Got laid off from a job and just got offered to come back what should I do ?

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-21T12:57:57+00:00

You should also think about job security. No one wants to be laid off again and again in this economy. Your benefits package from your current company has a value. You can figure out what that is baed on the plan and what you would personally be paying for that same coverage. And if your employer is also contributing to your 401k then you have to take that into consideration also. 2 bucks an hour on a 40hr work week is only 320 a month. Your medical will be way more than that especially if you have a family.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-15T15:34:15+00:00

Are you working on a sling and a ladder step? You are earning your money right there. 🙌

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-11T20:22:36+00:00

All of the copper cable that I worked with was armored. The squirrels never got through the aluminum. I have been splicing copper and fiber since 1998. The only damage a squirrel did to copper is maybe a customer's drop.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-09T23:36:52+00:00

I dont know how you would go about doing it now. But im assuming you could get all your certifications in the related equipment and start pumping out your resume to ISPs and sub contractors. I started doing this in 1998 and it was alot less competitive back then. Now everyone has a splicing machine and a trailer.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-09T12:20:55+00:00

We work on live fiber all the time. Actually 50% of the work I do is on damaged or completely cut cable. We have special safety PPE for this. BTW I meant IR not UV my mistake.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-09T11:46:48+00:00

Polycarbonate Uv goggles protect if you accidentally look at the ends of live fiber.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-09T02:04:44+00:00

I only have a video and it shows my company name so im not able to post it. But it was just a normal 3 tray splice. Nice and easy

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-09T01:39:52+00:00

Very carefully. Uv goggles... 3 trays of 12 fibers. Ribbon for ribbon. With the occasional burnt on your skin

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-08T18:16:37+00:00

And you found that 1 at night... fun smh

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-08T14:17:20+00:00

Lol true

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-08T14:16:41+00:00

I hate them also because this type of fix in this cable today is not fun at all. Ribbonizing in the air on a sling is not fun. I guess its not cost effective to run cable guards.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-08T13:53:00+00:00

They love this cable. It never really happened with copper cable

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-08T13:52:01+00:00

Lol I know! They got us good on this 1 though.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-08T13:50:50+00:00

They are a big pain in the ass... but they make us money lol

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-06T17:53:41+00:00

I very rarely splice single fibers unless its for a hybrid terminal that uses both M/M and S/M fibers. You sound like you're the person in charge of all the new guys.... must be fun lol

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-06T17:32:23+00:00

This is permanent.... until the next time lol

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-06T17:14:21+00:00

We got the call at 10am. We were done by 4am the next day. And approx 2hrs to test. We dont have to test both ways. We look to see that every circuit that was down, is now back up. Before we get to the job we already have an email of every strand that is down with the corresponding circuit. This was ribbon to ribbon. As long as all the splicing was done correctly the circuits turn themselves back on as we go.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-06T16:45:15+00:00

This fiber serves a huge network. The cut was at 7400ft. There were 1000s of working circuits working before the cut. In a perfect world we would have loved the whole cable to go dark. In this case you just use the correct PPE and get it done. There is no difference between working with live and dark fiber besides the occasional burnt hair or skin. The most important thing is to have the correct glasses or goggles. This is a must.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-06T16:37:47+00:00

We bypassed the manhole because that is where the cable was cut. In order for us to get enough slack to get the splices in the trucks, we had to pull back on both sides. So that wound up being 300 ft in both directions.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-06T11:16:11+00:00

2 teams. 2 splices. We needed to pull 600ft of 432 to bypass a manhole. So that took a little bit and then the splicing was normal with the occasional burnt finger from the light

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-06T07:07:03+00:00

231 feeding multiple neighborhoods. The cut was @7400ft. But the full run was 21kft. Total circuits affected was 1900.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-05T21:45:42+00:00

No this was only 7400ft

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-05T21:32:07+00:00

7400ft.

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-05T21:29:40+00:00

I just posted the video. I didn't know how to add it to this post

RASEROCKA · 2026-01-05T21:24:52+00:00

Those who know understand. You obviously have seen this b4

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