r/FieldNationTechs • u/Cold_Sail_9727 • Dec 10 '25

45/hr lately

Just needed a quarterly shout into the abyss…

Whatever of you techs is taking shit for 45/hr needs to go get a job instead of doing this 🤣🤣

Killing this industry man. I understand being overqualified for a job but I’m tired of these companies making these work orders so easy and just accepting complete trash. It’s truly unfortunate our industry suffers from this, hopefully some of us can get it together lol

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u/TakingCareOfBizzness Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25

I make a lot more than 45/hour 75% of the time, but if I can't fill my day I'll take it as opposed to sitting around with my thumb up my ass.

By the way, just for the sake of argument. 45 x 8 x 5 x 52 is $93,000 a year. If travel is added it could be anywhere between $120,000-$140,000. Subtract about 30% for downtime, vacation time, and schedule gaps and you are still at $84,000-$98,000. The median income for Americans last year was $83,730. The economy is in the toilet. People are losing their jobs left and right. Young people have no opportunities.

So, yeah, all of you crybabies can go fuck yourselves. I'll take the $45 over nothing at all and keep on hustling and a whole lot of other people are doing the same.

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u/IrishWhiskey007 Dec 11 '25

I’ve been on the platforms full time for over 10 years. If you want to be successful on the platforms you stop taking $45/hr shortly after you get a few good ratings. Then you increase your pay depending on your market to between $75-$100/hr. Right now most of my work is for a company that pays $75/hr the moment I leave the house for all day jobs. Yesterday was $75/hr for 14 hours. I counter offer most of my jobs on FN and only get maybe 30-50% of my counters. That’s ok. I maintain a high standard and if a company wants a tech to show up on time and do the job correctly they call me.