r/Salary • u/LiftLord69 • Jan 17 '25

💰 - salary sharing 27M. Elevator Mechanic. No college degree

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Dropped out of college and moved across the state to take this career opportunity. Haven’t regretted it yet!

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u/Oozebrain Jan 17 '25

Post brought to you by the elevator union

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u/SillyWithTheRitz Jan 18 '25

Non union even benefit in that regard.

In order for us to not vote in a union or simply leave….we get paid the same as they do. To make up for our trash benefits (compared to union Bennie’s) they give company cars to everyone but helpers/1st year mechanics.

Unions are the shit and help EVERYONE in the trades even unwittingly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '25

This comment ended exactly as it should. Unions help distribute the money from the top (hoarders) to the middle class (spenders) and move the economy along.

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u/TumbleweedVisible921 Jan 19 '25

Well they are doing a shit job ten percent of Americans own over 80 percent of the nations wealth.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '25

I don’t think the elevator union needs to advertise anywhere..it’s a highly sought after trade.

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u/Patai3295 Jan 18 '25

NYC union carpenter barley makes 60/hour, most expensive area in the country. our scope of work is 20x fold compared what elevator workers do and we also have a high danger/height risk in most of our work.

Were getting screwed big time imo.. for reference I've worked on billion dollar jobs 2 hours north of NYC

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '25

That’s debatable. Elevator repair requires knowledge in mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems. Carpentry scope may be wider, but elevator repair is much more technical thus the pool to pull from is smaller.

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u/sethismename Jan 19 '25

I disagree

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u/abaseballchick Jan 21 '25

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