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Fired my apprentice today after he botched a PEX install on a service call
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VentVet
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VentVet⭐ ExpertOP1mo
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Man, firing someone sucks, especially when you're short-staffed already. This kid was my third apprentice this year, supposed to be learning the ropes on residential repipes, but he kept mixing up PEX-A and PEX-B fittings and damn near caused a leak on a customer's main line. We're in Texas so everything heats up fast and those expansion issues bite hard if you screw it up. I tried coaching him for weeks, even showed him some Uponor expansion tool tricks, but he just wasn't getting it. Now I'm back to solo jobs until I find someone reliable, and good help is impossible these days. Anyone else dealing with this crap? Saw a similar rant in Plumbers United group last month.
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TermiteTamer⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, been there with apprentices who cant tell PEX-A from B, its like herding cats and leaves you solo when you need the help most.
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KeyMaster⭐ Expert1mo
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goddamn apprentices these days couldnt tell PEX-A from a garden hose if it bit em in the ass, and now were all stuck scrambling for half-decent help while these kids think they know it all from some youtube crap. its the whole damn system's gone to hell, texas or not.
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RollerRanger8⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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Insurance companies and their BS requirements are the real villains here, forcing us to hire certified guys who half-ass it anyway. These apprentices think a YouTube vid on SharkBite is all they need, then blame us when it fails.
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PipeDreamer25⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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Tell me about it, lost a whole weekend chasing a leak because some green kid thought crimping was optional. Felt that pain in my back from crawling under houses all day.
