The company I work for has over 90 electricians and they do get slow between the start of large jobs. I am in the service department where theres 7 of us. When the new construction side gets slow I do not believe they lay anyone off because they would never get them back or would they be able to hire new QUALIFIED people when the next job started. Theres too much of a demand for us down here and not enough of us to go around.
Weve been trying to hire two more service guys for the last six months and have not been able to hire any. My company pays the most in the area as far as I know and they don't bother you too much so it is a decent company to work for. I believe it makes more sense for a company the size of ours to have the guys do busy work around the shop than not be able to start the next large job due to lack of skilled labor.
I wouldnt expect a small company to go out of business and in debt to keep me employed, there are many opportunities out there so finding another job is not difficult. I would not leave the new company just because the smaller one had work again though.
