u/Randomlocator

Just had a conversation with a contractor who’s bitching about locates being late or incorrect. So, I finally asked her “have you located before” and she replied “no, but it can’t be that hard” I just hung up on her ass.

I’m just wondering if there is any lurking contractors, have yall located before? Do you seriously think every single line will locate perfectly with no issues?

Especially the contractors on TikTok, they swear locating is the easiest thing ever. I agree slightly, it’s not hard. But literally 75% of locating is troubleshooting. 20% dealing with the political side of the job. 5% actually locating. If everything located perfectly, half of us wouldn’t have a job.

I heard they took away the Supes bonus, and gave them like a $4,000 toward their salary. I’m also hearing Supes gotta do locates and it can’t be clear tickets, or so they say.

I’m not judging the company for budget cuts because every company is doing it. Idk why they won’t cut useless ass positions like “fleet coordinator” or “field auditors”. Or a random hourly employee they have in the office doing shit?? Maybe the cut the associate area manager? Probably cut the random ass corporate positions they pulled out of their asses???

Would probably save the company a LOT of money.