For reasons like not having a college degree, or years of experience at EXACTLY whatever they need someone to do - no one EVER writes that they'll train the right people to do the job - as they seem to figure you'll leave once you get the free training for some other company that pays better.
Well, why the hell won't anyone pay what the competition will? You know?
If there's a similar job out there that you can have for 4 dollars more an hour, you simply must go do it, as no company I know of gives raises of 4 dollar an hour, just because an employee says "hey, match that, or I'll go get them to pay it". Nope.
Most companies I've worked for? Fire any employee who is even LOOKING for another job.
So anyway, I'm sitting where the price of gas is still going up, price of rent will drastically go up, and I'm maxed out in pay at my job. Most people are in the same situation, and the only way I know to get more income, is to find a job that pays better.
Not that this has worked very well for me in the past, at most, I've went 4 dollars an hour better. But then that contract was killed by Obama in his 850 billion dollar "stimulus" bill. So, then I lost 6 or 7 an hour with the next job.
So when I come across some good job that someone out there ought to know about, I'll be posting it
If anyone knows of a job as a writer/photographer relating to the car world, let me know. jbohjkl@yahoo.com or use the comments section right here
Well, why the hell won't anyone pay what the competition will? You know?
If there's a similar job out there that you can have for 4 dollars more an hour, you simply must go do it, as no company I know of gives raises of 4 dollar an hour, just because an employee says "hey, match that, or I'll go get them to pay it". Nope.
Most companies I've worked for? Fire any employee who is even LOOKING for another job.
So anyway, I'm sitting where the price of gas is still going up, price of rent will drastically go up, and I'm maxed out in pay at my job. Most people are in the same situation, and the only way I know to get more income, is to find a job that pays better.
Not that this has worked very well for me in the past, at most, I've went 4 dollars an hour better. But then that contract was killed by Obama in his 850 billion dollar "stimulus" bill. So, then I lost 6 or 7 an hour with the next job.
So when I come across some good job that someone out there ought to know about, I'll be posting it
If anyone knows of a job as a writer/photographer relating to the car world, let me know. jbohjkl@yahoo.com or use the comments section right here
Hey Jesse, all the best with the job hunting, I just emailed you a guide and ideas to help out hopefully. Cheers from Sydney, Australia
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DeleteAlso jalopnik.com are often looking for paid contributors . . . .
ReplyDeleteThanks! But I'm looking for a job, one of those clock punchers where you know what the paycheck will be every week, every month, every year so you don't have to worry about paying the rent. Those paid contributor things are nice for mad money, but, while you already have a job. It's that job thing I've got to lock in.
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ReplyDeleteand why im leaning really hard on my son, who dropped out of college, to get back and finish it.
and one will hire you for any decent job, unless you have a degree, even a degree thats totally useless and unrelated to the work.
i totally agree with you about the wages, if you want to move up, you gotta move out, no company will promote you and give you a commensurate raise, but another new company will.
and same with the experience, every industry has struggles to fill skilled trade positions, and constantly complain about not being able to find skilled workers, but they refuse to train anyone.
everything from welders to truck drivers.
NO ONE will hire you if you dont have 2-5 years experience.
how the hell are you supposed to get that experience if they wont hire you?
the trucking companies are the worst, most trucking companies have 200% turnover, or even higher, and yet they constantly complain that they cant find drivers.
if your employees are constantly leaving to go work some where else, it can only be because of two reasons, you dont pay them enough, or you treat them like garbage, or both. if you pay them well, and treat them like an employee who is making you money, they wont leave.
the dispatchers are overhead, costing the company money everyday, the drivers are the ones that actually interact with the customer and MAKE your company money, yet they get treated like dog crap stuck to someone shoe.
the company I work for will hire people with little to no experience and train them, and give them raises as they learn, but thats rare.and they only do it because it works out better to get someone with brains but no experience and no bad habits,and hiring people with experience, means you have to pay them the market rate, and the people with experience usually think they know everything, when in reality they dont know jack, and they have alot of bad habits, because they learned how to do it wrong the first time
you got that right. I have seen that most people simply get a foot in the door job, then see where that will take them, and then leave with a couple years of experience to get a nice pay raise.
DeleteAnd yeah, no one seems to understand that you can train most anyone, it's getting a good person that is the hard part. You can hire all the experienced people you can afford, but, why in the hell are experienced people leaving the job that gave them that expertise and experience?
It's only a problem for poor people. Rich people don't have to deal with this crap. They simply throw out their resume that says blah blah blah current pay 6 figures, manager at whatever, and bingo, they're simply hired on to run just another dept of some other company.
Trucking companies are in such a dire position because they messed up the industry all by themselves.
The most experienced drivers are fed up and get out, the new drivers are so scary under experienced that they do STUPID things like drive 20 tons on a 2 ton bridge.
Or, every single stupid thing Swift does.
Dispatchers... lol, old women getting fatter by the donut in my experience.
Ask anyone who has seen the inside of a cable company... a room of fat women eating donuts all damn day long.
And yeah, not giving employees the faintest idea they are well regarded, that they are in the plans to be around a long time, and instead, fail to give them 3 or 4 weeks vacation a year, a dinner or two a year, a christmas party, or bonus, or lunch out with the boss, etc.
I've had a dozen jobs, roughly, in the past 10 years, and they all are about the same. Raytheon was pretty good, and started with 3 weeks vacation, take it anytime for as long as you like, but only 120 hours a year. At 5 years, it was 160 hours. Seriously nice. But the pay sucked. I was there 5 years to get that 5 years of experience on my resume. A friend and co worker had been there over 20, he made 25 an hour. I'd been there 5, making 18. Now why in the hell would I work another 15 to get 7 more an hour? Nope.
I left, and though I may never make 25 an hour, I sure as hell ain't working that job that sucked for another 15.
As for marketable skills, you're reading it. I'm looking to move on from my job as a photographer at a car dealership, to get a job as a writer/photographer with a magazine or website.
I know they exist, that's how all the magazines and websites in the world are already making content happen every month, and issues get printed.
Full time employees, punching a clock, paid to travel to events, and get the content that is out there making people say wow.