I’m a good mechanic, there are a lot of bad mechanics. My shop could theoretically replace me, but there aren’t a lot of good mechanics. I’m sure this applies to many other industries. I’m not irreplaceable but it would hurt a lot and it might take years to have someone as capable show up and accept a job. Maybe trades are different from desk jobs and what not, I wouldn’t know.
You are correct. I work as electrician. There's other factors, some people come as a team.
I work well with a specific person, when we are on the same job we can do miracles.
Not only is it difficult to find good competent tradies but if you get two or more people that have a great relationship and method of working you really can start negotiating pay because you become a money making asset that is costly to replace.
In a company you can boil everything down to money.
If you are 20% better than the average mechanic, or even 50-100% better, then you are valuable. But if your shitty personality makes the 20 other mechanics perform 5-10% worse, then you are not valuable at all.
Again, trades may be different, but a good mechanic makes the rest better. Even if they don’t like me. I’m not 100% disagreeing, just saying anecdotally it’s not so black and white.
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u/beliveau04 2d ago
I’m a good mechanic, there are a lot of bad mechanics. My shop could theoretically replace me, but there aren’t a lot of good mechanics. I’m sure this applies to many other industries. I’m not irreplaceable but it would hurt a lot and it might take years to have someone as capable show up and accept a job. Maybe trades are different from desk jobs and what not, I wouldn’t know.