Life Advice Needed
Feb 15, 2020 3:00:52 GMT
Post by legacyofthesword on Feb 15, 2020 3:00:52 GMT
Feb 14, 2020 23:07:01 GMT @edelweiss said:
Oh, FFS.
If you ARE going to act like this, at least be aware that the National Guard has also engaged widely in foreign conflicts both recently and in the past.
Returning to the original post. If not wanting to re-locate, I am sure there are service opportunities maintaining and repairing the equipment. If you have a nest egg, re-locating may suit you. Many folks end up with more than two careers under their belt. My third and final life in warehouse distribution went from entry level to the top pay rate in 18 months, driving forklifts in a publishing warehouse. What began as a temp assignment became an 11 year job.
Temps agencies can offer both the good and the bad but most in the cities can evaluate your abilities and send you out for what can be a grand adventure. When Time Warner moved their distribution warehouse, I accepted a rather large severance package. Moving on from that, I went from entry level inventory at another distribution company and within a year was operating independently with overstocks and remains while training equipment operators and running the safety and loss prevention program. Downsized, I went to Sear&Roebuck until disability. The last, at Sears was a disappointing end but I had gone in with a stellar background.
Earlier careers were as an auto mechanic, vacationing in a parking environment, renovation construction and going to a steam engineering school to get a state fireman's license. The latter is when I went to an agency. Don't wait too long! In my case, the Fireman's ticket was somewhat useless, as I was already in my 30s and all the power plants were looking for fresh out of the service or other younger men. T the end, I was glad to have been dealing with less dust and grime and training others from all walks of life was perhaps my best experience. That and showing several departments why their reports so messed up (regarding merchandise expiration dates) I turned a 600 odd page report into less than a dozen within a few weeks and then to just two or three. When they were downsizing, I sat with my manager and she was really distraught about the whole process and I cheerfully replied that she was welcome to put me at the top of the cut list after telling her how my job could have been done by the production process instead of independently in the inventory dept. I had serious invitations from World Harbor, Snapple and Celestial Seasonings but re-location was not really appealing to me.
I miss the old publishing warehouse and forklifting, so simple equipment operating may be boring but I was often making much more than anyone but upper management. With musical performance hobbies during off hours, I was often in whole hog heaven.
It's Miller time!
Thanks for the rundown of your work experience. Driving a forklift sounds like fun, I really enjoy running the tractors and combines with my current job. Heavy equipment operation is something I enjoy quite a bit, though getting to drive around in nature (when doing field work) is also part of the fun for sure. Trucking was something I was considering as well (a fellow farm hand has done trucking most of his life, so I've been picking his brain for details). I think I'd enjoy long hauls, but at the same time I do like to have some free time during the evenings to attend martial arts classes and various other things.