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

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"JoeRaisin" <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> JoeRaisin wrote:
>> Finally!
>>
>> I am going tomorrow for a job interview with a company called Multiband
>> USA:
>>
>> https://www.multibandusa.com/home/
>>
>> I googled 'em and the only negative thing I found was a guy complaining
>> that he was laid off without two weeks notice - I don't find that
>> unusual...
>>
>> They want me to use my own vehicle so I assume they will be paying
>> mileage.  They also said that one of the requirements is that I purchase
>> all the equipment I will need before the end of the six week paid
>> training period, but the woman verifying my info and setting the
>> appointment didn't know what equipment and how much it will cost.
>>
>> This is just in time (if it's a decent job) as my summer job ends next
>> Saturday.
>>
>> Anyone know of anyone who has worked for them?  I know I can't be choosy
>> right now - a job is a job, but I would like to go in with my eyes open.
>>
>> The wiring business I tried to start has gone nowhere - only a few gigs
>> and for one of them I ended up having to replace a piece of test
>> equipment that cost almost as much as I was paid - I really suck at
>> this...
>
> 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...

$40 per install for satellite?  I was paying guys $50 per install when I did
a lot of that back in 1995.  My good guys could just do 3 per day.  I could
do 4 myself, but it was a really long day.  Most of the time the guys got 2
per day, and one fellow could never complete two in a day.

Was it harder than what you are installing today?  I don't think so. Of
course working always beats not working.