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tec · 09-12-2006, 06:42 PM

Stay with the plumber line, if it's what you like. I would view the cable position as temporary, I know they are around here, most of the cable guys are 25 and under. The company I whore myself out to as a sub for plumbing is a restoration company, they rebuild after fires/floods, etc. While work may get slow at times, they generally always have work, especially for the plumber. The company generally does not want to loose the plumber, so they always find work for them when things are slow, but at this company, that hasn't been needed in the last two years.

Oh, and Paul

. If you work 42 hours this week, do you think you will get paid for those hours this week? How can payroll know what hours you worked this week and pay you this week? They can't, they don't. You get your money, but a week or two or three weeks behind what you work, depending on how you set it up.

So if they pay every two weeks, say, 09-08-06 and 09-22-06 and 10-06-06, and you start on 09-18-06, you just started mid pay period and will be paid on 10-06-06 for all time worked from 09-18-06 to 09-22-06.

It is illegal to withhold pay from an employee. And it would make most accountants heads spin trying to figure out how to classify that and on what line item to place it in the journals. Not gonna happen. (unless it's a company with no morals and not afraid of the law by means of intimidating the employees to keep their mouths shut.)

**einheit 13** · 09-12-2006, 06:53 PM

Hot on the left, cold on the right, crap runs downhill-unless you gotta grinder pump....

turd chasing is better than any cable job. You can even specialize later on -boiler maker, pipe welder, sprinklers, or just about anything that has to do with 'water' and some form of piping.

Our pay week starts on Thurs and ends on Wed.....

orrminator · 09-12-2006, 08:10 PM

Being a journeyman or master plumber can be an actual career. A cable technician will have you crawling in dirty old attics or basements stringing cable in the worst weather. A plumber will make a lot more money over the long haul...

dasanii19 · 09-12-2006, 08:17 PM

Yea I guess the reason for holding back a weeks pay is for when you leave you get a full weeks pay to go with you. Thats what I was told.. That kinda sucks though, I work all week with nothing to show for it .. Oh well Ill get next weeks pay check..

robinsre · 09-12-2006, 08:25 PM

grats on the new job man

Wanna buy me a gun?

**Bycyclist** · 09-12-2006, 08:32 PM

Stick with the plumbing thing - always in demand, in fact, probably increasing in demand as population grows, but only if you enjoy it, and someday, maybe it will be yours.

Working for Charter, you'll just be a tiny cog in a very big wheel...

**xd357** · 09-12-2006, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dasanii19

Yea I guess the reason for holding back a weeks pay is for when you leave you get a full weeks pay to go with you. Thats what I was told.. That kinda sucks though, I work all week with nothing to show for it .. Oh well Ill get next weeks pay check..

That is how they do it for us. They withhold one week until you leave and you get that week of pay plus whatever hours
you have coming for the final week you work.
I guess it helps, it is nice to have a larger check when you leave.

Good Luck, I can only imagine the tricks and jokes to come as the regulars "Break -In" the new guy.

Matt

dasanii19 · 09-12-2006, 09:25 PM

Thanks again guys for the hope and enthusiasm, it really makes a difference on my out look towards working this plumbing trade. I think having hands on experience will really put forth my career. I believe a guy doesn't need college to make a good living, I also believe Its what you put into life is what you get out of it. Ill keep my fingers crossed and give it my best shot. SHOOOW MEEEE THE MONEY!!!

Dwweeb_5150 · 09-12-2006, 09:35 PM

Congrats on the new job.Stay with the plumbing job.

Paul · 09-12-2006, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tec

Oh, and Paul

. If you work 42 hours this week, do you think you will get paid for those hours this week? How can payroll know what hours you worked this week and pay you this week? They can't, they don't. You get your money, but a week or two or three weeks behind what you work, depending on how you set it up.

No

They could, but most don't want to.

Hey, I'm not suggesting you should go to jail. From your post you are actually holding up to two weeks pay at times. Most trades get paid weekly where I live. Perhaps this is a matter of semantics.

Don't rely on the Union for your retirement!

09-12-2006, 06:53 PM	#12
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,847	Hot on the left, cold on the right, crap runs downhill-unless you gotta grinder pump.... turd chasing is better than any cable job. You can even specialize later on -boiler maker, pipe welder, sprinklers, or just about anything that has to do with 'water' and some form of piping. Our pay week starts on Thurs and ends on Wed..... __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

09-12-2006, 08:10 PM	#13
orrminator XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gresham, Oregon Posts: 822	Being a journeyman or master plumber can be an actual career. A cable technician will have you crawling in dirty old attics or basements stringing cable in the worst weather. A plumber will make a lot more money over the long haul... __________________ ************************ Chris If it ain't broke....gimme a minute. ************************

09-12-2006, 08:17 PM	#14
dasanii19 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 3,620	Yea I guess the reason for holding back a weeks pay is for when you leave you get a full weeks pay to go with you. Thats what I was told.. That kinda sucks though, I work all week with nothing to show for it .. Oh well Ill get next weeks pay check.. __________________ MY NAME IS SUE!!! HOW DO YOU DO!!! "I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it."

09-12-2006, 08:25 PM	#15
robinsre XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,929	grats on the new job man Wanna buy me a gun? __________________ Zeroth law of thermodynamics : If you have 1 six pack of beer and your neighbor brings 4 beers over, you will each end up drinking only 5 beers. First law of thermodynamics : There's no such thing as a free beer. Second law of thermodynamics : Even if there was such thing as a free beer, you couldn't drink it all anyway. Third law of thermodynamics : The colder it gets, the less beer you will have.

09-12-2006, 08:32 PM	#16
Bycyclist XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NorCaliforneeya Posts: 1,844	Stick with the plumbing thing - always in demand, in fact, probably increasing in demand as population grows, but only if you enjoy it, and someday, maybe it will be yours. Working for Charter, you'll just be a tiny cog in a very big wheel... __________________ =============================================== BYcyclist - the worst day on a ride (or at the range) is better than the best day in the office ===============================================

09-12-2006, 06:42 PM	#11
tec XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Holland Ohio Posts: 8,681 Blog Entries: 1	Stay with the plumber line, if it's what you like. I would view the cable position as temporary, I know they are around here, most of the cable guys are 25 and under. The company I whore myself out to as a sub for plumbing is a restoration company, they rebuild after fires/floods, etc. While work may get slow at times, they generally always have work, especially for the plumber. The company generally does not want to loose the plumber, so they always find work for them when things are slow, but at this company, that hasn't been needed in the last two years. Oh, and Paul . If you work 42 hours this week, do you think you will get paid for those hours this week? How can payroll know what hours you worked this week and pay you this week? They can't, they don't. You get your money, but a week or two or three weeks behind what you work, depending on how you set it up. So if they pay every two weeks, say, 09-08-06 and 09-22-06 and 10-06-06, and you start on 09-18-06, you just started mid pay period and will be paid on 10-06-06 for all time worked from 09-18-06 to 09-22-06. It is illegal to withhold pay from an employee. And it would make most accountants heads spin trying to figure out how to classify that and on what line item to place it in the journals. Not gonna happen. (unless it's a company with no morals and not afraid of the law by means of intimidating the employees to keep their mouths shut.)

09-12-2006, 09:25 PM	#18
dasanii19 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 3,620	Thanks again guys for the hope and enthusiasm, it really makes a difference on my out look towards working this plumbing trade. I think having hands on experience will really put forth my career. I believe a guy doesn't need college to make a good living, I also believe Its what you put into life is what you get out of it. Ill keep my fingers crossed and give it my best shot. SHOOOW MEEEE THE MONEY!!! __________________ MY NAME IS SUE!!! HOW DO YOU DO!!! "I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it."

09-12-2006, 09:35 PM	#19
Dwweeb_5150 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Leaving ¿©@l!n0gun@Â§tan Posts: 821	Congrats on the new job.Stay with the plumbing job.

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