They are trying to get you for cheap bro. If you are getting $22 per hr from an agency they must be charging $44 at minimum per hour for you from those hiring them. Have you looked at what prevailing wage in the area you work in is per hour?

Try to keep your eyes open for larger company.

 

Mech. They are told to take it or leave it. They usually get per diem and OT that adds up to a couple of grand a week so that they can survive working out of town.
Its not for me but, someone with 5 or 10 years in the trade that can run EMT is who they are looking for.

 

You only deserve what you settle for. Don't let them get you down, there are better opportunities out there.

 

Yea I see this alot. Companies will pay when they are in a rush and don't want to get hit with fines. They don't want to pay otherwise. A good helper should get 19 or 20. A guy just above a helper should get 22-24 journeymen 25-30 and a guy running a job ,even if they are small jobs start at 30 -40.

 

...prevailing rate in NYC is $52.00 per hour, plus another $50 in benefits (total cost per hour is over $100).

 

I realize you are just venting but, matters of pay VS value are impossible to determine on an internet forum.

The bottom line is, in a free and open marketplace, you are worth what you get.

 

Journeyman rates NYC

http://www.jibei.org/documents/Prevailing_Wages_A_Journeymen.pdf

 

I'd give you 20-30hr with bennies. Maybe even a van. Sorry you're in a rough spot.

 

If you had a higher average temperature I'd be right out ! LOL

 

Amazon Project?

 

When I was 18 a colleague at the complex I did maintenance at took me to a temp place, he would go pick up work for fun money. I went in, talked to the desk and left. I was not impressed. But that was me, I had money and a house. If I needed one or both, I'd take anything I could.

 

Around Chicago, it's $25-30 for experienced non-union electricians last I checked.

In NYC I'd imagine $30 would be the starting point, but hell if I know.

Have you asked around, or only the one shop? I'd stop pinning my hopes on a single agency or contractor; go where the work and money is.

 

Plainly you don't understand the rules of the game.

1) EVERY temp agency has boilerplate stipulating that should a client wish to hire away any temporary employee from their clutches -- they owe the temp agency a 'finders fee// placement fee.'

This is NOT a small sum. It may be as high as six-months wages.

( This is seen in Silicon Valley all the time. )

2) When your prospective employer inquired into hiring you permanently they were reminded that the placement fee was due -- in full -- immediately.

They CHOKED.

They'd forgotten// completely over looked the placement fee.

3) They never phoned you to explain that you can't be hired by them -- without paying this fee -- until two full years have passed. ( The latter is a national standard set by the courts, BTW. ) That would make for an embarrassing phone call.

4) You're left standing around puzzled as to what has not transpired.

5) Your asking wage was considerably LESS than what they'd been paying the temp agency for your services. So, you're barking up the wrong tree on that account.

You should use your connections to get hired straight off WITHOUT the temp agency. This is something that you should be able to pull off. Use photographs, referrals, etc. to make yourself a compelling candidate.

Be sure to show up wearing your tool sacks, PPE, and ready to work -- even if you're walking into their corporate offices. Yes, it makes a heck of an impression.

Don't show up in flip-flops and shorts. It's been tried, let me tell you. :laughing:

The surfer went down in flames.

 

I hate temp agencies. They're a bad deal for workers.