i just got a brand new shop to work for - Electrician Talk - Professional Electrical Contractors Forum

nolabama · 02-01-2009, 10:08 PM

yeah im out of the shop ive been with for the last year - i now am working for a group of really sharp electricians putting in a new multiload facility down at the local gasoline refinery - this thing is the coolest gas stations ive ever seen - eyes open and mouth shut - i have a lot of stupid to shake off from the last year and picked up about three hundred in new tools just to keep up

oldman · 02-02-2009, 07:48 AM

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yeah im out of the shop ive been with for the last year - i now am working for a group of really sharp electricians putting in a new multiload facility down at the local gasoline refinery - this thing is the coolest gas stations ive ever seen - eyes open and mouth shut - i have a lot of stupid to shake off from the last year and picked up about three hundred in new tools just to keep up

hate to piss in your cheerios, but you can't fix stupid

good luck...you are in for a great experience...

rlc3854 · 02-02-2009, 01:44 PM

Are you required to have a TWIC card to work in the area? Goodluck with the new shop, industrial work is great!

RIVETER · 11-02-2009, 04:41 PM

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yeah im out of the shop ive been with for the last year - i now am working for a group of really sharp electricians putting in a new multiload facility down at the local gasoline refinery - this thing is the coolest gas stations ive ever seen - eyes open and mouth shut - i have a lot of stupid to shake off from the last year and picked up about three hundred in new tools just to keep up

After 8 months, how's the new job working out. Are the tools paid for. Good luck.

nolabama · 11-02-2009, 05:11 PM

they laid me off quite a while ago

BuzzKill · 11-02-2009, 05:17 PM

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they laid me off quite a while ago

Been laid off 8 months?
Good luck with the new job that should be great experience!

nolabama · 11-02-2009, 05:27 PM

this is an old thread they laid me off when the project was complete i think it was around april

Peter D · 11-02-2009, 05:36 PM

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this is an old thread they laid me off when the project was complete i think it was around april

Riveter is the forum Necromancer.

mcclary's electrical · 11-02-2009, 07:16 PM

His job ran it's course, before this thread! That was quick

william1978 · 11-02-2009, 08:58 PM

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RIVETER · 11-02-2009, 09:17 PM

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this is an old thread they laid me off when the project was complete i think it was around april

I knew that it was an old thread but was honestly wanting to hear how it turned out... you seemed to be excited at the time. I've had a lot of jobs where I was let go when the job ended. I knew the deal when I hired on... It is just the way of construction. I have taken jobs I knew were only for one day, and turned out to be a couple of months.
Good luck with what you are doing now.

nolabama · 11-03-2009, 02:43 PM

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I knew that it was an old thread but was honestly wanting to hear how it turned out... you seemed to be excited at the time. I've had a lot of jobs where I was let go when the job ended. I knew the deal when I hired on... It is just the way of construction. I have taken jobs I knew were only for one day, and turned out to be a couple of months.
Good luck with what you are doing now.

thank you for the encouragement

i am sitting in front of the computer checking my inbox for responses to my job apps that i have been filling out on the computer

i was excited about the new job - it was an industrial job at a refinery and i realized where my electrical career is going to go - frankly i hate residential quite a bit, commercial is not much better as far as im concerned, commercial installation is at best skilled labor

but process controls now there is a real job as far as im concerned - and we have a good bit of chemical and petrochemical industry in this area

soo..... we will see

RIVETER · 11-03-2009, 04:32 PM

[quote=nolabama;137859]thank you for the encouragement

i am sitting in front of the computer checking my inbox for responses to my job apps that i have been filling out on the computer

i was excited about the new job - it was an industrial job at a refinery and i realized where my electrical career is going to go - frankly i hate residential quite a bit, commercial is not much better as far as im concerned, commercial installation is at best skilled labor

but process controls now there is a real job as far as im concerned - and we have a good bit of chemical and petrochemical industry in this area

Just keep trying and you will do okay. I saw under your user name that you are located in Louisiana. With the news I've been hearing,the GCs should be begging for good help with all the damage of Katrina. Are they just not re-building?
RIVETER