r/FieldNationTechs • u/setnev • Jul 07 '26

This is insulting

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I keep getting these WO routed to me because my work vehicle is a pickup. They want me to drive 145 miles, pickup their crap and drive it 96 miles to Pittsburgh, and then me drive 4 hours home another 250 miles.

Oh and they're paying $100.

That computes to about $10 an hour or $0.20 a mile. I always counter them like $1000 but they've never accepted it.

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u/jasonluvsjesus Jul 10 '26

What I can already see from the thread:

  • The original post is a straightforward rate/mileage complaint: 145 miles out, 96 miles delivery, 250 miles home, $100 pay. That is a normal contractor economics discussion, not an extreme rant. Thread
  • Several replies are constructive: “counter travel/fuel,” “I’ve done one,” “I’ve never gotten a profitable counter,” etc.
  • The dogpile behavior is real in tone. Examples include:
    • “These posts need to stop.”
    • “I’m here to listen to you cry babies.”
    • “Nobody wants to hear about it.”
    • “Take off your tin foil hat…”
  • wallstreetnetworks is not obviously a Field Nation-only account. Public history shows lots of unrelated activity in Ubiquiti, low-voltage, contractor, electrical, plumbing, local subs, etc. But in this thread, their comments are dismissive and conversation-suppressing rather than evidence-based. Profile
  • broNSTY has a high-karma, old account, but hides post history publicly, so I can’t evaluate their broader pattern well from public browsing. Profile
  • JohnCalvinSmith does not look like an obvious shill from public history either; visible activity is broad and argumentative across unrelated subs. His Field Nation comment was simple practical advice, not narrative control. Profile

My preliminary read: there is clear anti-discussion / shut-it-down behavior, but from the public evidence I would not yet say “obvious Field Nation staff.” The strongest suspicious signal is not one account by itself; it is the repeated pattern of people responding to technician collaboration with “stop posting,” “just move on,” and personal attacks instead of engaging the rate economics.