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Your friend is a massive outlier in the pay distribution of electricians. He's either gaming the overtime system somehow, or has a unique set of specialized ski
by akavi 3y ago
Your friend is a massive outlier in the pay distribution of electricians. He's either gaming the overtime system somehow, or has a unique set of specialized skills (or some regulatory arbitrage combo of both).
- SoftTalker 3y agoHave you seen what linemen do? Work with heavy transmission lines dozens or hundreds of feet in the air, at night, in the rain, etc. They earn every penny of whatever they make IMO.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoBased on the state of PG&E infra from public records and committed capex/infra spend, I'm more inclined to believe the overtime is warranted due to This Is All Terrible And Will Take Decades To Fix. I'll ask! Where there is chaos, there is usually money to be made. https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2022/10/safety-investigation-faults-pges-failure-maintain-aging https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2022/10/safet... https://theintercept.com/2019/10/11/pge-power-shutdown-california/ https://theintercept.com/2019/10/11/pge-power-shutdown-calif... https://www.naturalgasintel.com/pge-bets-big-on-infrastructure-projects-to-move-utility-into-new-era/ https://www.naturalgasintel.com/pge-bets-big-on-infrastructu... https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/about-pge/environment/what-we-are-doing/electric-program-investment-charge/2021-EPIC-Annual-Report.pdf https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/about-pge/environ...
- briffle 3y agoI have a lineman in the family. The pay is great, the 'hey, there is a storm 4 states away they are sending me to help with, i'll be back home in 2 months' is not so great. But all the overtime you want..