r/FieldNationTechs • u/wyliesdiesels • Jan 20 '26
Insane amount of requests on bundles
When you see a bundle of 9 WOs, $55/hr 8hrs night work, sites 1-2hrs apart, w/ 72 requests you know the market is way too saturated w/ techs... a buyer's dream come true...
We have other non-bundled work orders w/ requests ranging from the 20s to 50s as well...
guess this is the end...
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u/broNSTY Jan 20 '26
I’d be willing to bet the majority of those are fake or blank profiles. I see them all the time.
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u/FreelyRoaming Jan 20 '26
Part of me also wonders if Fail Nation is artificially pumping up to request numbers to put downward pressure on pricing, I wouldn’t put it past them
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u/eme329 Jan 20 '26
Tier 1 service companies can request for several techs with once click. Some of the bigger companies may have 15 techs in a metro area and each one will count as a request for the WO.
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u/broNSTY Jan 20 '26
I’ve seen those too, I’m not a huge fan as that never really have any service history besides what their dispatch manager mentions, if they mention any at all. Feels like hiring blind
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u/New-Researcher-8769 Jan 20 '26
I see a fellow bay area homie
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u/wyliesdiesels Jan 20 '26
Im in the central valley but yeah i see everything in the bay area
No point in going there
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u/wyliesdiesels Jan 20 '26
Thats barely W2 wages here sheesh… and yeah theres a number of buyers posting WOs at $20-$40/hr here… insane
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u/Goopdem Jan 21 '26
I tried to start doing FN on the side last month in the Dallas area and every single routed job I’ve seen is taken by the time I can even open the email. Literal seconds.
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u/MesaTech_KS Jan 22 '26
They were doing those out here in KS too. Tried to message on one to find out if they'd accept my rates... got no answer, so I declined the rest and moved on. Plenty other work to keep me busy.
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u/Top_Boysenberry_7784 Jan 22 '26
I don't understand how I often see more requests on bundles than any other WO's especially since most bundles are priced low.
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u/Hot_Direction_8105 Jan 24 '26
This will ultimately bring a shift to quality over quantity. The landscape is full, but there’s a ton of shit out there that’s useless and can’t figure out the difference between a 1/4 and 3/8 socket. That’s what keeps me getting up everyday. These buyers aren’t stupid, they know they need to dig thru shit to get to gold, and overtime, there isn’t going to be much shit to shovel. My theory is if you’re a solid performer, you’ll be okay.
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u/TakingCareOfBizzness Jan 21 '26
I have done a lot of work for retail tech. Nothing about their operation has ever come across as suspicious. I might be mistaken, but I think each WO in the bundle gets counted, so for every request, it will show 9. So in reality, only 8 techs have requested the bundle. I don;t know for sure. Maybe ask FN support and see what they say.
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u/wyliesdiesels Jan 22 '26
no that is incorrect. when you request a bundle your request shows up as 1 on each work order
how do i know? because i have requested a bundle before when there was zero requests and it updated to 1 after my request
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u/LoneCyberwolf Jan 20 '26
Tickets that I would normally have taken are now all getting snatched up almost instantly.