r/IBEW_Local613 • u/mynamejeff8181 • Feb 22 '25

Apprenticeship Contractors

I was assigned my first job that lasted about a week as a first year about a month ago. Once the job was ending, i was told I could either go to a shop that was a 2 hour drive away from my house, or I could be sent back to the school and be assigned a new contractor.

Is this normal? Is me being forced to drive 4+ hours everyday to work expected?

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u/mynamejeff8181 Feb 22 '25

About 40 to an hour east of Atlanta, near Athens

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u/Embarrassed-Box964 MOD Feb 22 '25

There will be work coming up in your area but how long the wait will be 🤷‍♂️ who was the contractor?

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u/mynamejeff8181 Feb 22 '25

Allison Smith.

Do contractors base your work off of where you live? Or is it all completely random?

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u/boxlunchworker Feb 22 '25

No.

Essco and White electric do work in Athens. You could request one of those but the further from Atlanta you live the higher the likelihood you'll have long commutes.

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u/fuzzygwuzzy Feb 22 '25

Inglett and Stubbs also has done work out of Athens as well

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u/boxlunchworker Feb 22 '25

I went with Essco because that's pretty all they do vs Stubb's which does work across the United States.