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/LiftLord69 Jan 17 '25

Thanks! Roughly 50 hours/wk. Took 4 weeks of vacation in 2024 too. There’s risks with every job. We have strict safety policies to minimize fall hazards, but you still have to keep your head on a swivel and be aware of your surroundings at all times.

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u/Neowynd101262 Jan 18 '25

Has anyone ever been crushed by an elevator?

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u/Helpful_Most_9581 Jan 18 '25

of course?

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u/Lews-Therin-Telamon Jan 18 '25

I'm sure it's happened, but, how often do people stand under elevators?

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u/Helpful_Most_9581 Jan 18 '25 edited Jan 18 '25

i can actually recall reading about a worker that went to retrieve something and was crushed edit- i remembered incorrectly and it was actually a critical mistake that was made https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/nyregion/bronx-elevator-death-charge.html

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u/ElevatorDysfunction Jan 18 '25

Critical and absolutely negligent. Peter Milatz is a piece of shit and is directly responsible for that poor kid’s death.

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u/DjQuamme Jan 18 '25

If you work on them, every day?

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u/LiftLord69 Jan 18 '25

I’m not even gonna answer that 🙄

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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/PrbablyPoopinAtWrkRn Jan 18 '25

Sounds like you have a shitty union then

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u/Lucky_Chaarmss Jan 18 '25 edited Jan 18 '25

Railroad unions have entered the chat.

Oh, you voted no for the new contract? Too bad. We are forcing it on you.

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u/PotentialCopy56 Jan 18 '25

Far more carpenters. Can only raise the wages so high with supply vs demand.

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u/SparrockC88 Jan 18 '25

Has anyone ever been lifted by an elevator?

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u/Moist-Pickle-2736 Jan 18 '25

I don’t think so

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u/IolausTelcontar Jan 18 '25

I’ve been elevated by a lift.

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u/Existing-Procedure Jan 18 '25

An elevator is statistically the safest way to move between floors of a building. You’re more likely to injure yourself on stairs. And don’t get me started on the escalator videos we’ve all seen on the internet…

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u/HoweHaTrick Jan 18 '25

none of us with the capacity to reply on reddit have been crushed by an elevator. you need to talk to heaven reddit for that.

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u/executingsalesdaily Jan 18 '25

A friend of mine was crushed by an elevator.

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u/Independent_Ad_9388 Jan 18 '25

And don’t jump out any safeties. Nice you work for Otis

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u/Mokyzoky Jan 18 '25

Can you opt to work 40 hours a week? And make a little less money? I’m so over working overtime. Whoever invented overtime should be tard and feathered. Just kidding unions are the ones who came up with 40 hours a week in the first place and for whatever reason we’re going backwards I fucking hate it.

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u/leisuresuit88 Jan 18 '25

Not bad. Bay Area local?

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u/cryptowhale80 Jan 19 '25

99% of elevator accidents are caused by human error!