Are you doing your part to support the "trades"? Mild rant...

[JL95]

And at 78 his house is paid off, his kids are moved out and I’m sure he has plenty of savings. More than likely his replacement will have a mortgage at 2025 levels, kids, and a retirement to plan for. AKA he will need a lot more money to survive, but senior leadership will wonder why no one wants his old job at his old pay…

HAHAHA. So yesterday they approach one of the employees in that department to solidify his promotion to supervisor, filling the role of the recently retired super.. They tell him they will give him a $2.50 raise He says no I want $5, they say they need to think about it. Behind the scenes they are outright offended that he would fight for his rate and should have taken their offer and then tried to work in the difference for down the road. $100/week to be liable for your employees

Keep in mind I guarantee this is all under $30/hr for this particular employee. For transparency sake the guy they chose does not do all of the custom work and difficult items like the retired guy did.

When I was told about all of this I just kept my mouth shut and said see ya tomorrow. LMFAO. This may be why i do not have a boat, my company tighter than shit.

 

[attitude]

Having worked for a company like this before it sucks. That new super is going to have a bad taste in his mouth about the promotion, and leadership will be upset he had the balls to stand up for himself. It’s a lose lose for everyone. The new super will probably jump ship to another company using his title as leverage to get a better compensation.

My current company is the exact opposite, we get recognition and rewarded for busting our ass. I haven’t been this excited to wake up and start work in a long time, maybe ever…

 

[advantagekid01]

The trades are aging out, less youth getting involved, and the old timers are coming up on retirement. It is going to hit a point where it is basically going to be name your price.

The future for the trades which will never go away is a pretty good way to set yourself up. You just have to get these kids away from their x-boxes. There is also the flawed education system that seems to put it in these kids heads that if you don't goto college you're going to be a nobody.

This world takes all types, and not everyone needs a liberal arts degree. I like that there's people out there like Adam Corolla and Mike Rowe pushing the trades.

The flip in job demand is what I’m banking on as well. Started in a machine shop at 16 and worked there through high school and college. Parents said if I wanted to live at home after high school then I had to be in school. Left the machine shop after I got my accounting degree and now I’ve been a project accountant at a big heavy civil gc for 2 years. I don’t know anyone my age working their asses off in the trades, but I can think of 50 other recent college grads that want my job now a lot more than I do. I see what apprentices take home when we’re busy, and also see how long it’d take before I see that kind of money in an office. I’m also tired of dealing with the corporate atmosphere. Now I’m in the process of making the switch to Operating Engineers Local 12 Apprenticeship with the help of a couple people within the company. I figure at 24 years old, it’s not completely too late to start over.

 

[Badchoices03]

600k year, really?

Salesguy selling $30k systems on a payment plan to grandma....lol...

 

[hallett21]

HAHAHA. So yesterday they approach one of the employees in that department to solidify his promotion to supervisor, filling the role of the recently retired super.. They tell him they will give him a $2.50 raise He says no I want $5, they say they need to think about it. Behind the scenes they are outright offended that he would fight for his rate and should have taken their offer and then tried to work in the difference for down the road. $100/week to be liable for your employees

Keep in mind I guarantee this is all under $30/hr for this particular employee. For transparency sake the guy they chose does not do all of the custom work and difficult items like the retired guy did.

When I was told about all of this I just kept my mouth shut and said see ya tomorrow. LMFAO. This may be why i do not have a boat, my company tighter than shit.

Having worked for a company like this before it sucks. That new super is going to have a bad taste in his mouth about the promotion, and leadership will be upset he had the balls to stand up for himself. It’s a lose lose for everyone. The new super will probably jump ship to another company using his title as leverage to get a better compensation.

My current company is the exact opposite, we get recognition and rewarded for busting our ass. I haven’t been this excited to wake up and start work in a long time, maybe ever…

Fuck toxic work places like that. You should build up your staff (they are a part of the business after all).