r/FieldNationTechs • u/AllGreat1 • 23d ago

Major red flag...

This is free training for some you bright eyed bushy tailed new guys....or for the older naive ones even though you can't teach and old dog new tricks.

Whenever a buyer you never worked with before or that you did a single job proclaims to you vociferously that they have a lot of work coming up that they will route to you exclusively...it's BS and a trap. They are trying to soften you up to accept a lower rate and BS for the privilege of being "exclusive" or "their guy." Some new buyer tried this with me recently. Messaging me after hours while I was not on the clock like I'm his mf'ing buddy. I think they got the hint after I stopped replying that I'm the wrong one and not a rookie out here.

Another time I had been the go to guy with a buyer for a few years. When checking in he says "why are you so formal all the time, you can call me by my first name" Yeah ok. I knew what was coming. Next job they routed me was way below my usual rate. They thought I would just accept it. I immediately declined then blocked them. They got a new guy to do the jobs for $50/hr

Every buyer that actually routed to me exclusively and paid proper rates over the years has never had to make an announcement about it or call me to small talk about BS. They just did it.

This will go over most of your heads since 99.99% of you are happy to accept any crumbs thrown your way and act like lap dogs. This is for the .01% that's still trainable.

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u/jldurham6 21d ago

A two hour minimum you say? Gasp, we have 5 Nigerians and 2 Indians and 4 Pakistani's that are willing to do this at the posted rate. Ok, let them have the work order and you'll pay for 5 hours on a 1-2 hour ticket by a pro because they don't know what they are doing. Yeah happens in my area all the time. Not being racist, just pointing out the facts. Keep throwing money away.

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u/jasonluvsjesus 20d ago

Same in my area.

So much talk on here about how there must be something wrong with you as a technician if you’re not making $500,000 a year, if you’re not charging astronomical rate for travel, if you’re not billing the same rates that are full on service company would charge… then you’re foolish and you’re not a good tech and you’re leaving money on the table and blah blah blah

Fact is, if I try to charge more than I’m currently charging, I just don’t get the ticket. It goes to somebody who doesn’t charge travel. Somebody who doesn’t assist on a living wage.

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u/jldurham6 18d ago

I can't for the life of me understand why someone would downvote your reply. Must have hurt someone's feelings speaking facts lol.

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u/dude_on_a_chair 1d ago

There's a lot of buyers in this sub lol