Author Topic: looking for a job (Read 3254 times)

budgray19 · « **on:** July 10, 2009, 08:39:49 AM »

i need to get a job
ima be goin to college around sept
i need some suggestions
im leaning strongly towards lowes or home depot
i prefer the layout of lowes tho

i was also thinking of target
i dont want any suggestions for gamestop or best buy
gamestop treats their employees like crap
and bestbuy staff around here are

i do have work experience at a store called albertsons
i was a cashier and a curiosity clerk for a year

i like how lowes pays
its about 8.75 and bumps up to 9 after 90 days
then a raise every 3 months
not bad for my age

i think home depot would be about the same
plz no posts that u make 12 or 30 /hr for i will delete them
i want some honest opinions
preferably from older people/ people who have had jobs

robin1989 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2009, 08:58:06 AM »

subway - i work there and its fun and pretty easy work the people are good and you can have a laugh btw i earn £4.80 an hour

Jumbo · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2009, 08:59:59 AM »

Lowes sounds like it can pay real good after some time there.

@Robin- Subway can get swapped though cant it? Ive been there with 30 people on line lol....

budgray19 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2009, 09:12:19 AM »

yea thats what went thro my head when i read robins comment

Tec_ · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2009, 09:26:09 AM »

if you at school, UPS would be good. im not sure if there still doing it, but when i worked there wile i was going to school the had $3,000.00 worth of tuition reimbursement all you had to do was sign up for it. you worked from 4pm to around 10pm-12pm depending on the volume of boxes that night. it was around 8.50 an hour with raises every set amount of time. you work Monday-Friday and once you hit seniority you get full benefits for only working a part time job full vision, dental, medical its a good deal. it is hard physical labor but you will be in good shape by the end of it. i put on upper boddy muscles and had my weight down to around 185lbs-195lbs after not working for them for a little over a year i have (with no real phyiscal activity to speak of) i have shot up to around 230lbs

the only other thing i would suggest would be Starbucks they have the same deal ware you only work 20 hours a night and they still give you full benefits. you also get your cut of the tips made and there hours a quite a bit more flexible.

bolth would be good options to look in to

budgray19 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2009, 09:33:50 AM »

yea i was thinkin of ups

Tec_ · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2009, 09:38:34 AM »

im not going to lie, i did NOT enjoy that job, but it would have been much harder for me to pay for school and going to the doctors and the like if i had not been there. every little bit helped.

budgray19 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2009, 09:43:48 AM »

why did u not enjoy it
id liek to be a driver after sometime

robin1989 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2009, 11:02:44 AM »

Quote from: Jumbo on July 10, 2009, 08:59:59 AM

Lowes sounds like it can pay real good after some time there.

@Robin- Subway can get swapped though cant it? Ive been there with 30 people on line lol....

yeh subway can get swamped at times but its fun and you feel good about working in a team as if one messes up the entire line falls out of place. the other day we did about 200 sandwiches in an hour

Tec_ · « **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2009, 12:11:01 PM »

Quote from: budgray19 on July 10, 2009, 09:43:48 AM

why did u not enjoy it
id liek to be a driver after sometime

i didn't like it because there were problems that they would not fix like broken equipment, boxes that are to long or weigh to much to come over the conveyor belts that they put on there any way, and i didn't get along with my general manager because i got him in trouble with the district manager when he got caught lying and i wouldn't back him up.

drivers are ware its at, they make lost of cash but it takes along time to make it to a driver, at that point its almost a full time job.

budgray19 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2009, 01:18:23 PM »

yea
im at a lil outlet area
its not the ditribution area
its liek a small u drop off ur crap here

Ben. · « **Reply #11 on:** July 10, 2009, 02:27:50 PM »

I work on an egg farm

£5 an hour isn't too bad

Tec_ · « **Reply #12 on:** July 10, 2009, 05:05:33 PM »

Quote from: Ben. on July 10, 2009, 02:27:50 PM

I work on an egg farm £5 an hour isn't too bad

yes it is. i get more that double that.

of course i went to school to do what im doing.

Ben. · « **Reply #13 on:** July 10, 2009, 11:57:06 PM »

Quote from: Tec_ on July 10, 2009, 05:05:33 PM

yes it is. i get more that double that.

of course i went to school to do what im doing.

I'm still at school

SN!P3R · « **Reply #14 on:** August 01, 2009, 05:59:59 PM »

If you know how to weld or use machineries, work at a
metal fabrication shop. I work for my dad. When it's just
general help like assembly, cleaning up, grinding, I get paid
12.50 per hour. When I'm welding, (MIG and TIG) I get paid 17.50.
I learned how to weld in about 1 weeks time. Yes there's sparks heading towards your crotch, yes welding slag burns when I hits your shoe when your welding 5/8 steel, but it's damn good pay considering I'm an 11th grader.

budgray19 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:35:55 PM »

yea id liek to but i dont think theres much demand other than in the car indstry here but its all going down hill here in dallas
plus my grand father was a fabricate and died from his work with a mix of problems when i was 8
he helped weld freedom ships in ww2.
he refuseed to teach my father so im going to take that as a hint

SN!P3R · « **Reply #16 on:** August 02, 2009, 09:57:44 AM »

Trust me there is plenty of demand. Welding has become alot cleaner than it was 60 years ago. Also, many companies have fans or vaccums that suck the fumes out when your welding. My dads been fabricating for 32 years, and hasn't had a single problem.

budgray19 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 02, 2009, 03:30:39 PM »

yea im aware

Skullmaster · « **Reply #18 on:** August 02, 2009, 04:11:32 PM »

I'm a full time welder and I cant complain about the money I make. I make more than double of any of my friends that actually have jobs. but yet again, I have been working there for over a year now and working 50 hour weeks

Reaper · « **Reply #19 on:** August 02, 2009, 09:05:21 PM »

I work 3 jobs, one at a deli, one as a part time contractor and then I also do work around the farms here. You just gotta do stuff that makes you happy, I personally hate the deli, but my parents own it so I have to help them with the business. I get paid 10 an hour there... the contractor job is a flat 100 bucks a day but I'm working @ 6am and home @ 630ish when I do it. The farm work is always different, but my last job payed 75 bucks an hour running one of my tractors for the guy, so definitely my favorite...

SN!P3R · « **Reply #20 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:10:47 PM »

I'm a prostitute, I get paid depending on how old / hot the women I please are.
Great pay!

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Author Topic: looking for a job (Read 3254 times)