Fired my apprentice today after he botched a 240V install in Jersey

Up in New Jersey, I had to let this kid go after he wired a 240V dryer outlet wrong and nearly started a fire on a service call. Cost me $2500 in emergency repairs and a pissed off customer who's now badmouthing me on Yelp. Electrical work ain't forgiving, especially with NEC code 210.8 breathing down your neck every job.

Finally built a solid crew of four after years of turnover, now we're hitting 20 jobs a week without the drama.

Man, that sucks. Lost a good helper last month to the same kinda screwup.

I feel you, been there with green guys who think YouTube makes em experts.

These apprentices coming out of trade school with zero hands-on, it's a DISASTER waiting to happen.

Insurance companies are jacking rates because of idiots like that, we're all paying for it.

Same here, dude fried a panel last year and I ate the $4k cost.

Jersey's market is brutal, one bad review and you're toast.

Saw a similar rant in Electricians Network FB group, everyone's fed up with sloppy work.

FML, I trained a guy for six months, he quits for a union gig and tanks my schedule.

Haha, at least you didn't have to chase him down with a torque wrench like I did once.