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crockett · 12-13-2011, 05:25 PM

Well lets see the Right wing spin that one..

I used to deal with a similar situation, but no where near as bad as they describe theirs. I used to do high speed internet installs for Road Runner.

We were also considered "contractors" by the employers meaning we had to cover pretty much everything but the supplies to do the installation.

When I started we "only" dealt with the internet installs and only worked with the computers. We didn't run any lines as that was a different contractor. I used to make about 2k+ a week which wasn't bad for what I was doing.

Every year they redid the contract that we had no say in and they "always" added more work and paid less. They would give us a bump for something that we rarely ever bill but would lower the stuff that was billed regularly.

When I started I used to do 4 maybe 8 installs a day to make a average of 2k a week. By the time I stopped I was doing 7 to 8 full installs which included doing the wiring work for both TV & internet to make about 1,2k if I was lucky.

I did it for 5 years before I had enough and now days the average guy is down to around 500-600/week. Meanwhile your price for cable TV & intenet never go down..

So this sort of practice is common in other industry's as well. I was fast enough that I could average decent money per hour, but some of the other guys were out there barely making $10/hr if you figured what they billed & the time they worked.

12-13-2011, 05:25 PM
crockett in a van by the river Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 76,806	Well lets see the Right wing spin that one.. I used to deal with a similar situation, but no where near as bad as they describe theirs. I used to do high speed internet installs for Road Runner. We were also considered "contractors" by the employers meaning we had to cover pretty much everything but the supplies to do the installation. When I started we "only" dealt with the internet installs and only worked with the computers. We didn't run any lines as that was a different contractor. I used to make about 2k+ a week which wasn't bad for what I was doing. Every year they redid the contract that we had no say in and they "always" added more work and paid less. They would give us a bump for something that we rarely ever bill but would lower the stuff that was billed regularly. When I started I used to do 4 maybe 8 installs a day to make a average of 2k a week. By the time I stopped I was doing 7 to 8 full installs which included doing the wiring work for both TV & internet to make about 1,2k if I was lucky. I did it for 5 years before I had enough and now days the average guy is down to around 500-600/week. Meanwhile your price for cable TV & intenet never go down.. So this sort of practice is common in other industry's as well. I was fast enough that I could average decent money per hour, but some of the other guys were out there barely making $10/hr if you figured what they billed & the time they worked. Last edited by crockett; 12-13-2011 at 05:29 PM..