Re: Got a Job Interview - Anyone heard of 'em?

["Bill" <billnomailnospamx@xxxxxxxxx>]

"JoeRaisin" <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:i4c4i3
> Okay -
>
> The tools "required" are the basic hand tools expected for running wire -
> I have all those plus the test equipment they don't expect you have until
> you are bumped up to "service tech" which the interviewer says takes at
> least a year.  They will also give me a 28 foot extension ladder.
>
> The satellite sensor & crimper they will want me to use is given to me
> (but remains the property of the company).
>
> It's Piece work (which I'm not not too crazy about) and starts at $40 for
> a basic (which they allocate 2 hrs) to an "all the bells and whistles" at
> $180.  They add on another $15 for using my personal vehicle and he said
> they "try" to keep you within a 25 mile radius of the city I live in.  Any
> unexpected issues like having to post-mount the dish adds allocated time &
> additional money to the job.  If I log more than 40 hrs "onsite" in a week
> I get overtime which if I understand it right is 1.5 times what the job
> would normally pay.  If I get assigned way outside my "normal environs"
> they usually pay for a hotel.
>
> He claimed there's tons of overtime in the summer - not so much in the
> winter.  I would work out of my home (tax implications, anyone?) printing
> out work orders off a website each morning.
>
> The tech's I saw coming and going while I was there, plus the ones in for
> their weekly meeting/training seemed to be in good moods - so it doesn't
> look like a "horrible" place to work.
>
> The weekly meeting would be an unreimbursed 206 mile round trip (103m each
> way according to my trip meter).  So that 8 hour day would cost me about
> 35 bucks (at least it did today).
>
> The job is mine if I want it (unless the background check reveals
> something unsavory - which would surprise me more than them) I have 'till
> Sep 2d to decide as that is when the 8 week training period ($10 an hour)
> begins.
>
> I don't have much (read - any) experience with piece work but it sounds
> fair and I really can't afford to be too picky as this point.  Plus I can
> drop the $30 month I'm paying for my liability insurance.  (the work for
> myself attempt was a desperate move as I've always been a terrible
> salesman - a fact )
>
> Additional benefit - driving around the area between jobs I can still drop
> off resumes...

That sounds fair...