What do you do
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From: Pikesville, MD
Originally Posted by akheloce
Hehe, well since I'm military (guard), I guess I shouldn't complain about a jobs program for us 
I'll look into it. I would have a really hard time going to the metro DC area though... The pay would have to be ALOT more.
I'll look into it. I would have a really hard time going to the metro DC area though... The pay would have to be ALOT more.It isn't necessary to live in DC northern VA.
There are plenty of contractors in the area in Maryland that pay the same.
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From: South Jersey
Originally Posted by vader716
It isn't necessary to live in DC northern VA.
There are plenty of contractors in the area in Maryland that pay the same.
There are plenty of contractors in the area in Maryland that pay the same.
Get me a job..I have a security clearance
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From: Yuma, AZ
Trying to avoid the argument: I'm a Network/DSL guy for the Big Blue Q. And yes, I still play with POTS lines.
Can't avoid the argument: I'm one of the two non-union guys in a Union shop. And I have one of the two best productivity/quality records on the crew.
Can't avoid the argument: I'm one of the two non-union guys in a Union shop. And I have one of the two best productivity/quality records on the crew.
Originally Posted by bosox1007
Applications Developer. Pretty much a report writer and software developer.
Oh yea...I'm also a dad of 4...soon to be 7.
~Randall
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Oh yea...I'm also a dad of 4...soon to be 7.
~Randall
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Wow to the soon to be 7.... is that triplets on the way????
The world of multiples is absolutely awesome!!!
oh, since I'm on the thread
I'm a nurse practitioner for the army....
support wildlife raise triplets!!!
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From: Algonquin Il
As far as unions go, I believe certain SKILLED trades deserve to make the money, like electricians, welders, etc. Its when unskilled workers get paid as much as an electrician that bothers me and really makes a mockery of the skilled trades and unions show their ignorance. One good thing to remember is the union doesnt write your paycheck, you pay them...
. J/K I do a little more than shovel sand. i build scaffold, cut with a partner saw, and also install custom fireplaces. Some of the fireplace surrounds cost upwards of $250,000
hand carved straight from Italy. A laborer in chicago gets paid 31.55 and is worth everypenny.
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From: Wisconsin
Originally Posted by Ftruck05
As far as i know shoveling sand takes just as much effort as pulling wire. Electrician, a skilled trade. J/K I do a little more than shovel sand. i build scaffold, cut with a partner saw, and also install custom fireplaces. Some of the fireplace surrounds cost upwards of $250,000 hand carved straight from Italy. A laborer in chicago gets paid 31.55 and is worth everypenny.
. J/K I do a little more than shovel sand. i build scaffold, cut with a partner saw, and also install custom fireplaces. Some of the fireplace surrounds cost upwards of $250,000 hand carved straight from Italy. A laborer in chicago gets paid 31.55 and is worth everypenny.There is more to being an electrician than pulling wire. I wouldn't say it is really what I would consider a skilled trade, but by god you better know your sheet. Have you ever sat down with the NEC? I have, and it is way more than I can consume to become an electrician. I work part time on some saturdays for an electrician. It is a father and son team. When the son wants a Saturday off they call me. I do all the labor while the old man sits on the back of the truck and tells me how to do it prperly. It is all grunt work, but I don't care. The knowledge I gain is worth way more than the $30 an hour cash that he pays me.
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From: Clarksville,TN
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Originally Posted by Ftruck05
As far as i know shoveling sand takes just as much effort as pulling wire. Electrician, a skilled trade. J/K I do a little more than shovel sand. i build scaffold, cut with a partner saw, and also install custom fireplaces. Some of the fireplace surrounds cost upwards of $250,000 hand carved straight from Italy. A laborer in chicago gets paid 31.55 and is worth everypenny.
. J/K I do a little more than shovel sand. i build scaffold, cut with a partner saw, and also install custom fireplaces. Some of the fireplace surrounds cost upwards of $250,000 hand carved straight from Italy. A laborer in chicago gets paid 31.55 and is worth everypenny.As far as a laborer making anything over $20/hr, heres my thinking. If anyone with a pulse can walk in one day and do your job with no training or experience, then you shouldnt be making anything near $20/hr. I dont care how expensive the equipment you are installing. I may have made the mortar to lay bricks on a $500,000 home, but I should still get paid labor wages because its a thoughtless easy job.
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From: Your moms house
Originally Posted by tomt
Just to get to know everyone what is it you do for a living? I'm a union millwright. Basicly I travel the country installing machinery.
Tech Support.
Hey, if you hear of some nut job taking shots at traffic from a water tower with a deer rifle....it's most likely me.
I hate this damn job.
This job would be great if it wasn't for the ******ing customers.
*Name that movie, and win a prize
