Originally Posted by
glenn1340
I was on the road for over thirty years and saw it go from a job that I enjoyed to one of stress, grief and plain hard graft with little thanks for the extra effort put in to get things going.
At one time being a service engineer was a two way street: You could wangle the odd bit of O/T, get home a tad early some days or pull into a layby for a few mins before going onto the next job. In return you`d have to work your nuts off on a site where the factory maintenance guys were taking things easy, put up with snotty customers who were pissed off with your office for sending you on the wrong day or time and when you phone them they just told you to get on with it. Having salesmen tell the customer anything, so he can hit his targets, which usually involves you having to go cut corners to get him out of a mess. Oh and let`s not forget trackers, strange how the managers and salesmen don`t have them isn`t it? All in all I`m glad I`m out of it and in FM; three twelve hour shifts then three off, nice and clean with no stress. And what`s more no more punching around the M25 after a long day`s hard labour.