The difference is your tools last longer , as in 20 yrs sometimes .
When you are self employed ..........
1) Rules don't get stolen , the markings wear off them .
2) I never buy drill bits , they don't get stolen , I've sharpened the same ones now for 20 yrs .
3) When employed , power drills never had chuck keys , they would be long lost , chucks were battered & bashed . I have same chuck key for at least 25yrs .
4) I'd say I'm better organised & equipped than when employed by the approximately ten firms I worked for .
Stuff that springs to mind when employed ......... all step ladders are wobbly ...... drills have no chuck keys .... the back -stop is always missing from the conduit bender...... using smelly tallow on conduit instead of cutting paste .... tank cutters are the cheapo Enox brand instead of Starret or similar. ...... one firm always seemed to think 6 x 6 trunking meant 4 x 4 and the only time you'd get a 12" hacksaw blade is when actually using 6 x 6 trunking . ....other wise it was always a 10" . .....on finishing towards end of contract , all AD boxes would have the lids missing ...if the lid WAS there the screws would be missing and of course half the trunking lids would be missing .
Oooops : Forgot the main bugbear .......... if you were moved off a site to another .......everything that didn't work , any wiring missed out etc was always YOUR fault .
When you are self employed ..........
1) Rules don't get stolen , the markings wear off them .
2) I never buy drill bits , they don't get stolen , I've sharpened the same ones now for 20 yrs .
3) When employed , power drills never had chuck keys , they would be long lost , chucks were battered & bashed . I have same chuck key for at least 25yrs .
4) I'd say I'm better organised & equipped than when employed by the approximately ten firms I worked for .
Stuff that springs to mind when employed ......... all step ladders are wobbly ...... drills have no chuck keys .... the back -stop is always missing from the conduit bender...... using smelly tallow on conduit instead of cutting paste .... tank cutters are the cheapo Enox brand instead of Starret or similar. ...... one firm always seemed to think 6 x 6 trunking meant 4 x 4 and the only time you'd get a 12" hacksaw blade is when actually using 6 x 6 trunking . ....other wise it was always a 10" . .....on finishing towards end of contract , all AD boxes would have the lids missing ...if the lid WAS there the screws would be missing and of course half the trunking lids would be missing .
Oooops : Forgot the main bugbear .......... if you were moved off a site to another .......everything that didn't work , any wiring missed out etc was always YOUR fault .
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