[WTF] Copier techs

[emujo2]

Remember the days when you had 10 techs competing for the same job?? If someone retired, quit, died you could fill the slot in days to weeks..WTF..Not one qualified applicant in 2 months..Is the unemployment wage still that good? E

[Hansen88]

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Remember the days when you had 10 techs competing for the same job?? If someone retired, quit, died you could fill the slot in days to weeks..WTF..Not one qualified applicant in 2 months..Is the unemployment wage still that good? E

I think a lot of people do not even know of a copier tech being a job as far as something to even get into.

[mojorolla]

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I think it has more to do with an aging workforce. Finding somebody with real world experience is harder and harder to find in this industry. Except for internal dealership training programs, there are no places to learn all the things we experienced techs know. I have seen basic printer courses but never a break-fix style course at trade schools or colleges. I personally like training the younger techs as they are less set in their ways, have fewer bad habits, and know IT better than most as they grew up with it.

[slimslob]

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I think a major part of the problem is that too many do not look to it as a potential lifetime career. Add to that the fact too many of them are looking for something for nothing.

[BillyCarpenter]

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I think a major part of the problem is that too many do not look to it as a potential lifetime career. Add to that the fact too many of them are looking for something for nothing.

Back in the day, all we had to deal with were electromechanical problems. We still have to deal with those but software is now added into the equation and it requires a lot more knowledge.

After being away from the business for many years, it was quite a shock to see how much copiers had changed.

I'm not sure what the pay is in different regions but it wasn't that great when I started out.

[J_Arnold]

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In my neck of the woods I am finding that most of the younger generation doesn't want to be hardware techs, they all want software. It is much easier to let a program do the troubleshooting for you, instead of having to do some real technical thinking for yourself.
Just my opinion , so need need for all the keyboard warriors to crucify me.

[D_L_P]

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They hired a guy just out of tech school. He told me everyone he graduated with got jobs making several dollars an hour more than him.

Copier repair jobs just pay crap compared with other available tech jobs in todays market.

[Copier Addict]

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Back in the day, all we had to deal with were electromechanical problems. We still have to deal with those but software is now added into the equation and it requires a lot more knowledge.

After being away from the business for many years, it was quite a shock to see how much copiers had changed.

I'm not sure what the pay is in different regions but it wasn't that great when I started out.

When I started in this industry I was making $17.50/hr. So yeah, not that great. That was about 16 years ago. Luckily things have improved wage wise in those years by quite a bit.

[BillyCarpenter]

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When I started in this industry I was making $17.50/hr. So yeah, not that great. That was about 16 years ago. Luckily things have improved wage wise in those years by quite a bit.

I got my first job in copiers about 25 years ago and if I remember correctly, I was making like $9.00 per hour. It was a Sharp Dealership in Monroe, La. - Executive Business Products.

I think the first machine I ever worked on was a Sharp SF-7320.

[slimslob]

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I got my first job in copiers about 25 years ago and if I remember correctly, I was making like $9.00 per hour. It was a Sharp Dealership in Monroe, La. - Executive Business Products.

I think the first machine I ever worked on was a Sharp SF-7320.

You missed all the estats.

[JR2ALTA]

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I've been doing this for almost 20 years at 4 different dealers and I believe that I have always been the youngest field tech. No one comes up, except for a few shop techs.

[kingarthur]

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Remember the days when you had 10 techs competing for the same job?? If someone retired, quit, died you could fill the slot in days to weeks..WTF..Not one qualified applicant in 2 months..Is the unemployment wage still that good? E

I think people don't want to get their hands dirty, we've advertised many times for someone to learn the "printer trade" then also an IT learner, we've had loads of applications for the IT, but none for the printer, when one did apply, he didn't realise he was going to have to get his hands dirty...so quit

[blackcat4866]

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When I first started in this business, I was amazed that a copier dealer would hire somebody off the street with no experience, just a little mechanical talent ... and an annoying amount of persistence.

It was a great fit for me. I can go out with no idea what's required, and come away with some kind of a solution. Not everybody can do this though.

Training has certainly helped up my game, but it wasn't going to make me into a problem solver if I wasn't already. I don't honestly know how find such people, but I know when I meet them. For me, the process of finding the solution was much more important than knowing the solution. The answer itself is anti-climactic.

This certainly doesn't help you find your tech, but thanks for the chance to babble on about it. =^..^=

[BillyCarpenter]

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For me, the process of finding the solution was much more important than knowing the solution. The answer itself is anti-climactic.

=^..^=

Couldn't agree more. Read my signature - Embrace the process, not the outcome.


Those are words that I live by. What it means to me is that when something is really difficult to never give up...trust the process.

[J_Arnold]

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Couldn't agree more. Read my signature - Embrace the process, not the outcome.


Those are words that I live by. What it means to me is that when something is really difficult to never give up...trust the process.

I tend to live by the Kiss method as well as the simple philosophy...never miss an opportunity to shut the F*** up ( that's what my papa taught me before he left this shitty world) you might actually learn something.

I can usually tell within 30 minutes of working with a tech if their brain is analytical or not and whether they will even be able to understand the "process" let alone embrace it.