alienjesus wrote:If you’re getting an electrician in to replace lightbulbs, you’re definitely the one at fault, not him.
I had halogen spotlights that I replaced with LED spotlights. There was wire cutting, installing new devices(iirc), and then re-wiring for each bulb, it was not a matter of twisting out and twisting in. There is also wall outlet changing, its just unscrewing and rewiring, but if you do something wrong I believe you can electorate yourself to death. So not sure if I was at fault or not.
I wouldn't mind paying $280 for an electric engineer withat will draw the whole wiring of a 50 story building that he went to harvard to get his degree, but just for twisting screws around idk seems a bit high?!
lwcook wrote:Not only that, but if you're working per hour/job like that, they don't have a guaranteed salary at x/amount of hours like you would at a 8 to 5. Time in between traveling to job sites, getting supplies, quotes, etc isn't something you can directly bill for so it is incorporated into the hourly rate.
Do corporates pay their employees for traveling to and back from work?! Either way, most of them will be traveling 30-40min to job site so its not even a full hour and how much would that cost?
The other lie is that handy men do not have 8-5 jobs so they need to make up the time they are "free" . There is no "free". Most handy men I talk to give you few days ahead due their busy appointments let alone the jobs they refused to take. One HVAC guy told me the closest opening I have is a month away. So no, I will not accept the idea that handy men are just sitting idle all day long waiting for someone to call, its infact the opposite, you have to wait for them.
Nemoide wrote:First, I don't know if your numbers are totally accurate: I make less than $3k/month after taxes and am pretty sure I'm closer to the median than that $6k/month figure. I've never hired an electrician personally (I rent an apartment and am not responsible for those costs) but $280/hour sounds unusually high to me. What's your source for those numbers? I suspect you're looking at a site with bogus information.
But also in general, YEAH, hiring electricians can be expensive and they do make a good amount of money. They totally earn that though! I've never heard of someone hiring an electrician to change their light bulbs. (I-is that what you do? Most folks change bulbs themselves.) Usually electricians are doing things like installing wiring through a house and adding outlets or things like that. It's a job that's safe when you know what you're doing, but if you don't, you could easily kill yourself by touching a live wire. It's also something that has to be done properly: a bad wiring job can start easily a fire and burn down someone's house. When you hire an electrician, you're generally hiring someone who is well trained and knows how to do the job safely. And as others have mentioned, your money has to help pay for their supplies, transportation, etc.
You are correct, I took if off a site :
https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/W ... y-by-StateAverage Electrician Pay:
https://homeguide.com/costs/electrician-cost-per-hourIf the numbers are wrong, then I apologies and this whole thread has no reason to exist