Lineman apprenticeship/groundman call vs Trucking

Yeah, do whatever you have to do to get that lineman job. I did cable construction for 15 years before it got to mostly underground-no fun in that but climbing sticks? Total testosterone rage! Hard on the body, but I think trucking is harder>>sitting all the time instead of using your body to it's fullest.

Good luck to you whatever you do.

 

My buddy out in Cali works for PG&E Union as a lineman. Think he waited 8months to 1year for the job. He makes 140k+ a year working 4 days a week. Better then UPS or Walmart. I'd drive until they call.

 

It's an oldie that's for sure.

 

Yes, joking. That's an old Glen Campbell song praising the lineman.

 

I never asked. But he makes a lot on overtime. When the power goes out and if he's on call that's big $$$$. He's a single guy pretty good with money. Has a nice fairly new 2 story house with a pool, bought a brand new Mitsubishi Evo, has a motorcycle, old show truck, and another project car. Also he has a kid to support too. Doing this in his mid 30's too.

 

Take life a day at a time, but make sure to keep in contact with the lineman job. Keep it simple. It sounded like you went to a union school, if true, you should have a good shot. Never hurts to buy a guy a cup of coffee!
Good luck!

Also - my experience has been that anyone who b-tches about unions, has never worked in a good one.

 

I tried the Teamsters and it was horrible. Old men with gray hair, sobbing and wailing and knifing each other constantly.
Delivered to a Teamsters grocery warehouse and those guys were really good to deal with. It's Jewel in Chicago. Really good people to deal with. The guy that checked my load told me they keep all the union stuff within the workers and leave outside people out of it. It was had to believe I was in a union grocery warehouse. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the absolute worst Teamsters in the universe was dealing with them in A&P warehouse in Edison,NJ and also McDonalds warehouse in PA.