Job Hunting
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I can't believe how f***ed up this went.
Yeah the pay was there, but it was truck driving on a split shift and just wore me out. I could tell even the Trainer who does this struggled to stay awake.
Basically, it required picking up a trailer load of mail at 3am and doing a multistop run down to Milwaukee for about 6 hours. Park the truck and go to a hotel room they pay for, sleep for maybe 5 hours, then do the return trip. Get back to the yard and the advice is to get a nap in the car because there is no time to go home and sleep before doing it again and leaving at 3am for another run.
Also, the semitruck was a pos with several million miles on it.
The trainer just tried to call me to come back and I didn't answer. I didn't like being around him either. He even admitted he has a Jekyll / Hyde thing going on and an anger issue. I think he's losing his mind pushing himself because he likes the big checks.
All the best, Videodrome! I'm going back to retail until, y'know, maybe something picks up? Who knows.
All I'll say is... always have a job. Even if it's a shyt job. Unless someone has lots of money and it's time to retire, or someone is on mat leave or sick, you should always work.
Not just for money, but also for helping the career. Nothing is worse than looking for a job as an unemployed person. If you have a good reason like there was a restructuring at work, that's fine. Every HR person understands that. But if you have a employment gap with no good reason, and you can't fake a good reason, most HR people will drop you down the list. If nobody else wants you, why should I want you?
HR people would rather hire good candidates that are employed, than good candidates that are unemployed and need a job. You'd think that is counter intuitive as an unemployed person would surely seem more eager to work and keep a job right? Maybe. But an HR person doesn't want to play guessing games and would rather hire someone whose already nicely settled somewhere as they see it as a tug of war trying to get a good employee from some other company.
Not just for money, but also for helping the career. Nothing is worse than looking for a job as an unemployed person. If you have a good reason like there was a restructuring at work, that's fine. Every HR person understands that. But if you have a employment gap with no good reason, and you can't fake a good reason, most HR people will drop you down the list. If nobody else wants you, why should I want you?
HR people would rather hire good candidates that are employed, than good candidates that are unemployed and need a job. You'd think that is counter intuitive as an unemployed person would surely seem more eager to work and keep a job right? Maybe. But an HR person doesn't want to play guessing games and would rather hire someone whose already nicely settled somewhere as they see it as a tug of war trying to get a good employee from some other company.
For a while I wasn't working while taking more college classes. I try to be clear on that or even list attending college as side notes in my applications.
I quit that trucking job because the schedule was insane, the equipment bad, and I was falling asleep at the wheel. I suppose I could have stuck with it somehow, but I'd be a Monster Energy addict again.
But yeah like TFX, I'm considering Retail if I need to in order to get some kind of work going again.
I quit that trucking job because the schedule was insane, the equipment bad, and I was falling asleep at the wheel. I suppose I could have stuck with it somehow, but I'd be a Monster Energy addict again.
But yeah like TFX, I'm considering Retail if I need to in order to get some kind of work going again.
If you do retail, I think the best paid jobs are Home Depot/Lowes and Costco. Costco pays about $20/hr and you get legit benefits. It helps if you have forklift certification as the products are stacked.
For home reno stores, I think experienced journeyman contractors work there and make around $20+/hr. But you have to know what you're doing to help people. Standard cashiers/stockers get paid less.... probably $15/hr or less.
Lol I wish we had Costco here. We do have a Home Depot but no Lowe's.
But for real, if I try to help people with home renovation, your house will look like a Picasso painting.
But for real, if I try to help people with home renovation, your house will look like a Picasso painting.
Trainer just texted me kind of saying I'm forgiven for quitting and I can still come back. I wish I never got involved in that company. They've had a run of trainees quitting and they're getting weird about it.
Moving forward on another job starting orientation this week. This will make interesting use of my CDL and trucking experience by delivering manufactured vehicles to customers anywhere in the lower 48 states and then flying home. I might drive anything from garbage trucks to city buses.
I think they're interested in me because a company nearby makes Loadmaster Garbage trucks and they have a lot of orders to move.
I think they're interested in me because a company nearby makes Loadmaster Garbage trucks and they have a lot of orders to move.
Just curious, instead of driving, would you ever be interested in an office job..... like logistics or traffic? You have experience with vehicles, so you already have a mindset of how trucking works.
Office logistics would be coordinating all the shipping, receiving, working with internal fleet and external carriers. and such.
Would be a more steady job with normal day hours... although usually skewed a bit earlier like 7:30-4 or 8-4 as opposed to most office workers 9-5 routine.
Any company that does warehousing/shipping goods will have these kinds of guys. The bigger the company, the more jobs.... as a small scale mom and pop place probably handles it themselves with the warehouse/shipping crew. Larger companies have full depts of logistics people. Depending on the facility, the logistics crew can be in the warehouse or in the office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistics
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There are a lot of possibilities I could look into with Logistics. For now, I squandered to much time trying to break into IT so I'm going to work this for a while.
Some people expand as Owner Operators. They buy their own truck to drive then eventually buy a second truck for an employee or contractor to drive. They keep going until they are overseeing many trucks as a Fleet Owner.
Still, such people need freight. They'll Truck Carriers, or Load Boards like Landstar, and be speaking with Freight Broker Agents who's job it is to find and pair up freight, customers, and drivers who can deliver it.
Aside from all that, I think my problem is I've been stuck in a horrible job market, so another reason to work and save up is so I can get out of here.
Some people expand as Owner Operators. They buy their own truck to drive then eventually buy a second truck for an employee or contractor to drive. They keep going until they are overseeing many trucks as a Fleet Owner.
Still, such people need freight. They'll Truck Carriers, or Load Boards like Landstar, and be speaking with Freight Broker Agents who's job it is to find and pair up freight, customers, and drivers who can deliver it.
Aside from all that, I think my problem is I've been stuck in a horrible job market, so another reason to work and save up is so I can get out of here.
well I'm renewed for 6 months full time. If they base my new contract on the next 6 months it will be good as we're getting a new ticket system and it will be a clutter f*** I'm guessing so it will show they need 3 full time people. I want at least two years of good long-term full-time IT employment then I can go on the hunt if I don't more here but I like it here.
Hell at work now writing this they don't care.
Hell at work now writing this they don't care.