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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: how much pay for a plumbing specialist?? | |
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Was just asked to be a plumbing specialist. Im a team leader now.
How much does a plumbing specialist make per hour? thanks |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:13 am Post subject: | |
| Maybe .25 more than you make as a team lead. | |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:03 am Post subject: | |
| I make $12.23 per hr now as a team leader | |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: | |
| I am betting you will not make much more than you are currently making as a team lead. The reason they will give you is that you will be eligible for the specialist bonus and commissions from all of your special order sales. | |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject: | |
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Pay depends as to the pay level of the store. I'd definatly ask for more pay going up. Heck I'd ask for 20-25%.
plumbing is year round so therefore it isn't limited to a season although I hear the busiest time for plumbers is the day after thanksgiving. Plumbing unlike electrical is probably an area where people generalize things and think they can do them without hurting themselves. In my state it's against the law to do anything in walls, floors or ceilings. So that limits the advice and naturally that pushes installs further 
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: | |
| The typical raise from Team Lead to Specialist or Department Manager is %10. | |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:13 am Post subject: | |
| Wanna make some real money? Go try the supply houses in town. Lowes pay scale is ridiculous. If you don't u are giving yourself a disservice and disrespect that you are getting for lowes. | |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: | |
| Um supply houses hardly need much for people. Retail itself is dying out. amazon.com is now bigger than lowes in terms of the market cap | |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: | |
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Retail isn't dying out. There are more choices now then there ever has been. While there are plenty of Internet and mail order retailers that can offer lower prices then a brick & morter shop, most people who shop at lowes and supply houses need the item that day. While you can order an outlet or a saw blade from Amazon, you will pay dearly to have it next day delivered.
There is always going to be demand for product, as long as someone still has a dollar in their pocket. |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: | |||
I never said retail was dying out. All I was saying is there are more jobs out there than retail jobs. A Supply house keeps stock. Ever hear of Hughes Supply? They are a supply house all over the US that was bought out by Home Depot now called HD Supply. Any good contractor will have jobs lined up in advance and know what they need before they get there. As for a career you have more opportunity in a small company than you do in a big corporate company. For example Lowes doesn't see you as an individual. They see you as a Sales Number. How sad don't you think? Next you will be getting a bar code to log into the system.....Sad Sad Sad.... Mom & Pop shops are the brick and mortar of towns across America. Its sad that a big box retail giant can come to town and shut down companies who have been in business for decades. Should be a law prohibiting it from happening. |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: | |
| I was responding to Mdovells statement. I need to utilize the quote tag more often. | |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:11 am Post subject: | |
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Hey Tao,
Can I borrow a dollar? |
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LOL Only if you realize that you must never spend it, because it all falls on you keeping it in your pocket! |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:41 am Post subject: | |
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"Retail isn't dying out. There are more choices now then there ever has been. While there are plenty of Internet and mail order retailers that can offer lower prices then a brick & morter shop, most people who shop at lowes and supply houses need the item that day. While you can order an outlet or a saw blade from Amazon, you will pay dearly to have it next day delivered."
I can understand if the customer NEEDS it the next day but what we are seeing is more of wants than needs. Brick and morter has suffered quite a bit. I'm in the northeast and plenty of chains were before lowes here. regional chains died out gradually and nearly totally by the end of the 90's. "There is always going to be demand for product, as long as someone still has a dollar in their pocket." Somewhat true but with online retailers you often get free shipping and no sales taxes. I think lowes is recongnizing this with that website enhansement if they run out of product you can get it shipped free. "All I was saying is there are more jobs out there than retail jobs. A Supply house keeps stock. Ever hear of Hughes Supply? They are a supply house all over the US that was bought out by Home Depot now called HD Supply." Um it was sold off by HD a year ago...and they had to lower the price 17% www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2007-08-28-hd-supply_N.htm "Any good contractor will have jobs lined up in advance and know what they need before they get there." And any good contractor would know that the housing market is dead. I'm sorry but I know some that are dying for work. I know one in a union that had to do non union work to survive in Rodchester ny...and there's some that are simply closing up. "As for a career you have more opportunity in a small company than you do in a big corporate company. For example Lowes doesn't see you as an individual. They see you as a Sales Number. How sad don't you think? Next you will be getting a bar code to log into the system.....Sad Sad Sad.... " And the government also numbers you via the social security system...they even number your house! and the license plate...and the passport number...heck the red cross gave me one for donating my blood. Of course they are going to number someone that works for them...even family businesses I've worked at over the past 15 years have! "Mom & Pop shops are the brick and mortar of towns across America. Its sad that a big box retail giant can come to town and shut down companies who have been in business for decades. Should be a law prohibiting it from happening." And who is shutting these places down? Consumers choose to shop. There's no quality guarantees at walmart for a good reason. Laws can't keep businesses closed or open...sorry. Take a economics course. |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:36 am Post subject: | |
yeah. what he said.
and touche. 
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject: | |
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My point is, and was, that Retail isn't dying. Sure regional chains die off, but that's nothing new. They die off for many reasons, including too much competition from other regional chains, or from other retailers moving in.
But the money is still being spent. Those now defunct retailers have been replaced by other retailers, who will some day be replaced by other retailers. Sure Internet Commerce will continue to grow, but it always will be second to brick and morters in terms of dollars spent. |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: | |
| I see our old buddy "leftlowes" is back. Tired of spending your millions???? | |
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I wouldn't totally say that. when some stores close they do not get refilled. there's a mall near me slowly dying. I remember when the super walmart opened up near them and sales at the nearest lowes crashed 30%. Sure it might not be the same stuff but if the customer wants a few things here and there and finds other things then that's where they'd go. There's plenty of dead and dying malls out there. As for the internet it depends as to the industry. The box store mentality I don't think is really doing well. Most people are moving more into cities as thats where more resources are. Retailers have to target more of their base rather than a broad spectrum. You certainly would make less money say opening up a Pep Boys in a city than the suburbs... In some industries it's just a matter of time. amazon.com makes far more than borders, ebay makes more than flea markets and maybe traditional auction houses, music stores are dying out and video stores are starting to die out. Technology allows us to buypass other ways of doing things. Cell phones stopped expansion of pay phones and slowed LAN lines, video communications prevented the need of physically having to have business meetings, there's more email than regular mail. I'm not claiming that online businesses will takeover all forms any time soon however gradually more and more would be found on it. There's plenty of waste in a traditional form of retail vs online for starters: 1) maintence of displays (you won't need them online), 2) hours - you take the orders and things are filled automatically. There might be emails asking about things but that also means they can read and write english and type. 3) theft - well no external theft 4) no customer liabilities...no banners to put up, no call buttons etc. 5) return policy more explained and cracked down 6) no code adams The list goes on and on. |
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