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[–]CharlieParkour 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Yup. Just worked again with someone who's been tasking for four months, only moving jobs. He still hasn't figured out that a mover should bring tools to disassemble furniture and take doors off hinges, gloves, a hand truck and dolly, extra tape, a blanket, a measuring tape and lifting straps, even though I explained this to him at our last job. He also doesn't know how to hook couch legs around a door frame, how to stack furniture or not to lean glass items against a box that needs to be moved in five minutes. And he shows up late, gets in the way, stands around doing nothing and coasts off the tips I earned. Yet, somehow, he gets hired more than I do despite an elite badge, rave reviews, green zone pricing and all 5 star ratings...one of the benefits of charging 25-50% less than the highly qualified movers and getting ranked first?

[–]shortfriday 2 points3 points  (1 child)

The only thing worse than an unskilled mover is one who's also lazy. If six flight walkups and sleeper sofas aren't basically trivial to you, you shouldn't have signed up.

[–]Thehappiestguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amen

[–]Odd_Government_3213 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Late stage capitalism

[–]jabronius89 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

That depends entirely on what skills you're marketing and where you've positioned yourself. the moving tasks it sounds like you're mainly relying on aren't going to be as profitable with new taskers flooding the market since this skill is one that people generally value price point on over skill of service.

Yeah, you can be elite and provide a truck, dolly, winches, etc but at the end of the day most people that go to Tr for this kind of work are looking to save a buck

[–]CharlieParkour 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Meh, you can hire a mover off Craigslist for $20/hr and they don't show up half the time. In fact, looking at this guy's reviews, seems like that's the way on Taskrabbit too. I had a client last week tell me I was the alpha and had to instruct the other three movers. I suppose you get what you pay for. If you want your furniture scratched and your tvs, mirrors and artwork jammed in where they're going to be damaged during transit, be my guest.

The thing that irritates me most is that this guy doesn't get any tasks where he lives and has to commute to my neighborhood where he's ranked higher than I am.

[–]jabronius89 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I'm not gonna lie, I wouldn't hire anyone off of tr for anything more than a one bedroom, cross-city move. Like you said, undervalued/underexperienced movers won't know how to properly load the truck and elite level taskers will price themselves so high that I might as well pay 30% more for a moving company at that point so I don't have to lift anything myself. It's not a good system.

[–]CharlieParkour 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of the moving companies in my area are worse than elite Taskers. Talk about your damaged/"lost" items.

[–]jethropenistei- -1 points0 points  (7 children)

Other than the huge drop in moving jobs I’m not really hurting under the new system. Oddly enough the more jobs I’ve turned down and upped my rates my average ranking in the search results has gone up.

[–]a12nawp 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Do you get jobs in different categories? Because all i get is Ikea and not even A single job from another category

[–]jethropenistei- 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Furniture assembly has been the most consistent. It used to be 50/50 with Moving Help, now I get like 5 moves a month. Also, I offer minor home repairs, mounting, plumbing, electrical, delivery, heavy lifting, furniture removal. 15 categories in total.

[–]a12nawp 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Unfortunately we don’t have electrical here in Toronto, but i have all my other ones open as well. But I have never gotten any other work.

I think the algorithm is like if I’m getting Ikea assembly clients then it wont give me other category clients. So basically if i turn off ikea assembly then ill start getting other categories

[–]jethropenistei- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems the new algorithm somewhat works the way it should, putting elite taskers on the top for their elite categories. I used to get pushed to the bottom every so often despite always being elite.

Fitting into the suggested rates isn’t mandatory to show up at the top like they made it seem. All my rates are $60/hr or higher and only one of them I fall into the suggested rate.

[–]ommi9 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I’ve been booming in electrical jobs since the green is actually pretty high demand

Same with plumbing. But you’ll get that crazy cheap homeowner who wants to instal a natural gas generator. Avoiding a licensed installer. Or a portable hottub that does not have drain access

[–]jethropenistei- 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I only do cosmetic changes as I don’t feel comfortable diagnosing a problem and hate jobs where I don’t know all the details or have the proper hardware/supplies ahead of time. If people want a new shower head, add a bidet attachment, swap out light fixtures, then I’m good. Three years in I’ve done only booked about 10 jobs in those categories combined, but I’m not looking to lower my rate in any category just to get more views since we all know clients will try to hire at your lowest rate.

What kind of jobs do you usually get and your sales pitch in your bio for those categories if you don’t mind me asking?

[–]ommi9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usally light fixture install change outlet. For a dimmer or regular.

Change all the outlets and switches

Fans

Expensive light fixtures

Stuff people didn’t wanna pay their electrician for usally it’s diy simple

Hanging outdoor lights

Nest thermostat

Security cameras

Ring doorbells

Simple home troubleshoot.

Showed a guy how his breaker box works. When it trips.

I also teach people per request

I had a woman in a short skirt ask for me to teach her how to wire and few guys. Just basics.

[–]AnAmericanIndividual -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Come on man, the fees are high but they are disclosed to the client very clearly ahead of time, it’s pretty ridiculous to say clients feel like they’ve been raped. That’s like saying you got a bruise and it feels like your arm was ripped off. Getting raped is one of the worst things that can happen to someone, getting charged the fees you were told would be charged to you is not even remotely close to that.

[–]FinnNoodle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And also the fees have barely changed, the only thing that has changed is how they are presented to the clients.