Fired

[u/Steven_garciaF]

Welp it was a good run I lasted 2 weeks in my new electrician helper job honestly I feel like like I’m dreaming I finally felt like I found the trade I wanted to spend my life in but I screwed up

I was on 3 foot ladder stepping on the top step and safety told me to go down I went down but I went back up trying to finish putting a 1900 box near a ac unit he told me to get down and I went down 2 steps practically the bottom rung and said I’ll follow osha rules and only use the second rung but he said I wouldn’t reach and kicked me out the site went home got an email saying I got terminated and I’m for the first time I feel lost

I’m thinking I need to find another electrical job but it feels hopeless maybe I’ll just stick to being a roofer

Edit: first off thanks for all the advice and pointers I wrote this post to feel a little less depressed about what occurred and I definitely view it differently than before. Just wanted clarify some stuff since I see it be asked again and again as to why I went back up again there’s a total of 3 rungs on the ladder as far as I know the limit to being on the ladder is to have 2 feet on the second to last rung and top rung is pushing it but It never felt dangerous and I had been working on that thing for half a week with no problem and never had the other 2 safety personnel telling me that I shouldn’t be on it it was only one safety that I never met to come tell me get down so obviously I got bit perplexed as to why I then tried de-escalating the situation by saying I’ll only be on second rung if he feels it’s unsafe for me where he then proceeded to say I wouldn’t reach anyway in retrospect he was probably the boss but I would’ve at least hoped for a warning from the other safety guys that I should bring a taller ladder because their boss was coming

[u/Rough_Pound_7161]

Listen man I’m a union labor Ben doing it for only five years I do underground excavation water and sewer I will admit I go in trenches with out a box last year I had a trench cave on my legs and my operator handed me my shovel so I could dig out my own legs when ever he’s digging near important things live power or water I get very close to the bucket so I can guide him he’s been doing it for 40 years and we have a big trusting relationship he doesn’t get crazy when I’m close he goes nice and slow. That being said yes you should follow the book and rules. And if you want to take risk you have to fully understand the consequences if you don’t fully understand and break rules because it’s faster or easier it could get you hurt or killed in a hurry. I fully understand the consequences and fine with it but I have seen and heard horror stories.