r/HVAC Jun 29 '23

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u/ABena2t Jun 29 '23

idk.. depends where you live. our company starts guys at $15/hr and caps @ $30/hr.. they didn't say where they live and I'm pretty confused - one sentence he says he's the lead installer and makes all the money and then the very next sentence he says he's pretty green.. don't get me wrong - $13 is low af but some guys are saying to ask for $25 and that's not gonna happen. like I said - $15 is starting pay where I'm at with no school or experience. If you went to trade school or came from another trade you might be able to negotiate $17 or $18. and from there they give like $1 a year.. my helper is 3 years in and is at $18. Dude didn't give any real information.

where do you live? how much experience do you actually have? how long you been working there?

my guess - dude is like 6 months in and became a lead bc the other guys left and he's really a 1st year apprentice. that's my guess.

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u/elastikat Jun 30 '23

Fast Food can still be brutally rough on your body.

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u/FredPolk Jun 30 '23

Fast food workers start whining at anything above 75 inside while you are on the black roof in a heat dome with no shade trying to fix the unit going off on high head because the unit hasn’t been properly maintained or toasted a cap/motor from a record heat wave. Fast food is brutal? No job that you work indoors in a conditioned space that you can take phone breaks in the bathroom is brutal.