so i start my new job tonight...

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Dam you guys and your nice paying jobs.

Im back to working for myself making pennies.... and I have the TIG welding skills to make $20+ an hour and all the a$$holes around here think us tig welders are worth $8-10 an hour.

No thanks I'd rather work for myself.
 

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lagged, i'm taking a year off from school to make both my vehicles 100% reliable (the supra and the 94 toyota pickup)

haha, not stealing anything. but i do get liquor at cost, and they deduct it straight from my paycheck BEFORE tax. (same with the benefits, it's all taken out before tax:))

ck- haha, you cant ban me ;)

kwnate- i do lift properly. i've been on the bull line the past two nights (both 10hr shifts, with two paid half hour breaks) i'll attach a pic of the bull line.

americanjebus- i dont load trucks yet, i'm strictly inside the warehouse, but i did get to drive the huge ass box trucks back and forth. (no CDL, haha) i'm better at driving them than some of the drivers, which is sad because it's the first time i've ever driven something that large.

supraofdoom- the cost of living isnt too bad here. this company has three warehouses, all in NY. one in kingston (where i work), one in syracuse, and one in buffalo. the pay and benefits are damn good.

i also just found out tonight that i get a $.50 raise every january, which means that the same time i get my raise to xx.xx, i'll be getting that other raise, which puts me at $xx.xx/hr in january! woo! ($xxx/week before tax!) and that makes overtime $xx/hr!!!

MDC- you'll eventually find someone who will pay you what you're worth. dont give up on it!

well, i just got home, and i'm ass tired, and my phone wont send the pic to my email, so i'll post it later...

g'night!

-shaeff
 

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Superbump from three years ago for a long needed update. Apparently I forgot about this thread.

It's been three years and four months since I started working here. The company has merged with the Charmer Sunbelt Group, too.

I worked my way up the ranks of the night crew in just one year (before the warehouse unionized) and got to work the best and easiest-on-the-body job in there, the console. (basically merging all the cases from all the different lines. Lots of brain work, no physical labor at all) Then!

I busted my ass and got noticed! They put me on the day shift for a fifty cent pay cut, then got a dollar raise right after. LOL.

The day shift is M-F 8am-4pm. It's fantastic. Been doing it for two years now. (I made the jump from nights to days in just over a year, which is unheard of at this facility)
My current position is Cycle Counting. I'm basically inventory control. I drive around the warehouse on a machine counting products. Same benefits package, the rest of the warehouse is union, I'm not. (this particular union branch sucks balls anyway) Their benefits got worse w/ the union. :(

Best of all, I work an 8 hour day w/ two PAID half hour breaks that I can take whenever I want. My new boss (well, new when I started this position) is really cool, and loves talking about cars. Also, I get paid out for any sick time at full rate at the end of the year. I've got 72 hrs left, payout is in the first week of January. YESSSS! :)

Anyway, that's my update. I bumped an old thread. Deal with it. LOL.
 

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D34DC311;1203993 said:
Sounds like your doing good Shaeff. Yes this thread is old, We miss lanky :(
:) I sure do miss the lankster. :(
savannahashlee;1204071 said:
congrats!! Does your warehouse rival mine? LOL

I have no idea, how big is your warehouse? The facility that I'm currently working in is 200+ thousand square feet. The new one that we're due to move in next year is state of the art, and they're saying 500+ thousand square feet, plus we're going up several stories.
 

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foreverpsycotic;1204220 said:
Keep making that money, and maybe the rustbucket will be done faster than Bryans purple baby eater.

LOL, I doubt it!
 

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i was gonna say, driving the fork truck is an f'ing blast :D but sounds like you've got it easy on the QC job.

 

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Jeff Lange;1206733 said:
B7!

PS: How's the liquor shaeff? Make any mojitos lately? ;)
LOL, it's good! No mojitos, but for Christmas they gave us four bottles of booze! They are as follows: 1.0L Captain Morgan, 1.0L Disaronno, 1.0L Finlandia Vodka, 750mL Moet/Chandon Champagne. :)
Clip;1206816 said:
i was gonna say, driving the fork truck is an f'ing blast :D but sounds like you've got it easy on the QC job.
I worked the night shift for a year or so. I've had my fun on the forklifts. ;)