T + P = V

T: Time
P: Patience
V: Victory

 

It is Monday already? Hey, enjoy your holiday...and our vets!

 

4 more days till i quit my job... hope im making a good move.

 

Time will tell. Are you staying in the same field?

 

Happy Veteran's Day FTE!

Jim

 

yea i am more less staying in the same field, construction/ trades. so far since june '06 i have been a heavy equipment operator, shipping clerk, plumbers helper, welder, electrician, and a jack of all kinds of stuff for a general contractor.

i am having some problems with the general contractor im working for right now and the electrician i used to work for before he laid me off has enough work for now to hire me back. so im going where the money, hours, and less stress is.

the reason for all the job drifting, when i got out of high school (june '06) i went right into construction. well 6-8 months later the housing bubble burst and here we are today. so i hustle my construction skills when i need to and go where the money, hours, and work is. since 2007 ive only been on unemployment for 2 months, and i got the heck off of it. i hate sitting around and being paid even though i have paid into it.

also, the electrician is a SMALL guy in business terms, he works and has maybe one or two employees. so i try to keep a fall back plan just in case work runs out, i have another job to jump into. well the general contractor was my fall back plan originally and now i will not go back to him. so now im working on a new fall back plan.

i like the electrician, nice guy! so im excited to be working there again, but at the same time im nervous as heck cause, A: no fall back plan and B: work load can change with moments notice. so i trudge on and hope for the best.

 

That's all we can do.
As long as your eyes (and head) are always up.
Good luck to you.
Two quick ideas:
Always go to work and make your boss look good. It will come back to you.
And,
I was never so free as when I didn't have a dime. You can go anywhere from there. Just make sure it's up.

 

That last line's a keeper, Marc.

Pop

 

Good luck with the job, Justin. However it goes, EGBOK!

Speaking of jobs, the Chili is simmering, the Cornbread is in the oven, so I'll take a minute to spill the beans about where I am job-wise. Beans don't belong in Chili anyway.

September 24th I completed my 39th year at the same company. October 15th, said company was sold to a competitor. I was fortunate enough to be offered a position with the new company in advance of the sale, a generous offer, which I accepted. Unfortunately about half the staff was not so fortunate. The job loss was mostly because they will no longer manufacture the product here in So Cal. All of our WIP has already been moved to Spokane.

So, many new challenges for me, which is exciting. The company is sound and I like the people. You hate to lose a 39 year track, but I think it was a good thing for me personally.

 

Had me worried there for a minute...was happy to see the third sentence of your report

Will you be at the same facility?

 

No, we'll be moving. The building we're in is far too large. We'll only have engineering, sales, and some service locally. They are working on leasing a building over near SFS city hall.

One thing that just kills me is that I won't have a shop available for G-jobs anymore.

 

That's gonna take some getting used to

 

You mean to tell us that the engineering department doesn't have a small, one-off shop?

What kind of engineering department is this, anyway?!?! No shop!!!! How can you design stuff if you can't build one?

Hmmmm.....

Pop

 

Hang in there Bill, those that embrace changes are survivors.

 

Software.