you DM me your company's info, please?

And school districts can't hire anyone either. A couple friends are paras and they're getting pulled in to cover whole classes, leaving students who need 1:1 coverage to fend for themselves. All for $1000 a month take home.

Wish I could but I'm too busy working two jobs just to live paycheck to paycheck.

Can I DM you for more info?

Trade education cheap. What are you talking about?

There's a program from the department of labor called H-2B that you can use to hire ppl from abroad to work in the peak season and go back home. A lot of employers don't know about it and I know plenty of people out there that would die to come here to work legally even for a minimum wage: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/immigration/h2b

yes

Based in Plymouth

That’s not a good thing either. At least teachers get 3 months off to work another job…

Are you saying I can keep my 8-5 mon-fri office job and work at your job too?

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h2b kids from europe flood the cape and boston every summer, its a very well known program. a lot of the kids look for jobs out there because its a fun beach or city environment so they can have fun on their days off when not working. There are only so many of those H2b's given out by the government here, so you don't see as many h2b kids working the inland side of things. They're coming here to make money and have fun. source: worked with a bunch when I worked in restaurants on the cape in my 20's. They also make WAY better money than minimum wage when they work their asses off.

Thanks! Too far for me though.

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It's well known at resorts but that's it. The majority of business owners out of the cape don't really know about it like in construction for example. You can hire ppl with experience and everything. Not limited to kids from Europe just looking to have fun on their school break

It's criminal.