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I was an A&P Mechanic and went into Elevators it's an excellent career field.
I was on a construction site 25 floors
I think the elevator union guys with their overtime pay were making even more than the project manager lol
I think the elevator union guys with their overtime pay were making even more than the project manager lol
The overtime use to be nuts. I’m not sure what it’s like today, but the older guy I knew 10 years ago who wouldn’t give it up. He worked for Otis elevators, and they had a contract with one of the local colleges where if they were called out for anything, no matter how quick and silly it was, it was mandatory three hours overtime. You wouldn’t believe how often the stupid kids would drop shit into the shafts, and that’s all he had to show up to do. On top of that, he happened to live within 15 minutes of the one they had the contract with. I bet he still holding on to that gig deep into his 70s.
How much do you make and is it a stressful job
You are making over $100,000 probably even before overtime kicks in.
It's not any more stressful than any other job. Every job can be stressful.
I like to work alone and not be around dumb women or niggers or kikes
As elevator tech you probably get your own vehicle and if you want to just be a field tech I assume you are alone most of the time.
When installing new shafts and elevators you will be around construction guys on construction sites. Worst is you probably have to deal with spics and OSHA
It's not any more stressful than any other job. Every job can be stressful.
I like to work alone and not be around dumb women or niggers or kikes
As elevator tech you probably get your own vehicle and if you want to just be a field tech I assume you are alone most of the time.
When installing new shafts and elevators you will be around construction guys on construction sites. Worst is you probably have to deal with spics and OSHA
Sounds like a good opportunity
Too good to pass up. Why NOT do it? Do you have a better career prospect knocking on your door? Do you want to make good money? Would you enjoy it or does working on elevators sound too bad to you?
Just don't fall down the shaft. Guy tells me one time the elevator doors opened but the elevator wasn't there. It was just the shaft. Fortunately they weren't staring into their phones. Would have been a long fall
Too good to pass up. Why NOT do it? Do you have a better career prospect knocking on your door? Do you want to make good money? Would you enjoy it or does working on elevators sound too bad to you?
Just don't fall down the shaft. Guy tells me one time the elevator doors opened but the elevator wasn't there. It was just the shaft. Fortunately they weren't staring into their phones. Would have been a long fall
If you don’t have better options absolutely. They get paid well and don’t work extremely hard like the other trades.
They make big money
Worked as an elevator mechanic apprentice for three years. If you enjoy manual labor and building/fixing stuff then you’ll enjoy it but it can be very hard work at times. It wasn’t for me. Here’s some things off the top of my head why I left it:
The work itself is dirty and dangerous. Every day I’d get hurt in some way or another whether it would be a scrape on a sharp piece of metal, a loose strand on a cable cutting my arm, busting open a knuckle on a steel beam while tightening a bolt, etc. just to name a few. I heard of guys getting serious injuries like breaking backs or getting parts of their body crushed by a moving part. The positions you’d had to get in to reach certain parts of the elevator are very awkward and uncomfortable. Constantly breathing in dirty air quality in the elevator shaft, pit, or motor room (I would be picking black boogers out my nose and soot out of my ears in the shower, the water would often times be black from all the dirt on me) and the loud noises messing up your hearing. Almost got killed on one occasion that my partner forgot to reengage the brakes after we changed the pads out and installed them, being on top the elevator we were unhanging the car (basically took all the weight off the machine by mounting blocks that the elevator hangs on while the brakes are being repaired) when the blocks were removed the elevator went up without stopping. Thank God the counterweight hit the bottom before we hit the top (which is how it’s supposed to be designed but some times people make mistakes). I was quite shook for a while after that. Cable replacements were always hard days, some times multiple days long if the building was big enough and the setup was complex.
It wasn’t all bad mind you, when I worked in repair there were several days we’d finish work by noon and go home if the jobs were small but still scheduled for 8 hours. Working in Mod was another story. You worked in one location all day removing the old elevator and putting in a new one over the course of months. That was a lot more work and you had to know a lot. As an elevator mechanic you’ll learn basically every other trade: electrical, carpentry, mechanical, plumbing, welding, iron working.
After three years I had enough. I looked at the people who had been doing it for 20-30 years and they didn’t seem like healthy or happy people. Most of the people my age were in the same boat as I was; pretty much had nothing else going on in life and this was their last resort. The commute into the city sucked, my days would be 11-12 hours long with the commute and I’d be so exhausted by the time I got home. Weekends were a wash as Saturday I’d spend resting/recovering from the week and Sunday I’d spend getting ready for the work week with meal prepping and doing laundry.
If you can stomach the work the benefits are great. I just preferred to live a life where I didn’t need to utilize health insurance because my body and health were destroyed. I could go on and on with my experiences, both good and bad but I figure you get the point of my perspective. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
The work itself is dirty and dangerous. Every day I’d get hurt in some way or another whether it would be a scrape on a sharp piece of metal, a loose strand on a cable cutting my arm, busting open a knuckle on a steel beam while tightening a bolt, etc. just to name a few. I heard of guys getting serious injuries like breaking backs or getting parts of their body crushed by a moving part. The positions you’d had to get in to reach certain parts of the elevator are very awkward and uncomfortable. Constantly breathing in dirty air quality in the elevator shaft, pit, or motor room (I would be picking black boogers out my nose and soot out of my ears in the shower, the water would often times be black from all the dirt on me) and the loud noises messing up your hearing. Almost got killed on one occasion that my partner forgot to reengage the brakes after we changed the pads out and installed them, being on top the elevator we were unhanging the car (basically took all the weight off the machine by mounting blocks that the elevator hangs on while the brakes are being repaired) when the blocks were removed the elevator went up without stopping. Thank God the counterweight hit the bottom before we hit the top (which is how it’s supposed to be designed but some times people make mistakes). I was quite shook for a while after that. Cable replacements were always hard days, some times multiple days long if the building was big enough and the setup was complex.
It wasn’t all bad mind you, when I worked in repair there were several days we’d finish work by noon and go home if the jobs were small but still scheduled for 8 hours. Working in Mod was another story. You worked in one location all day removing the old elevator and putting in a new one over the course of months. That was a lot more work and you had to know a lot. As an elevator mechanic you’ll learn basically every other trade: electrical, carpentry, mechanical, plumbing, welding, iron working.
After three years I had enough. I looked at the people who had been doing it for 20-30 years and they didn’t seem like healthy or happy people. Most of the people my age were in the same boat as I was; pretty much had nothing else going on in life and this was their last resort. The commute into the city sucked, my days would be 11-12 hours long with the commute and I’d be so exhausted by the time I got home. Weekends were a wash as Saturday I’d spend resting/recovering from the week and Sunday I’d spend getting ready for the work week with meal prepping and doing laundry.
If you can stomach the work the benefits are great. I just preferred to live a life where I didn’t need to utilize health insurance because my body and health were destroyed. I could go on and on with my experiences, both good and bad but I figure you get the point of my perspective. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
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