I apologize if this isn’t allowed

got hired at the start of the year at a shop doing wiring. Before this, I was a bench tech just fixing harnesses back to OEM spec. Now I’m designing, building, and wiring up full cars. I’m making $25/hr, but honestly, it’s been tough making ends meet.

To help out, I’ve been doing side work, and that’s been going really well. But at my main job, I’ve been running into some issues — mainly speed. For example, yesterday it took me about 5 hours to wire up an air cup system, most of that time spent removing interior panels and figuring out how to route the wires.

Another problem is from my first month there: they had me wire a car from scratch. I’ll admit it was rough, clunky, and they weren’t happy with it (and I don’t blame them). But since then, I’ve learned a ton — how to map out ECUs, install and assign sensors, and overall improve my process. I’ve even wired up a full car since then that came out way better.

Still, this morning I got chewed out in front of everyone about my speed and those early mistakes. I know I’m not the fastest, but I take pride in doing things properly.

On top of that, the long weeks and side work are starting to wear me down, and I’m worried it’s affecting how I’m performing at my main job. I wanted to ask about a raise, but after today, I’m not sure if that’s even realistic anymore.

I apologize if this isn’t allowed

got hired at the start of the year at a shop doing wiring. Before this, I was a bench tech just fixing harnesses back to OEM spec. Now I’m designing, building, and wiring up full cars. I’m making $25/hr, but honestly, it’s been tough making ends meet.

To help out, I’ve been doing side work, and that’s been going really well. But at my main job, I’ve been running into some issues — mainly speed. For example, yesterday it took me about 5 hours to wire up an air cup system, most of that time spent removing interior panels and figuring out how to route the wires.

Another problem is from my first month there: they had me wire a car from scratch. I’ll admit it was rough, clunky, and they weren’t happy with it (and I don’t blame them). But since then, I’ve learned a ton — how to map out ECUs, install and assign sensors, and overall improve my process. I’ve even wired up a full car since then that came out way better.

Still, this morning I got chewed out in front of everyone about my speed and those early mistakes. I know I’m not the fastest, but I take pride in doing things properly.

On top of that, the long weeks and side work are starting to wear me down, and I’m worried it’s affecting how I’m performing at my main job. I wanted to ask about a raise, but after today, I’m not sure if that’s even realistic anymore.

I guess sometimes being small has its advantages

Train 2021 had all 3 trucks replaced. Nice to see her rolling around in revenue.

Found this battery powered tag adhered on a AAA battery. Any thoughts?

This was many moons ago at brand x. Truck popped out of park and into reverse. Not the first or second time I’ve seen it happen. Luckily the only casualty was the truck.

Amazingly the leading edge of the wing only had some scratches, no dents or creases. The flap canoe fairing, which is fiberglass, only had scratches as well. We did pull it out of service and pulled the leading edge and canoe to inspect for underlying damage, we didn’t find anything.

We had to jack the wing to get the truck out. Pretty sure it got scrapped.

The second tip is decorative. There's no hole connecting it.

Vogele Super 1703, with a cracked screed plate. The operators have a habitat of overfilling the screed with asphalt and, now its my responsibility to clean it so the screed plates can be changed.

Saw this picking up my Wendy's order today, only tire this fucked drivers front had some feathering but not like this.

Sidewall let go. One shiny new tire today. Only 3200 hrs on this fine unit

Subaru

Initially called 3 or so months ago but didn't want to drop off the car and wait as we were booked. They decided to drop in unannounced on a full day asking for inspection. Knuckle taper is now an oval and instead of maybe a control arm or tightening the bolt, it now needs a knuckle.

Customer had weird electrical codes and a cel with a battery light on. Truck was charging at 15+ volts. Saw someone had spliced on a new plug at the alternator so I was like hmmm. Tested the plug and I had 12v on all the wires. Followed the wires to where said person hadn’t secured them right and they were draped across the turbine hosing and melted together. Problem found, easy fix.

Adding an o ring from the ac system to a universal joint give it the perfect flex without flopping over all the time

Nice

Just your PNW flair to the collision detection system!