Currently, I work for a small outfit. We have about 5 full time guys, and 4 other helpers from a staffing agency. only 2 guys are journeymen. I joined industrial because I heard it was slow paced and you earn more and learn A LOT. Here I am over a year and a half into this company, and I'm the only apprentice who knows what they're doing. We keep hiring green guys, thus having me and the other 2 journeymen do the work of 2 to 3 people on our projects. They have no tool knowledge or mechanical knowledge. They do want to work, but there's barely ever any time to train or show them how to do something. When i let them work, it's frustratingly slow and I have to take over. The staffing guys all speak spanish and barely any english. I've asked many times if we can get someone who isn't green and has minimum 2 yrs experience. Still have yet to hire anyone who isn't green and I am getting super frustrated. Every company i've been to has guys who are knowledgeable and don't have to baby sit them, but this company is killing me. I want to leave, but industrial electric companies are few and far between here (to my knowledge). I don't want to go back to commercial, but this job is getting mentally taxing and I don't think it's worth staying and ruining my mental health. I had high hopes coming into this job.