Jobs out west..
12-30-11, 10:37 AM
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i sorta know the feeling bill, im stuck in norcal, have a pretty good reputation, resume, am extremely skilled, can powder coat/prep/paint, and am stuck at a shitty test only smog shop because i cant find work..........
hey, could be worse, i at least live in a decently safe area......
ive been thinking AZ myself
Lloyd
hey, could be worse, i at least live in a decently safe area......
ive been thinking AZ myself
Lloyd
12-31-11, 10:41 AM
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CA no good!
[QUOTE=Karack;10916135]i came from california and built the business there and most of my family still lives there, it is still doing ok economically speaking but eventually you feel like you're constricted in california. every year you lose more of your rights, feeling like a slave to the state paying everything you earn just for the benefit of living there. pretty soon everyone will be walking around wearing helmets to protect themselves in case they trip and hurt themself or renting out rooms in their single family house just to cover the mortgage.
i love the state and temperate climate but california is eating itself alive. then again most places are right now where many people can't get jobs and the housing market still hasn't even hit rock bottom yet.
i do know what you mean about working twice as hard for the same pay, unfortunately i also feel many americans were too relaxed with their situation and living off of credit that something had to give way, and it did. now the devoted are working still where the people unwilling to take temp jobs pumping gas are collecting unemployment and moaning about the lack of jobs that they want to take. yes i know though, i hate the thought of working at some menial job that you don't specialize in, but if that's what it takes in the meantime of finding something better i still would do it, and have been looking at alternatives if things don't work out here. both me and my gf work 7 days a week.
I left CA a little over 4 years ago and will never go back to live, I saw the real state disaster in the beginning stages of the downfall. I decided to put my house on the market and sold thanks to all the illegal loans that were going on. Took my profit and moved my family to Dallas TX. We now live in a master planned resort style community.
Most of the people I know back in CA are doing bad, Broke working dead end jobs, Living with parents, In a multi-family household to just get by, lost their homes or are upside down with their mortgage. I'm in the process of trying to convince my mother and grandparents to move here.
I don't have to work hard to get by, My wife works a great paying part time job and decided to go back to school. Oldest daughter is in her first year of college and found herself a waitress part time job for her spending money.
TO the OP: I recommend that you think this out hard and don't use your welding skills strictly for the automotive industry, You will have to work harder and deal with BS. Do the car stuff on the side for extra cash. Remember work smarter NOT harder.
i love the state and temperate climate but california is eating itself alive. then again most places are right now where many people can't get jobs and the housing market still hasn't even hit rock bottom yet.
i do know what you mean about working twice as hard for the same pay, unfortunately i also feel many americans were too relaxed with their situation and living off of credit that something had to give way, and it did. now the devoted are working still where the people unwilling to take temp jobs pumping gas are collecting unemployment and moaning about the lack of jobs that they want to take. yes i know though, i hate the thought of working at some menial job that you don't specialize in, but if that's what it takes in the meantime of finding something better i still would do it, and have been looking at alternatives if things don't work out here. both me and my gf work 7 days a week.
I left CA a little over 4 years ago and will never go back to live, I saw the real state disaster in the beginning stages of the downfall. I decided to put my house on the market and sold thanks to all the illegal loans that were going on. Took my profit and moved my family to Dallas TX. We now live in a master planned resort style community.
Most of the people I know back in CA are doing bad, Broke working dead end jobs, Living with parents, In a multi-family household to just get by, lost their homes or are upside down with their mortgage. I'm in the process of trying to convince my mother and grandparents to move here.
I don't have to work hard to get by, My wife works a great paying part time job and decided to go back to school. Oldest daughter is in her first year of college and found herself a waitress part time job for her spending money.
TO the OP: I recommend that you think this out hard and don't use your welding skills strictly for the automotive industry, You will have to work harder and deal with BS. Do the car stuff on the side for extra cash. Remember work smarter NOT harder.
12-31-11, 01:14 PM
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Come to Texas. Plenty of jobs.
I was surprised when I went vacationing to Vegas and Orlando...the entire economy is based on tourism. What a difference from Houston. You cant drive too far in Houston without seeing a manufacturing company somewhere. Plus we have the largest medical center in the world. Pretty much every job I've ever had, had to do with Oil and Gas. I just count my lucky stars I was born here.
Dont forget, Texas alone created more jobs than the other 49 states combined. Combine that with a very low cost of living and low cost housing, its a win-win-win situation. You can get a ******* mansion here for $350k...try doing that in NYC or Cali.
I was surprised when I went vacationing to Vegas and Orlando...the entire economy is based on tourism. What a difference from Houston. You cant drive too far in Houston without seeing a manufacturing company somewhere. Plus we have the largest medical center in the world. Pretty much every job I've ever had, had to do with Oil and Gas. I just count my lucky stars I was born here.
Dont forget, Texas alone created more jobs than the other 49 states combined. Combine that with a very low cost of living and low cost housing, its a win-win-win situation. You can get a ******* mansion here for $350k...try doing that in NYC or Cali.
01-01-12, 09:12 AM
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I would definitely not restrict welding to cars. I will fix the damn crack of dawn if you pay me enough. Lol jk, but I'm open to all sorts of things, I have a lot of Casting experience as well. I've worked inductive furnaces, tapped, and poured iron. I did that for like 3 years when all the welding jobs went away in my original town. Then I moved to Kalamazoo and found a welding job within 4 days. I worked there for a year, then they went under. The owner knew a few people at Stryker and set me up with them.
01-06-12, 11:29 AM
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I think if you would like to move around and see different places, joining the pipefitters or millwrights or whatever is a good idea. Yes there is a huge amount of BS and yes half of them are lazy asses that don't do anything or don't do it right, but the few that are good are REALLY good, and the pay will be very good, and it will help you settle in new areas because you can go to the local union office and get picked up for work if they have any. Meanwhile you can relax and start looking for a nonunion job if you see fit. Most shops will at least talk to you if you have a union background.
At my shop we usually will at least give the union guys a weld test. A lot of them fail it, and some of them leave when they find out they won't make union pay levels, but at least they get far enough to be tested. A lot of other guys who come here looking for a job IMO are more likely to be good employees, but there are so many people that claim to be good at fab work that my boss doesn't like to waste time on them unless they have some good way to show what they can do. The union experience gets you past that sometimes.
At my shop we usually will at least give the union guys a weld test. A lot of them fail it, and some of them leave when they find out they won't make union pay levels, but at least they get far enough to be tested. A lot of other guys who come here looking for a job IMO are more likely to be good employees, but there are so many people that claim to be good at fab work that my boss doesn't like to waste time on them unless they have some good way to show what they can do. The union experience gets you past that sometimes.
01-06-12, 01:37 PM
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Yeah, I've considering jumping into a union. I prolly won't fit in because I'm a hard worker, as well as pretty focused. My buddy tells me their are a lot of lazy people in his local..
01-06-12, 02:16 PM
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Like I said, there is a lot of that, in fact in my experience the majority of the union guys are lazy and do half-assed work. But like I said, there are some guys who are really good and can teach you a lot, and I do think there is room for hard working people there, although you might potentially end up being the one who carries all the others around you.
01-07-12, 04:57 PM
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car setter on firer
01-07-12, 04:59 PM
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car setter on firer
