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Are you including travel time in the 30 minutes? Time to travel and provide free estimates? Sick/vacation time?

• danans 3mo ago
  > Sick/vacation time? Don't forget health insurance for when they have to use that sick time to get treatment - so they can get back to work ASAP. Plus, during a bust if they get laid off, we don't have universal health insurance, so they have to factor that in as well.
• Marsymars 3mo ago
  I mean, obviously not. (Though no travel for free estimates, estimates are just done by phone.) Obviously my electrician isn't making anywhere close to $30040 hours52 weeks = $600k+/year - and I don't begrudge my electrician making a good living. But from my perspective as a homeowner, skilled trades are punishingly expensive, and my response was to a post specifically claiming that the pay sucks.
  • lotsofpulp 3mo ago
    > But from my perspective as a homeowner, skilled trades are punishingly expensive, and my response was to a post specifically claiming that the pay sucks. My post is a response to yours, showing that the provider’s pay can suck even if you find a service punishingly expensive. Volatility of pay, body wear and tear, hours per day and flexibility of schedule, extensive travel greatly increasing morbidity/mortality risk, and other components go into whether or not pay sucks or not.