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Hi thanks for clarifying that.
Lol just wondered because although I have no inside knowledge doing network maintenance like amps, batteries, laser faults and installation etc on network side doesnt sound so bad, even with the other stuff you mentioned lol. Compared to the complaints you hear of install techs being over worked.. So I just wondered how people got a job on networks.. Assumed that people applied directly for those jobs and had some kinda qualifications.
Id imagine now it's harder to get a job in networks than years gone by.. Remember when bell cable came here.
Even remember them digging up all the roads round here putting in the ducting and infrastructure then men with clipboards following door to door signing people up onto the new cable network.
We signed up, and a van load of guys turned up, some were digging the garden and pulling the cable while 2 others were inside cabling everything up lol was about 3 or 4 guys and everything was done in 1 sweep.
Now seems to be a case of 1 team comes out and pulls the cable, another team comes out a few days later to connect it. Or if new install
2nd person on their own does the in house install.
So probably loads more overworked leaving less time for those days off where they can learn about the networks, and when gaps do appear probably really competitive I'd imagine with people desperate to get off installs onto networks lol.
But seems to be possible though to get up the chain quickly guess it depends on the person... When I had who I'm guessing was a principle tech out he barely looked 20 lol.
No idea how he got promoted to that role so quickly. Or is it just pot luck you get the job to begin with instead of a normal service tech.
But does seem to be getting worse.. We left vm for a few years then returned 6 years ago..
Even then person came out to do the install, found damaged drop cable, then came back later on in the afternoon with another guy to help him pull a replacement cable.. And we was online same day, pulled, dug in and connected
But now 6 years later if cable was damaged then installer would go, wait a week got cable to get pulled then another week for somebody to come back to dig it in and connect
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