I worked security at pfizer many years ago, anytime an elevator had issues we had to call elevator guys anytime of night they would show up gladly. Now i know why, they're rollin in the dough!

Local 74 tampa. Im a probation in my first 6 months of elevators. Best job i have ever had. The guys are happy to be there, wanting to teach and pass on knowledge. Im in mod and love the challenge.

@KLAWNINETY

3 күн бұрын

why are you all so mean to the other tradies though?

@Paulk305

16 сағат бұрын

Nice to know. I'm #2 on the list in naples. I am also next to be called any day now. Can not wait.

They make the most because their union is the strongest and the best.

@joshuagibbs9752

Ай бұрын

Probably because it’s tiny and a monopoly at this point lol! We need those unions

@joshuagibbs9752

25 күн бұрын

@@whateverwhenever8170 hahaha I have been known to do same thing. It’s sad you have to do that shit and 9 times out of 10 it’s just someone not doing their job right or being lazy or normal robbing Peter to pay Paul

@adamc827

23 сағат бұрын

In a lot of northern states that’s the case. In some states it’s not wise as companies will only hire non union labor and get around unionization by doing yearly shutdowns and layoffs. Crazy I know, but just be careful.

I always heard elevator mechanics made good money. If I could roll the calendar back 40 years... I got a kick out of you two talking about residential elevators and it's impact on you about wealth. I work in a lot of rich areas - Palm Beach, Jupiter Island, Manalapan, Boca Raton. I see quite a few houses with elevators. Some are uber wealthy, some are just above average. What really gets me is the artwork some of these people have. That's what shows the separation between the really big money, the wealthy, and the rest of us.

Had an online friend years back who happened to be an elevator mechanic. I'd know him for a bit before he told me what he did and how much he made, and when he did i was kinda shocked. It always stuck in my mind so when i saw the title to this video he's what i thought of.

You asked all the question I would’ve wanted to know. Good video

So glad to have gotten into this after the military and fire.

@meganandmichaelrodriguez8874

3 күн бұрын

Same

@WindyPine1131

Күн бұрын

I wish I knew about this when I got out of the military, but I’ve taken all my tests and done all my interviews and number 13 on the list with only a few left in front of me so I can’t wait to get started

I remember in high school i was working construction and the foreman for the elevator crew asked me if i wanted an internship... All the guys who i worked with told me i shouldn't get into that line of work and get a white collar job. I should have taken thay internship. I make good money now, but it took about 12 years to get here. I could have gotten a much earlier start in my career at 18 instead

28:40 “ill work circles around these guys” Mannnn I tell yah I done heard that shit from several guys in their early fifties in the trades everytime they are the “new hire” in the shop and rarely do they work circles around anyone, they just work like everybody else but talk more shit for literally no reason 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@joshgomez5263

Ай бұрын

Don’t hate congratulate! 😂

@internetpointsbank

Ай бұрын

Its called gate keeping and thell do anything to uphold their little world.

@redneckhippiefreak

10 күн бұрын

@natenate2280 lol. Right? I know the type. Im 50 and see guys my age fall out all the time, We Roofers, are a different breed though.. XD

@redneckhippiefreak

10 күн бұрын

@internetpointsbank Sometimes, the younger ones are just weak. Some trades don't have time to coddle them. Just the facts and all.

@darksu6947

4 күн бұрын

​@@internetpointsbankSounds like you might have a skill issue.

I really enjoyed this video. I wish I knew about this trade when I got out of the Air Force back in 97

Just take aptitude test I hope I get an interview so excited

How bout sprinkler fitters.. you should shine some light on us.. most people don’t even know what it is

@wayne9518

Ай бұрын

I designed sprinkler systems while in college. Great part time job.

@theyhateme8763

28 күн бұрын

plumbers with no skills

I’ve always told my guys that being an elevator mechanic pays the best, and when they retire they can become inspectors or consultants. I know what I pay my elevator contracts, and they are the most out of all my contracts.

@Posibrian

21 күн бұрын

That goes with almost every trade…

@hotterthann

14 күн бұрын

I’m 17 i’m going into my senior year and I want to become an Elevator Mechanic after high school. Do you have any advice for me?

Just passed my mechanics exam June 3.IUEC FOR LIFE!!

@TheTradeTalks2.0

24 күн бұрын

Heck yeah! Congrats!

Good luck getting in.

@noahwinfield8958

20 күн бұрын

Just have to test well. I didnt know anyone but went in on test day and passed then interview. Hired next day. I placed 4th out of 600 applicants

I’ve, in the last 40 years, had the pleasure of working with many talented hardworking tradesmen, union and nonunion. I don’t however believe that elevator mechanics make the most and have the best benefits because they are the “most educated “ as this guy claims. I do believe that they have the best union. Btw, have a friend who spent his career with Otis. He is a competent tradesman that knows his s$&t like all the others great tradesmen I have been lucky enough to have met and worked with. Just my humble opinion.

@joshuagibbs9752

Ай бұрын

Well…they are the highest paid on jobs

@GTFCEO

Ай бұрын

Otis and Kone here in CT, got a friend and a friends father and his son in it, damn wait list is like 5,000 long, if u have an uncle in it, it got my friend moved up to the top 100 in the wait list. Lol

@PittsburghWelder

Ай бұрын

Yea 😂 I’m a non union high pressure vessel fabricator and just got a 18k bonus check 😂 🤷🏻🫡

@Posibrian

21 күн бұрын

How do you know they have the best union? Have you personally read every other unions MOU? Doubt it.

@jtgrec3179

20 күн бұрын

They probably do based on the after hours rate of pay,

We have that same saying in auto mechanics doing plumbing electrical and doing measurements thinner than your hair soo go to auto school for the 1 or 2 years than elevator school then open your own business in under 5 years

I almost joined in SF California. The money comes from the skill required and the danger level. Also, it’s a big money item to have and maintain.

The elevator industry is cut throat. If your dad or uncle didn’t work in it or if you don’t look like “them” it’s very hard to get a job let alone keep a job in this industry. Plus look up residential elevator installers in your area. They make 15hr……. I spent 8 years in this trade, it taught me a lot but it’s worse than the mafia. This is just my experience….

@Truckngirl

Күн бұрын

That post contradicts your handle...

@KeepingItPositiveWithDre

21 сағат бұрын

@@TruckngirlI respect your opinion but I also disagree. The truth isn’t always positive and I do live in reality.

Some of the opportunities you miss when you're young! 79'-80' Iwas 18yrs old, on a fluke went to a test day for Otis elevator in Portland, Or. Apparently I'd scored second out of a lot of guys there. Found the test easy and interesting. Kept getting calls to come back, blew it off. If only I knew then what I know now!!

@eoleol4750

10 күн бұрын

Hey. Don't kick yourself, my man. Millions of us missed the opportunities when we were young. I was good at school, graduated 12th in class, college easy but did not graduate. But while in high school, I still remember getting a brochure about diesel mechanics. I wanted to do it but everyone around me was pushing for science, doctor or lawyer.

@september29ification

10 күн бұрын

@@eoleol4750 Lol, somehow it works out. I ended up building and owning a large insurance agency. Hope all went well for you.

I respect both sides all he said was he had to work for somebody and this generation is more of starting business and creating jobs especially when ppl future depend on negotiations instead of necessity and skill

great content, keep up the good work, great conversations stay bless.

@TheTradeTalks2.0

13 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Im in Local 300😎👍 Go Union's !! together we can negotiate better

I quit school 16 year old. 20 years ago i got my machine operating certificate and what you call CDL. And on a good year i take in 70-90k a year. If i would buy my own machine and do like a taxi work on a crane i could do even more...

I work with kids talking about trades etc in nyc schools . Not much I can tell them about elevator mechanics because it’s like a gated community . But if your blessed to get in God bless you . Maybe there’s a way to learn the trade without a hook of some sort but I have never heard of one .

65 pension years. That is about $100k a year pension pay out.

Blet locomotive engineer here 63.77hr !

hard to get in the elevator union. no one retires, lol

@Rezin_8

Ай бұрын

Shipping Captains median age is 58 😂😅 met the youngest at 27 😮❤

@Jimthechevywheelman

Ай бұрын

Got in the trade when construction was going strong in a big city . Then when work gets slack and you want to get back to your little home town yeah you are right. No retirement ? No deaths ? Yeah hard to find work… lots of travel . Harder than most trades to get into.

@joshuagibbs9752

25 күн бұрын

@@roberthicks9191 can’t in this economy

The NEIEP apprenticeship is a 5 year program now.

I’ve been trying to figure out how to go onto become an elevator mechanic but have no idea where to start any help?

It's not just wanting to work. It's wanting to be home with your family and enjoy thr money you make. I've been an aircraft mechanic for twenty years. It's intreat in the job, it's knowing that the job is there. Because yes four years of schooling and you can make 300k as a pilot. They have forced retirement age. So not as simple and as great as they like to make it out.

❤ this is epic

It's the greatest trade

I would love for this guy to come with me to work for one day as an aircraft mechanic. try reading the electrical schematics of a jumbo jet or even try and figure out how to get one wheel off without killing yourself..

The new gen is constantly on there cell phones and they think it’s ok because the boss isn’t around, and u wonder why they don’t get anything done. Now as to wages, in the SF Bay Area, elev mechanics make at least 75 to 80 bucks an hour not including benies! Forman, 10 bucks more.

Im 30, have my own heavy equipment repair business. I also do over the phone consulting

@knicement

16 күн бұрын

What courses would you recommend to get into that?

I feel the same show your kids your work they say ya I know you will show more in ten minutes but I hope he remembers everything I've done ,he should be in the elevator trade he's 14 now ill be talking elevators to him hopefully he will join you zach

$2500 per year membership fees in exchange for millions in retirement.

Elevator jobs are dicey. Since they are always up and down.

@Ninja-mu9hb

Ай бұрын

Goat

Salaries are going up for elevator mechanics. If you ask for a raise, they can go higher. Definitely a career on the ascent. I wonder how long it takes to get to the top? (ok I'll stop now😊)

Carpenters are making $45 per hour and handymen start at $100 and that’s in North Carolina.

It’s weird that the average salary in most states is under 50k

Lots of ups and downs in that trade.

*tradesmen who go out in their own make the most

@ejgrant5191

Ай бұрын

Not when that piece of elevator equipment fails and your being sued for something that might not have been your fault....You'd have been better off to be a painter then🤣

I'd join just to get one of them schnazzy Dr Who union shirts (and to pay the bills)😅

Does the elevator union take lateral transfers from the electrical union and piping trades and build up their education in what they are deficient on?

@Buciiio

Ай бұрын

Nope, it might help you get higher on the list. But thats about it.

@montestreet2505

Ай бұрын

Yup exactly what he said. I just interviewed for the local here in Ohio. 23 years old. Started at mcds when I was 16, moved to warehouse work, now asphalt 2 years. I got ranked 40th out of I wanna say 180. I won’t get the call in the next 2 years. Not discouraged but motivated now. The guy who interviewed me knows who I am( he’s the boss to family in the industry). He was very honest with me and said I’m under qualified, I’ll make the list but not as high as guys like you. Have that certificate, take pics of at home projects; and I mean ANYTHING working on ur car, Redoing the bathrooms, ur best projects at work! Take pics my man they want them in the interview. So it doesn’t translate but man does it look good. Good luck brother. Aptitude tests he mentioned to get the interview are extremely easy. Doesn’t go as high as 7th grade math. Fractions, decimals, simplifying them, adding them. Reading is easy. I will say have a very basic understanding of water pressure, levers and gearing (direction of turn) and how that works. OHSA 10 and cpr certificates are a must. Get in there my man

@Buciiio

Ай бұрын

Im a journeyman electrician. I was blessed and ranked number one. But to put into perspective. My 19 yr old brother in law got ranked 25 with no experience in any trade, better than some union journeymen that ranked 40 or worse. Its not about the experience. Its about the interview. Record your self. Get fluid with your speech, get fluid with the questions, dig deep to the core of the question. Do not try and make a connection with elevators. Just aim to hit the core of the interview questions. Its hard for alot of people but it definitely is possible. My 19yr old brother in law had me to help him prep but we didnt lie. We just used his experience to hit the root of the question. And he ended up placed higher than alot of tradesmen.

@ejgrant5191

Ай бұрын

@@montestreet2505 ....Hmm....35 year IUEC member here....Depending on which direction your carrer goes.....You will need some good math skills for electronics and calculations especially if you want to the "top dog" in Constrution known as an Adjuster....The person who does the final programming and tuning of an elevator system.....I had college level Electronics Classes and there are simular requirements to be sucessful in areas of the IUEC....Never enjoyed "running rails" or setting machine beams walking the high steel of a 40+ story building in my career but, kept a roof over my head when I had to. I enjoyed working on ajusting crews and field service troubleshooting in my later years of employment in the IUEC

@ejgrant5191

Ай бұрын

You have to go through thier full 4 year apprenticship unless you worked for a manufacturer of equipment in a position like engineering. The few guys I worked around who entered the IUEC as an "Article 10" usually showed large deficiencies in some aspects of our trade. One smart engineer was assigned to me on a huge hi-rise building. I was told by my job foreman....This guy is NOT! an IUEC member....your his boss! Legend had it that he was working in NYC and they first fired up a new technology elevator system....began moving up the building without putting proper compensating weight value on the platform....soon...PHYSICS took over and 2-3tons of steel was racing towards the top of the building and when it CRASHED! there was tens of thousands of $$$'s in resulting damage....luckilly no injuries.

Aww shucks my pair of wire stretchers just broke. I suppose I'll just keep welding.

Nationally the elevator union has like 90% market share for the elevator industry, most of the other trades like electricians plumbers etc. its less than 50%. Lineman also have a high rate of union membership and they make a lot more than most other trades as well.

@TheTradeTalks2.0

13 күн бұрын

Great point!

@jamesross160

12 күн бұрын

I made 130k last year with per diem as a non union apprentice in the fly over states. The dream is still alive for those that want to work.

@joemay1200

11 күн бұрын

Journeyman pay with power company in the southeast is 51/hr and all the OT you want.

@jamesross160

11 күн бұрын

@joemay1200 yeah im on a prevailing right now, about 52/hour for laborers and apprentices.

Roger, Local 100 got rid of the 35 year cap last year(2023) I have now 30 years credit there. I have often thought about going from HVAC side of things to elevator mechanic. Doing the HVAC I’ve done most of what they have. Welding, wiring, running pipe, rigging, machining, building your own tools to do a job. I do love the job, I love working on the most complicated challenging problems & resolving it. Retrofitting panels & drives to machines that were not intended to have it. 9 out of 10 people will not make the cut that we hire. They just give up.

Been in the elevator industry 44 years and still going strong gave up the OT for the next generation Union dues are $740 per quarter no sick days or PTOs 12 paid holidays Cadillac insurance Been blessed with this job since 1980

@OmarHernandez-gv6nu

Ай бұрын

No PTO at all or what do you mean, I placed 8 out of 300 in Iowa so I’m curious and trying to get insight more because I’m very excited.

@internetpointsbank

Ай бұрын

Remember no matter what you do don't train any young guy. Us boomers have a reputation to uphold. These young kids are lazy.

@OmarHernandez-gv6nu

Ай бұрын

@@internetpointsbankI’m 21 worked hard to ranked high on the recruitment list, did lots of certification classes to come stacked and worked for public works which gave me great experience. Am I lazy? I think certain people made it seem like we are that, but there’s a good group of us hard working young people.

@genuismensa

Ай бұрын

@@OmarHernandez-gv6nu He is correct, no PTO. If you want to self-fund your own time off, then you can. They will take a bit off each check to equal a weeks pay or whatever you want. That way you can still take the days off and get a normal check the next week despite not actually get PTO from an employer.

@OmarHernandez-gv6nu

Ай бұрын

@@genuismensa okay thanks for clearing that, I’ve been trying to get a lot more info on the trade works so I can prepare myself. I worked hard for this it’s my dream career.

Where does elevator mechanics market themselves ? How can one find one of these guys?

@ejgrant5191

Ай бұрын

look up IUEC the International Union of Elevator Constructors but, PLEASE! be somebody who likes to work on mechanical & electric machinery.....If you dont have the passion and aptitude....you'll be miserable

Takes about 10 years of retirement pay outs to get the money out that you put in .how many retire and live 10 years.? What are the stats on those members?

@TheTradeTalks2.0

Ай бұрын

That’s a good question

@joshgilbert4171

9 күн бұрын

thinking ahead

8:01 53 in tx 37:01 100 total pak

Local 21 is the lowest in the iuec per there cost of living in there area. Other locals make more but dfw has exploded in cost of living the past 15yrs and isnt up to par. Most members would agree with me

Lineman are the highest paid tradesmen. Out here in California 74 per hour straight time and all overtime is doubletime. Not uncommon to make 600k plus

Close to $200k/year working on elevators…and no student loans. Holy crap…

@redneckhippiefreak

Ай бұрын

I am a High School dropout.and am estatic I refused to stay in school. I simi retired at 35.

Take a shot every time good, and job are said 😂

Good wages but he shouldn't claim it's the highest paid trade. As an equipment operator in the linemans union I make the same hourly plus 50 a day "tool rent", which I bring no tools, all are provided by the company.. journeyman lineman make about 60 an hour. Foremans make 65+. These are upstate ny rates.

@UNIONDOLLAR

19 күн бұрын

Definitely the highest paid trade. Texas is the lowest paying in the mid 50s. Chicago is 70+

I left the railroad after 10 years as a carman, moved here to Vegas and waiting to get in to the elevator trade

@atleastmypalmsarewhite9960

Ай бұрын

Big mistake man big mistake. Your railroad retirement was a better and safer deal.

@50Krwy

Ай бұрын

@@atleastmypalmsarewhite9960 I get that, but living in a small town,and the railroad beginning to furlough support crafts, it's only a matter of time until all railroad jobs are contracted out. I felt it was better to get out now, move to a larger city with better opportunities

You’re misinformed, our hourly rate in the electrical utilities industry is quite a bit more than these elevator guys. All over time is double time and our per diem is $125 a day no matter where we work.

@Buciiio

Ай бұрын

Are you comparing your rate to the elevators in your area? In my city a lineman in utility is at 48.35 and an elevators mechanic is at 57.68.

@atleastmypalmsarewhite9960

Ай бұрын

​@@Buciiioblet locomotive engineer here 63.77hr

@redneckhippiefreak

Ай бұрын

Im an entrtainment rigger for 6 months oit of the year. I make $38 per hr and anything over 8 hrs in a day is overtime. We work 16 hr days 4 days a week. That is pocket change compared to the $160 pr hr I make blowing glass for the remainder of the year.

cojones jajaja this podcast was entertaining thanks for sharing

It's like being a civil draftsman/designer for mining, is hard to come by someone like us. It's a unique specialty.

Sounds like an up and down job. But he is right, kids these days don't want to learn to use their hands, they want a desk job that pays 100g a year.

Its harder to get in

$53/hr for Journeyman is not the highest out of the trades. I’m a Union Powerhouse Mechanic and I’m at $61.29/hr as a max’d out journeyman. Wage’s are mostly public knowledge on the local’s website… the title of this video is misleading. Also elevator mechanics don’t have any side work unlike most of the other trades. Good talk otherwise.

@UNIONDOLLAR

20 күн бұрын

$53 is just Dallas local. It goes into the high $70’s. It’s public information

@knicement

16 күн бұрын

​@@UNIONDOLLAR how does one become a powerhouse mechanic?

@TBJK07Jeep

12 күн бұрын

In DFW, Union fitter scale is 38ish an hour

Actually, professional insulators make almost twice as much as the mid pay elevator techs in the USA. My highest pay was $72 per hour in Montgomery Alabama for a company call Williamson Industries inc. I promise you all I miss that job twice as much as people here think I am lying. lol Nope, unfortunately it is true and I cut my own head off at that job. So no future there anymore.

How about someone who is 43? I do IT and just not happy...

@TheTradeTalks2.0

2 күн бұрын

You’re never too old to start! That’s what I talk about in half our interviews!

Sounds like someone put the cart before the horse. Good job first: then start a family.

They are also the slowest and the worse to deal with, especially if you're trying to join their union.

Be an operator make over 200 and seasonal

They bern toy facility 50 times this year and never fix the elevator.

It’s not all about the money per hour the value of the pension hours is really big in the long run a journey man elevator Mechanic knows several trades just my opinion ….

@montestreet2505

Ай бұрын

If his education of all trades reflects his pension. Why tf wouldn’t it correlate to his pay. Ur stupid how the hell did this even come up in ur algorithm

I've seen several elevator mechanics at my work. None of them impressed me.

Most educated until generator guy shows up

@pustuleous

3 күн бұрын

How so?

Elevator guys are the premadonnas on the job. Everybody hates them 😂

Blue collar love talking about how much they make

I'll keep my 160k... Wake up, get dressed, make some breakfast.. log on. My benefits are mine. That wittle pension of your can and will be yeeted, pilfered, mismanaged.

Most the elevators feel like they’re about to fall apart and sound even worse, tighten up elevator union.

Why not pay them the most? Think about the alternatives. Maybe YOU want to ride on that elevator. Why can't a welder or pipefitter just go fix an elevator? You say they apprentice longer. Go ahead. Go ride the elevator that a plumber fixed.

@TheTradeTalks2.0

Күн бұрын

That’s a video!

Pool Tech make waaaaay more....especially if you're an owner/operator.

@curedham2963

Ай бұрын

a pool tech?

@matthewgrinestaff3078

23 күн бұрын

Lol

Lol.. union. That explains it.

It's true the IUEC is generally the top paid trade....but, as I joked to my fellow Mechanic friend when he put me on the spot...asking me....Any advice for these young mechanics for a long sucrssful career...I said well Don...if I had it to do all over again...I might ask to be "reincarnated" as an Electrician or Plumber next time....My friend gasped....said we make the most $$$....Yeah Don....we do but, you have friends that are electricians & plumbers....They live as well as we do....BECAUSE! They have a skill where they can do "side jobs" for CASH! if they want to....The IRS knows about every cent we make!....You aren't doing any side jobs in the IUEC....too much complexity and liabilities in that industry. Great career but, any trade is a good place for a talented person with motivation to use their brains & skills.

@TheVinnythestick

Ай бұрын

Good point. IUEC guys all have to drive a lot or live in a dense urban area too. Plumbers have work everywhere

Eh.... It has its ups and downs

Typical college grad in business from a typical college, based on salary is lucky to make $25-30/hour.

Sounds like a lot of indoctrination and exclusivity.

@brandoncrimmins6296

Ай бұрын

100% my thoughts exactly! This is exactly the reason they can’t find anyone…

@Buciiio

Ай бұрын

I disagree. I just got accepted, and i knew no one. I just applied, gave it my best and ranked really well.

@brandoncrimmins6296

Ай бұрын

@@Buciiio Just give it a few months… You’ll see.

@OmarHernandez-gv6nu

Ай бұрын

@@Buciiiothis is true, lots of people don’t do there research, this trade is very organized and setup well, it’s just about acing that test and interview.

really ey? I heard it's up and down for elevator mechanics

Did anybody else pick up this guy? I've been in the warehouse as most of my adult life till you're 25. So you did 5 years in the f****** Warehouse. 5 years is most of your adult life. Get a grip. That's hilarious

200 grand a year!!!! a lot of that is overtime . Sounds like they need to get more elevator mechanics so when they are working on public equipment paid for by public tax dollars the taxpayer is not getting screwed for paying unnecessary overtime. I wonder what their diversity percentages are . For some reason, the elevator union sounds like a good old boy system where it’s very lucrative to have a friend or family member in the union or even better A corporate representative of the union

@jamesross160

12 күн бұрын

Without the overtime most won't work. I do over the road electrician. I tell my boss at 40 hours a week I'm going home, its not worth being on the road for less then 50 hours and not preferably not less than 60. But when your electricity is out people then have no problem with ot.

@TellTheTruth1

11 күн бұрын

@@jamesross160 I noticed you didn’t touch on any of the other things I said about this this union.

@jamesross160

11 күн бұрын

@TellTheTruth1 it probably is, that's how i got into the ibew a family friend, also tested well. But I make way more as a non union over the road electrician and usually the only white person on the jobsite. From my experience in multiple unions also a withdrawn ufcw member. Unions only back bad employees. If I show up to work everyday and do my job then no need for them, and I can make just as much or more than union so no need for the collective bargaining. But the fact remains, there are a lot of trade jobs that are not worth it, without the overtime. I could do a vendor route in town for almost the same money in town but only 40 hours. If you want people to do skilled work others won't touch, your going to end up paying them more than an unskilled job one way or another.

@MikeyB-Rod

11 күн бұрын

A corporate representative?

@TellTheTruth1

11 күн бұрын

@@MikeyB-Rod sarcasm for shop Stewart

y'all are paid so well for the amount of liability that is put on you and your work. That's why they drug test the shit out of you guys all the time. If you slip up and don't tighten something just right or forget to install a washer it could mean that elevator plummets to the ground full of people and at the end of the day that buck would stop with you. as the mechanic.

The only one the Mexicans haven't taken over

@OmarHernandez-gv6nu

Ай бұрын

I’m Mexican and got placed 8th on the recruitment list

Texas sucks when it comes to Unions . That’s why we are in the minority. It doesn’t matter what trade you want the Union is the best for a trade education.

Sounds like good career! However, I know a specialty trade that can make more. Hit me up if you’d like me on. I work in the industry.

@TheTradeTalks2.0

20 күн бұрын

Shoot my producer an email at brett@rogerwakefield.com - if it’s about fixing aircraft, we’d love to hear more!

There also the suckest at their job

This guy talks out his ass. You make more because you demand more and the market is letting you get away with it based on supply and demand. Period.

@ejgrant5191

Ай бұрын

Elevators arent a trade where you can perform every task on your own. Teamwork is an intregal part of having sucess in the IUEC. Not an easy job, not a limited skill set and often done in stressful and adverse conditions. Its a sucessful Union because it requires teamwork. Even the Service Mechanics need to "phone a friend" every so often to bail themselves out of a difficult problem. If you can't get along with others....people from every social level and background....You'll never last in the IUEC. You also need to try to give back to insure the future survival of a trade that encompasses a lot of skills to sucessfully perform your job.

This is the biggest lie ever 😂 retirement is a scam

@redneckhippiefreak

Ай бұрын

So, when does the other shoe drop and when does the scam get revealed ? Ive been retired since I was 35.. 8/

@MikeyB-Rod

11 күн бұрын

what lie?

@justinlee2642

11 күн бұрын

@@MikeyB-Rod thinking you will be healthy enough to enjoy your retirement when you're 65+ years old 🤣 that's the big scam and LIE

@redneckhippiefreak

10 күн бұрын

@justinlee2642 So..are you retired yet?

Yes, you make that kind of money by spending your life on the job site. I work for airline, some overtime once in while make $170,000 a year. My friends working more ot make $240,000 thousand so elevator mechanics is nothing plus going to scholl for 4 years.

@upsideways

Ай бұрын

What do you do for the airline?

lies. 52k is what they make.

They want young men with families to work 4 plus years as an apprentice making 13 hourly 😂 the system is a joke

@capOlllllOable

Ай бұрын

Pay schedule in KCMO is $25 as an apprentice and climbs every year after that.

@ejgrant5191

Ай бұрын

You obviously don't know much about apprentiships. In every Union trade the pay rises as you progress towards your journeyman's card. It used to be every 6 months....Dont know what the progression is these days....but, went from 50% to 80% of Journeyman rate back in the days

@Buciiio

Ай бұрын

In my local a probationary helper makes 28.84 1st year - 31.72 2nd year - 37.49 3rd year - 40.37 4th year - 46.14 Idk where the joke is in these numbers? Some of these are more than what a journeyman, in another trade, makes.

@internetpointsbank

Ай бұрын

I just talked to a elevator tech at a very large college. Asked him how does one get such a position. He said be a apprentice for 4 years. Asked how much you get paid, nothing. His smug response was its better then paying for college. I'm sure you'll do the heavy lifting then be thrown a bone of $15 an hour after 4 years.

@MikeyB-Rod

11 күн бұрын

Day 1 apprentices make 50 percent of mechanics rate. In Philly they're starting at over $35 an hour.

Sounds like someone put the cart before the horse. Good job first: then start a family.