Well I was thinking the same thing as pushcat, so I'm sorry. Let me tell you a few truths unsugarcoated. There is no guarantees in this business period you work hard all summer and save for the winter. I have done it all form dirt to asphalt I have worked year round and I have worked 8 months out of the year. I have been the new guy and I have been the supervisor, bottom line if you are a good hand you will have a job and keep it who gives a dang about some mismanaged halfbaked company we work to work oueselves out of a job and don't forget that. Next you are only 19 noone cares about how long you've done this or that, you have expirience and are willing to learn this is important no matter how much expirience you have I still see a 19 year old kid,then go out there and grab an 8 and start cutting final grade that would impress the heck out of me. Look into joining a union non union jobs pay the bills form week to week but you can't do this forever you are going to need benefits bottom line and when the union sends you out to work for a mismanaged half baked company that lays you off guess what you call in get on the out of work list and get sent out on another job plus you have the oppurtunity to train with qualified people for free people that want to see a young man like you get very skilled and carry on our tradition of craftsmanship. I would also like to thank you for defending the freedom that I enjoy to write this to you.:usa:usa:usa:usa:usa:usa:usa:usa
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Thanks for your post. And yes alot of people see me as an 19 year old kid. Then i look back at the guys in the mine that are still driving trucks AND that's ALL. They operate, because they dont want to take the risk to move up. Or mess up. And they have been there for 10-20 years. While i am trying to run everything i can, and willing to move up. And LOADING those trucks. And the only reason their making more money than i am is because they've been there longer. Sorry i dont need a union for ambition. Money isnt everything i'll take my non union wages, and operate the equipment i operate. As a " 19 year old kid " I dont complain at all.
And yeah, you check the grade for me, let me see the plans. Put me in the d8and let me cut the final grade. I'm not very confident usually. so i always leave it a hundreth high anyways, or a little higher. And no one has ever complained. Because when the building guys get there, their going to grade it up, and mess it up anyways. so yeah. But the point is, i will get in the 8 without hesitation and go for it i've been around older guys that hate doing final grade. And i enjoy the boss watching me the whole time while i work. If i mess up yell at me, if i do good. Call me mike.
-Michael-
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