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Originally Posted by morph178
Virgin tech, i have read so many of your posts degrading "contractors" and the crap they do, and you make so many sweeping generalisations, over the years i have met and worked with so many "in house techs", and believe me i could tell you some stories.
I am one of those "contractors" and have been doing this job for almost 6 years, so believe me when i say the "in house" guys can be just as bad, if not worse than some of the contractors, most of the guys i work with (contractors) do a damn bloody good job, considering the amount of work they got out with each day, (a lot more than in house) The guys i work with take care and pride in their work, yeah there are some cowboys and some who make mistakes, but is that not the same in house???
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i agree, some in house techs can be cowboys i know some, i also know some contractors and should be payed lots more than they do for a good job they do...we get 30 mins (including traveling) to fix a job, same as you guys this is no way enough time to do some jobs properly...
thing is, when im on a job twice as long because of a contractor doing a bad job, i moan... in house cowboys dont affect me, contractors do..
but the thing is if you have read the right replies from me, you will see i also blame NTL (virgin) and to be honest these are the biggest cowboys out
i try my damnedest to do a good job, late home more than on time and if i finish 15 mins early im off to my by box (yes we have to get our stock in our own time) making me late anyway lol..
i dont mind a contractor doing a rushed job or making mistakes, i draw the line to them lying to the customer and doing things they know are wrong..
but again, given the right amount of time even chimps can do a good job, but alas some will be in the pub taking the ****, and we have had a lot of those...
i wish all our contractors where as good as you, my job would be good....oh just remembered it wouldn't i work for NTL.
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Originally Posted by jungleguy
I have to agree with morph178, I have had specific jobs where the sub contractor has gone the extra mile to help out, simply because they care. Similarly, I've had jobs dived out to service techs, and cause they're on a day rate, they havn't even attended the installs, (too much work for them) and worse still not even contacted the customer. I dread service techs doing my installs, they're useless.
I really think you do a disservice to the sub contractors. Stop knocking them.
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i knock the ones that need knocking,,
any contractor that is on this site, is obviously a good guy and cares about his work, this is a given
it is impossible to paint everyone with the same brush. not enuff paint and the brush is too small.