SoCalDave
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Didn't think to take a pic, but McDonald's in Moab was offering $19 on their marquee last weekend.
Didn't think to take a pic, but McDonald's in Moab was offering $19 on their marquee last weekend.
I'm Glad I'm on my way put in about 3 years...
Hell, it has gotten in my way of my lifestyle for the past 50 years, but it did manage to pay for my vision and I managed to work through it......There is a new segment of our society that believes “work” gets in the way of their newly visioned lifestyle.
I have two open positions for a maintenance mechanic in a plastics manufacturing facility. Opening pay between $25-35hr dependant on experience. Been looking for months but no one wants to work even at this wage level or the good ones are already taken. Lost my #1 guy about 6 months ago. He was at $36hr and someone else offered him $43 but upper management would only go to $38 so he left. Good experienced help is getting harder and harder to find. Glad I'm on my way out in about 3 years...
Too bad you are not in Arizona. It’s been a minute since I walked the cup. I use to scratch start tube-weld (100% penetration) in the dairy manufacturing industry back in the day. Sounds like a cool side job.I’m looking for a tig welder part time and willing to operate CNC mills .
Entry level or someone that’s retired and needs a few hours to supplement their income .asap
Upland Ca
I have two open positions for a maintenance mechanic in a plastics manufacturing facility. Opening pay between $25-35hr dependant on experience. Been looking for months but no one wants to work even at this wage level or the good ones are already taken. Lost my #1 guy about 6 months ago. He was at $36hr and someone else offered him $43 but upper management would only go to $38 so he left. Good experienced help is getting harder and harder to find. Glad I'm on my way out in about 3 years...
That’s better than the $4.75 they paid me.
Sound like a dream - and your living itI won’t go back to a 9-5 job at any price. I think a lot of folks realized they can work from home in their underpants and get 5 days of work done in about 6 hours without all the office distractions…make the same money, and fuck off the rest of the time.
it’s really fucking nice.
I wake up around 4:00AM…have a coffee and mozy out to the shop around 4:30….I may or may not grab a beer outta the fridge. I futz around cleaning up yesterday’s mess and start screwing around with calipers…then the dog gets up and wants breakfast, so I feed him and throw the ball for a bit. Then he goes back to bed and I go back out to the fridg….shop and screw around some more. In a bit the wife and kid get up and off to school…I usually start my nap around this time. Then I wake up, have something to eat, play around on the computer answering emails, doing eBay shit, etc…maybe another short nap, then back out to the shop if it’s not too hot outside.
it would cost a lot of fucking money to break me of this. Lol
Love it! This is how my uncles in Europe did it pretty much past mid-age and not work for some big company. Mom and pop, possibly with a small team is awesome.I wake up around 4:00AM…have a coffee and mozy out to the shop around 4:30….I may or may not grab a beer outta the fridge. I futz around cleaning up yesterday’s mess and start screwing around with calipers…then the dog gets up and wants breakfast, so I feed him and throw the ball for a bit. Then he goes back to bed and I go back out to the fridg….shop and screw around some more. In a bit the wife and kid get up and off to school…I usually start my nap around this time. Then I wake up, have something to eat, play around on the computer answering emails, doing eBay shit, etc…maybe another short nap, then back out to the shop if it’s not too hot outside.
it would cost a lot of fucking money to break me of this. Lol
In-N-Out in LHC is paying $20 to start and are having a hard time finding people to work
We had to layoff when COVID started and those guys had the opportunity to come back, but some had moved on and others liked that COVID check. If you’re looking to get in, nows the time. As soon as the government checks end, pay is going to be back down at regular scale I think.Any of you guys calling people that applied up to a year ago but didn't get the job at the time? I applied at over 30 places in the last year and surprised that not one has called me recently or even called at all, when I first applied.
Same issue for the Construction Trades. It’s hard to get by on those wages when your living in an area where a house rental (if you can find one) is going for $2500 a month.2580 a mo pre tax for 30 hours, 3440 a month pre tax for 40 hours...idk if they let line people get over 30 bc of benefit requirement. Lets say you need to make 3x rent for a place to live. There are only two places available on Zillow in that range. Just something to ponder...The service industry is in a world of hurt in havasu for lack of workers.
Same issue for the Construction Trades. It’s hard to get by on those wages when your living in an area where a house rental (if you can find one) is going for $2500 a month.