I graduated from tech school about a year ago now. I was at a company for an about a year when my truck broke down and job was an hour away from me so I had to quit with no rides available. I’ve been looking for jobs closer but everyone’s asking for 3 years experience. Any advice on what to do. Everyone’s wants experience but won’t offer it. I’m just feeling lost at this point submitted by /u/Substantial-Rule-504 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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I'm an electrical engineer that's tired of working on some bullshit in a cubicle / would like to do something real. I feel like with the climate going bonkers + "blue collar" work being shyed away from, there is probably a lot of work to be done in the industry. I love programming but I also would like to do something in hvac, does anything like that exist? submitted by /u/steely_dong [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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I’ve been in the trade since around 2004. Owned a company for several years, sold off parts of it at times when it was growing to fast and that growth also led to desperately hiring new experienced employees. Before hiring a lot of these new employees I was well…. Naive, I guess would be the best word to describe it. I knew the most common lies that were told by companies to sell new units but I was clueless to how bad some of this stuff had became. I’m curious to know what the common things are in your market that you hear about or know about? What are the scumbags doing? In my area the comm ..read more

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About doing AC maintenance in sub 60 degree weather in Wisconsin and to top it off, during a thunderstorm... submitted by /u/jacobjs85 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Is it really “fresh air” when the exhaust is on top of the intake? submitted by /u/Historical_Weird3361 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Yesterday I had a customer, a tenant. Everything seemed normal at first, the guy invited me in at front door. I follow him, he has a big dog in the house who seemed happy to see me. The dogs tail is wagging and butt is wiggling. I love dogs, I’ve got a treat in my pocket ready for him. The customer hits the dog to make him back away. I HATE this.. but I let it slide. Within 5 seconds he’s hit the dog again and his attention is focused on being very domineering to this poor animal. I’m fed up now, and I tell the guy if you hit your dog again I’m cancelling this call. He immediately got defensi ..read more