New job ??

[My Cobra]

Well i got offered a new job working for verizon. I would be installing phone lines in peoples houses. Starting pay is 14 to 22 an hour depending on experience. I was told i woudl start out "Neer the high end of that scale" due to my computer engineering experience. Was wondering if anybody else here has worked for verizon or does work for verizon. My mom has for about 20 years. She is over NC GA TN and this area. Give me your input on this type of job. I want somethign outside and not sitting around all day. :gso:

[93ramvert]

Cobra94 works for Verizon, he does the Business end tho. He installs and maintains phone systems at businesses. He likes it sometimes, gets good benes, I mean ones that I could only wish for. Get with him maybe he can give you some input.

[tweety]

I say go for it. At least you will be outside :thumpupn:

[ComputerGuy]

Congratulations on the new job. I have only worked for two employers over 26 years, The USAF, and DynCorp Technical Services.

Once again Congrats on the new job

[NoSlo5.0]

Congratulations on the new job. I have only worked for two employers over 26 years, The USAF, and DynCorp Technical Services.

Once again Congrats on the new job

Being the 12 year Navy veteran that I am, and having been stationed at Pearl Harbor (right next to Hickam AFB) for several years, I can say with AUTHORITY that working and USAF cannot be used in the same sentence! ;)

MyCobra, it sounds like a good entry level position with decent pay and perhaps some decent benefits. Verizon may not always be called Verizon, but I'd be willing to bet your job would not be affected by mergers and the like. If you've got some skills and talent, you'll find yourself movin on up (to the eastside) where the pay and benefits get better still. Sounds like one of those opportunities of a lifetime. The kind you'll always look back on and say "what if I had...?"

[My Cobra]

thanks for all the input. I am going to take the test on wed.

[Cobra94]

i missed this post. yeah i work for Verizon. i love it. Im non-union, so i get my benifits from verizon. u may end up being a union employee. union also give great benies.

[stalker]

I'm a computer guy and have seen tons of people go out and do the cable pulling thing whether it's Cat5 or Telecom. They all hated it. I don't know. It's your family that is more to worry about. If it's gonna put them in a predicament, then re-think it. If you have no family other than yourself, then do it. The worse that happens is you find out you don't like it and go back to what you were doing.

[J]

due to my computer engineering experience :rofl:

[Cobra94]

I'm a computer guy and have seen tons of people go out and do the cable pulling thing whether it's Cat5 or Telecom. They all hated it. I don't know. It's your family that is more to worry about. If it's gonna put them in a predicament, then re-think it. If you have no family other than yourself, then do it. The worse that happens is you find out you don't like it and go back to what you were doing.
i work for Verizon, and i dont pull cable. Verizon's cost to the end user would be to high. sounds like he'd be running residental lines, pole to desktop. alot of outside work.

As for pulling cable. its boring repeatitive work.

[My Cobra]

i would be outside a installer for houses and businesses

[J]

Good, you can tell us about all the nasty houses you have to install stuff in... hahaha

[My Cobra]

Good, you can tell us about all the nasty houses you have to install stuff in... hahaha

You mean trailers. I live in NC dude come on.

[Cobra94]

You mean trailers. I live in NC dude come on.
i can see it now. MY Cobra, 1st day, deep in the back woods of NC, hooking up a telephone line at VERN's little setup. where as just last week, electricy was installed.

[BonesGT]

Nick good luck on the new job. Hope it all works out for ya.

[My Cobra]

Thanks bones. I go to take the test tomorrow. So hope all goes well.

Cobra 94 we got power a month ago duh, Last week was in door plumbin

[Cobra94]

Thanks bones. I go to take the test tomorrow. So hope all goes well.

Cobra 94 we got power a month ago duh, Last week was in door plumbin
OH thats right. got confused there.

good luck tomorrow! remember the telephone is the one with the wires not the pipes. OK?