I can't say about the pay rates, and I'll give you an answer from my experience with most companies: If you are working 1099, and they supply a vehicle, then most of the time you will be paying the gas, and paying a usage fee for using their vehicle. As for pay rates, I've never seen a cable company give a straight no BS answer on pay, there is always a 'but' in there. Satellite is different, you do have a straight pay rate, but the 'but' comes in on the charge back end. How I avoid it? I run a small installation team, and I have charge backs built into my payscale for the most part, my techs have a straight pay rate, they know exactly what it is, and I eat most of the charge backs, if there are any, which actually...I have seen very few.
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