I realized this job isn’t for me
Apologies for the long post in advance. For context I have been a “technician” for a couple caterpillar dealers for the past 5 years. A couple shops before cat. My service manager and supervisor are both great people, but they are scared of telling the customer that they have to pay for something. If a problem is brought up, it’s always “did we touch that?” Or “did you break that” before any other question. I understand wanting to know if I broke something, but if I did, i always tell them. The other thing for me is that I currently have 8 machines in my inbox waiting on parts or waiting on me to be free to finish them. The next closest guy in the shop only has three and I’m being rushed to finish some of them that I can’t finish. Sometimes I’m told I need to finish two in the same day when it’s 12-16 hours worth of labor to get them done. The crux of it all is that I have rheumatoid arthritis at a ripe 22 years old and it’s getting very difficult to sustain 10-12 hours a day of work. No advice needed, but if you have any I would love to hear it. Thank you gentlemen for reading if you made it here. I’m tired. (Picture of a D8 rebuild I did for proof)