Top 5 WORST Things About Being An Electrician 

I have been an electrician for 10 years. Recently, my mentor retired sold his business to another guy who has no electrical experience. Needless to say I didn’t get along with him so I went and got my electrical license took me four months. Now I own my own company for the last eight months. I am a one-man show which means I am constantly running, and I’m always stressed out it seems. The money is great though and I just hired my first day who starts Monday. Everything that you said is spot on. Out here in Arizona where I am when you work a commercial job you listen to Spanish music the entire day blaring. I have nothing against it, but that’s all you ever hear, and that is probably my number one gripe is when you’re trying to read a blueprint and you cannot concentrate on anything because of the radio blaring all day on a commercial job

I got incredibly lucky with my journey as an apprentice, I went to community college learning the construction trades (electricity, plumbing and HVAC) I enjoyed electric the most and excelled in it. I also loved hvac and it’s cool to see it all come into play. We’ve been on a house rewire this week and looking to be done tomorrow. I’ve been out of high school and community college. I did both at the same time for about 3 years now and been in the food industry for 7 so this is definitely different work but I love it. It’s just simply me and one dude that does his own electric jobs and we just ride around doing electrical and I learn every day and he’s been a great teacher. I love my job and cannot wait to experience more. It’s been difficult and it’s been hard but it’s been so rewarding and has given me so much to look forward to in these next few months. First month down a lot more to go. Woot woot

Hey are you still a electrician? Did you quit your electrical job? Why ain’t you doing or showing field work?

Working with turds is the worst. We were placed with a grumpy old man who didn't think that we are working or using our brains when they tell us to go do new things it was very frustrating trying to work under those conditions of a jackass so regardless some people quit but they intend to come back there's a big issue with these guys who come in from outside with no experience and then the guys that have all the experience. I noticed that some of these guys come straight out of prison and yeah the trades are open to anybody but they have s*** attitudes. It's horrible to develop with these turds but on the plus side as they cuss you out so can you. It's horrible to feel this way that you want to cuss your co-workers out but if they disrespect you and start cussing you out then it should be fair that management doesn't step in you take resorts to defend yourself. You will meet really low people who are just scrambling for work they are desperate people and are their working as electricians because they have no other choice

Thanks for sharing. - take care

Haha I’m about to go into the commercial electrical field and I was thinking about the potapotty situation today and I’m honestly planning on trying to train my body to only go at night or very early in the morning.

Power company lineman, or contractor lineman is same, same. Wearing rubber gloves & sleeves while working high voltage in the summertime will give you heat stroke & frostbite in the wintertime. Working in hurricanes, thunderstorms, ice storms, wind storms, mud, dust, ditches, floods, & 24/7 on call at times. It's still a damned fine career with major satisfaction when you get the lights back on.

It’s honestly not that bad just like with anything there is pros and cons. I’m in commercial new construction some projects are dirtier than most for sure but in general they can be very clean once the slab and walls are up. There is assholes everywhere but if you try to learn from the old heads you will be fine. If they get abusive pushback is always a healthy thing in a mentor/subordinate relationship. Look it’s mostly guys in the trades so you are going to have to get over using a portapotty. If you work hard and try to learn as much as you can to be a well rounded electrician you will fine. Number one thing a lot of guys struggle with is tools. I cannot stress enough how you apprenticeship should be spent buying tools. Tools make your job easier but I see a lot of guys spend their paycheck on women, booze, drugs, vacation, and bullshit honestly. Don’t fall into those bad habits, get your ass up and go to work, be on time, and you will easily skip past %80 of the guys out there

I have been licensed electrician for the past 51 years and i never, ever worked a day in my life!!! I have owned the family owned business now fir the past 46 years. I work out of Detroit, Michigan.

No wonder there are more electricians retiring then joining. Doesn't matter if the money is good if your body is breaking while you have no life doing work all day during your best years. Even the military sounds better then this lmao.

Most people aren't really human, they treat the Porto potties horribly leaving a nuclear poop explosion behind!! They must be the same at thier home 😮😮

#1 should be fiberglass insulation laying on top of drop ceilings. Im a commercial service guy....that shit sucks

In a port o potie rn

Port o potties should be illegal!

Yea mostly agreed.. And they wonder why we charge like a wounded bull. Ya just gotta harden up and get on with it.

Thanks for the insite - nice shout out to God 🙏🏼👍🏻

Get the hell out contractor work. Find a big blue chip company and apply to their engineering dept.

thought it was tempting but nope not for me lol

Many of the things you said were very true!! 👍. The trade is great, but if you have to put up ugly uneducated selfish people, then it could be bad 😢. Workout, learn true self defense kid 😉

Mine is the bad wheather

What’s a good state for minorities Electrician ? Just got my certificate two weeks ago

What he's saying about the port o johns it would be dirty if it was me cause I don't put my butt on public toilets I'd just spray fecal matter everywhere 😅 😂😂😂

Yeah once you said what the hours were like you lost me.

Pompous and arrogant engineers/ architects

The worst part of being an electrician is being an American one :p Jk but seriously my gripe is when I have to be in the general vicinity of a f***in plumber

Good video. Question..I'm on crutches and missing a leg, do you think this is a job I could do or would they not want to hire a person like that?