Pros
You get paid $12/hour while in 2-week training period. Get paid weekly.
Cons
In the interview, I was told the technicians earned an average of $60k-$90k annually, with some part-timers who were slow workers earning $25k and the top techs earning "six figures". There are two main problems. 1. There's not enough work to go around. Most days, I get 1-3 assignments, and 25% of those cancel when I call to let them know I'm on my way over, or they don't answer the door when I get there. The company wants us to work weekends and holidays for the same pay, but the cancellation rates are even higher on those days. 2. The products supplied by the client are so low in quality that a job that should take 1.5 to 2 hours now takes 3+; a job that was booked for 4 hours now takes 12 over 2 days. Since we are paid by the job, if we don't complete, we get paid nothing at all and are also out the gas money . Adding to the frustration is the mismanagement. I was told that we would be notified of the day's work at 12 p.m. the night before. The reality is that we usually don't know until 6:00 a.m. that morning. We have to drive to the central office every other day for parts and to turn in paperwork, even if we've only been able to complete 1 job in the last 2 days. Again-- my gas money and I get paid nothing. $60k a year breaks down to roughly $1154 a week, but I'm actually taking home about $500, and my cell phone data went from less than 1g to 10g every month for work-- again-- not reimbursed. No health insurance, either. The worst insult of all was when I went to look for another job and found that they are continuing to hire for the same position. Two guys quit last week. I was hoping that would mean I'd be busier this week, but I only had 2 jobs again today.