I'll start with what triggered me to start this thread
I had been asking an Engineer in Tuscon AZ via email to send me his electronic drawing so I could examine it before Monday's formal phone meeting
Did not here back all day
Just got this message "
Being in Houston...I can relate to that. ac_biggrin
He meant he was going to go skiing, tubing, tobogganing, sledding or snowboarding.
We just get on the roads and play slip and slide...
I worked with a woman who often took days off claiming she had doctor, chiropractor, and dentist appointments, but I knew she was looking for another job. One time she took a day off for another "doctor" appointment, but of course it was really a job interview. She left her phone at the interview office and the only number besides her cell number they had to contact her was her employer. The interviewer called and told our manager that she forgot her phone at her JOB interview. :laugh:
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I remember a rare 4 " snowfall when we lived in in Sarasota Florida .... our kids, Canadians before, showed them the joys of snowball fights and how to roll big balls of wet snow into snowmen .. and even a 48 hour lasting snow fort
I have given CP some creative absentee reasons back in my drinking days. I remember once saying I got the 40 ounce flu, er I mean the stomach flu.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
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I had been asking an Engineer in Tuscon AZ via email to send me his electronic drawing so I could examine it before Monday's formal phone meeting
Did not here back all day
Just got this message "
In Tuscon? I am going on a golf trip to the Florida panhandle the end of next month. I am counting on warmish dry weather.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
It is what it is. There a lots of opportunities and of course the wages and benefits are good. But, it's not the industry for sissies who can't make it to work because they stubbed their toe while going to take a leak in the morning. You want a job like that, find out where rohomo works and submit a resume.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
It is what it is. There a lots of opportunities and of course the wages and benefits are good. But, it's not the industry for sissies who can't make it to work because they stubbed their toe while going to take a leak in the morning. You want a job like that, find out where rohomo works and submit a resume.
Is this why you decided to become a hobby farmer?
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
It is what it is. There a lots of opportunities and of course the wages and benefits are good. But, it's not the industry for sissies who can't make it to work because they stubbed their toe while going to take a leak in the morning. You want a job like that, find out where rohomo works and submit a resume.
My husband has told me what an awful job working on a drilling rig is.
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My husband has told me what an awful job working on a drilling rig is.
Maybe so, Fash, but some people choose to do that work because it pays the bills and they have chosen not to complain and just do their work. I suggest people find other jobs if they do not enjoy what they are doing. I am not in that situation, thankfully.
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My husband has told me what an awful job working on a drilling rig is.
Maybe so, Fash, but some people choose to do that work because it pays the bills and they have chosen not to complain and just do their work. I suggest people find other jobs if they do not enjoy what they are doing. I am not in that situation, thankfully.
Neither is my husband and he's thankful for it.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
It is what it is. There a lots of opportunities and of course the wages and benefits are good. But, it's not the industry for sissies who can't make it to work because they stubbed their toe while going to take a leak in the morning. You want a job like that, find out where rohomo works and submit a resume.
There are not many industries like oil and gas that provide for a comfortable middle class living. Railroading is another.
I won't be at work for two weeks because I am going to the Mexican Riviera.
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I hope you have a good time iron horse jockey.
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Lucky you.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
It is what it is. There a lots of opportunities and of course the wages and benefits are good. But, it's not the industry for sissies who can't make it to work because they stubbed their toe while going to take a leak in the morning. You want a job like that, find out where rohomo works and submit a resume.
There are not many industries like oil and gas that provide for a comfortable middle class living. Railroading is another.
Industrial divers, underwater welders, and FIFO miners do well too.
Hail repairers also. Some keep kits in lockers in different continents and get news alerts then fly off for a month or two at a go as dealerships know them well.
I know of a fellow who refits lighthouses with LED's all around the world and part of his payment are the old workings which are high dollar value items for collectors and museums.
Specialization is the key. In a past career I had a rare skill set which was lucrative and came with loads of extended travel and living. Can't say what it was though since it would lead to a former employer's doorstep.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
It is what it is. There a lots of opportunities and of course the wages and benefits are good. But, it's not the industry for sissies who can't make it to work because they stubbed their toe while going to take a leak in the morning. You want a job like that, find out where rohomo works and submit a resume.
There are not many industries like oil and gas that provide for a comfortable middle class living. Railroading is another.
Industrial divers, underwater welders, and FIFO miners do well too.Industrial
Hail repairers also. Some keep kits in lockers in different continents and get news alerts then fly off for a month or two at a go as dealerships know them well.
I know of a fellow who refits lighthouses with LED's all around the world and part of his payment are the old workings which are high dollar value items for collectors and museums.
Specialization is the key. In a past career I had a rare skill set which was lucrative and came with loads of extended travel and living. Can't say what it was though since it would lead to a former employer's doorstep.
All of those require apprenticeship in Canada. Nobody is going to pay anyone just to dive. You have to be able to do something once you are in the water.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
It is what it is. There a lots of opportunities and of course the wages and benefits are good. But, it's not the industry for sissies who can't make it to work because they stubbed their toe while going to take a leak in the morning. You want a job like that, find out where rohomo works and submit a resume.
There are not many industries like oil and gas that provide for a comfortable middle class living. Railroading is another.
Industrial divers, underwater welders, and FIFO miners do well too.Industrial
Hail repairers also. Some keep kits in lockers in different continents and get news alerts then fly off for a month or two at a go as dealerships know them well.
I know of a fellow who refits lighthouses with LED's all around the world and part of his payment are the old workings which are high dollar value items for collectors and museums.
Specialization is the key. In a past career I had a rare skill set which was lucrative and came with loads of extended travel and living. Can't say what it was though since it would lead to a former employer's doorstep.
All of those require apprenticeship in Canada. Nobody is going to pay anyone just to dive. You have to be able to do something once you are in the water.
In the case of divers, sure. Some do apprenticeships, others take full on course work or trade certificates, some just learn on the job and do the inductions.
There's varying degrees of skill involved depending on the job. Some cold work, some chemical, mechanical, metallurgical, and radiation work. It's all over the place. I've known divers who spent a third of the year on tropical islands nannying marine biologists with big grants, part of the year circumventing nuke plant RAD dose policies by globetrotting, and the rest sewing nets over the winter for hydro electric installations and doing the odd critical winter dive. Some only turned spanners by instructions. Others could weld anything at any depth.
They were on a good upper middle class crust.
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Freudian slip eh Jock. In my line of work, you blow a shift, you are fired. Don't bother giving excuses because we know you are shitfaced.
While I agree with the premise and fallout, that says something about your industry and reaction.
It is what it is. There a lots of opportunities and of course the wages and benefits are good. But, it's not the industry for sissies who can't make it to work because they stubbed their toe while going to take a leak in the morning. You want a job like that, find out where rohomo works and submit a resume.
There are not many industries like oil and gas that provide for a comfortable middle class living. Railroading is another.
Industrial divers, underwater welders, and FIFO miners do well too.Industrial
Hail repairers also. Some keep kits in lockers in different continents and get news alerts then fly off for a month or two at a go as dealerships know them well.
I know of a fellow who refits lighthouses with LED's all around the world and part of his payment are the old workings which are high dollar value items for collectors and museums.
Specialization is the key. In a past career I had a rare skill set which was lucrative and came with loads of extended travel and living. Can't say what it was though since it would lead to a former employer's doorstep.
All of those require apprenticeship in Canada. Nobody is going to pay anyone just to dive. You have to be able to do something once you are in the water.
In the case of divers, sure. Some do apprenticeships, others take full on course work or trade certificates, some just learn on the job and do the inductions.
There's varying degrees of skill involved depending on the job. Some cold work, some chemical, mechanical, metallurgical, and radiation work. It's all over the place. I've known divers who spent a third of the year on tropical islands nannying marine biologists with big grants, part of the year circumventing nuke plant RAD dose policies by globetrotting, and the rest sewing nets over the winter for hydro electric installations and doing the odd critical winter dive. Some only turned spanners by instructions. Others could weld anything at any depth.
They were on a good upper middle class crust.
Inland divers without tickets make an okay wage. But, the money is in deep water and for those with tickets.
Over 6 figures sure. Just below, sure. Depended on what they could do, the danger they were willing to subject themselves to, how honest they were about RADs, and especially who they knew and where those people were working. Gigs led to friendships which led to odd jobs often at weird destinations.
A lot of them pissed their money away partying and having lavish holidays. The smart ones saved, worked hard, and got out or taught.
DD and Herman are right, the trades still offer an opportunity to make a very good living. Instead of paying for four years tuition and fees, you get paid for your training and eight weeks of school each year.
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And once an apprentice gets their journeyman papers, they are on easy street.
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And once an apprentice gets their journeyman papers, they are on easy street.
Even with a totally incompetent government in this province making a bad situation worse, a journeyman HD wrench for example still has plenty of opportunities.
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My husband became a master electrician after years of being a journeyman electrician..
He works as a shop manager for a specialized oilfield service equipment, but if his company had folded in Alberta, he would have had many options and not been unemployed for a day.