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Eric L

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I need to vent.

I, Eric, am officially done with desk jobs. I have been purchasing welding supplies for this store for the past 5 years and let me tell you: It might have taken a long ****ing while, but I've determined that pushing pens and smashing keyboard buttons all day is not my thing. I come in late and don't even care anymore. My employers are very dependent on me and I don't even mind leaving them behind anymore - I used to pity them when I thought of leaving my job, but you know what? **** them.

I've always followed my guts and feelings and I quite frankly haven't been doing this the last year or so.

Each time it's nice outside I regret working here. Each time the phone rings - I want to shoot the ****ing thing. Each time someone needs their computers fixed at work - I feel like it's because of the dumb **** who is using it. Every time someone needs help with basic ****, they come to me it ends up taking up all my time. I am so loaded with work that I forget **** all the time. And most importantly all this **** is translating itself into my personal life. I am so engulfed with **** at work that I constantly look at my watch, not to see how soon I am getting off work but to see if I have enough time left in my day to finish all the crap I have to do! GAHHH!

No more.

I can't wait to see my bosses face, when his nerdy welding expert wants to become an operating engineer to become a tower crane operator.

Even if I give him a 2 month notice, I think he's going to have a seizure, any tips on how to tell him without having to revive him afterwards?

:D

Also, there are a few factors that might have triggered my decision, things like having to watch my bosses wife chat on MSN all day long. Seeing my boss not do the **** he should be doing...and being paid like I am picking up garbage on the side of the road. 16.50$ after 5 years of doing purchasing and computer maintenance and a ****load of other crap. I should have quit this **** years ago. LOL

I am anticipating a: "How much will it take to keep you?" And I quite honestly beleive he might actually give me the number I will give him.

Anyhow, I went home today before lunch to call the institution that will give me my training for this career thing and will be submitting my app to them tonight. The courses are starting in January and I need to get all this figured out.

Now, it's Friday, I only have a couple hours of pencil pushing to do...I hope I make it.............

Thank you for wasting 10 minutes of your life by reading my crap. lol :D

good weekend everyone!
 
don't quit until you got something else lined up dude. its damn near impossible to find a job right now.
 
Well, I hate my job, but I love the people I work with and I make an obscene amount of money considering I sit on my ass and give people advice all day.

Congratulations on wanting to be a tower crane operator!!! How many buildings are being erected where you live?

What's the salary like where you live?



Those numbers will be low. Crane operators here have been making over $80,000/yr since the 1990s, especially when they are doing a lot of OT.
 
We don't have it that bad over here, plus if it doesn't workout for me, I can always come back here or go to the other places who have given me offers in the recent past.

Work ain't a problem for me...I found what I would like to do and I'll be damned if the fear of not having a job is going to hold me back.

I enjoyed this job for the first 4 years...it's over now. It's not even career material. It's a waste of my time and it's about time I did something about it.
 
I say go for it then, Eric!!!

If you can't find work where you live, go to Dubai. You'll be paid far more than you're worth in US$ (tax free), and the only thing you'll pay for is your food because you usually get your accommodation for free :)
 
Hey, thanks a bunch ILM.

I am going all the way with this, I will follow the money and make sure the training I receive is not wasted by retarded wages.

I live in a very small town, nothing is erected here, besides my....um nothing.

:biggrinsanta:

Seriously, I will be reading your link a good deal tonight and I thank you again.

All the western regions of Canada seem to be in high development, maybe it's a good idea for me to look for training over there...being single allows me to go where I need to go...I need to take advantage of this.

Back to pencil pushing...
 
good deal Eric. If its not a problem finding work and you don't have little mouths to feed then the sky is the limit.


Will you wear your hard hat for me when I come visit you? Mr. Big sexy crane operator mans
 
Kraken said:
good deal Eric. If its not a problem finding work and you don't have little mouths to feed then the sky is the limit.


Will you wear your hard hat for me when I come visit you? Mr. Big sexy crane operator mans
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Hey Kraken ... back off. This dude's mine :D

Especially if he comes out west :p
 
I really need to sit down and let the thought of operating these things get into my brain.

I'm sure there are a gazillion factors I am not seeing, but meh...I'll let my gut lead the way.

...But, yeah, what she said! I'm hers, back off! :D

The though of operating a powerful crane to move a 300 ton load excites me...I feel like a boy who is about to get a fire truck toy at Christmas.

Much work to be done on this this week-end.

That and booze.

mmmm booze....
 
ILM-

I live right in between Ottawa and Montreal, in Hawkesbury.

But you best said it when you said in the middle of nowhere - lol.

Hawkesbury isn't a good town to live in, no opportunities for me here and the people suck in general, 70% of the people here are on welfare or some retarded disability ****. I have honestly come to hate this place.

My guts are telling me to move to Calgary and go with my training there. Alberta is in such high development and I'm 100% that with the level of competence I have I could make 3-4 times more money than I am right now. I'm going to take my time and make my decision carefully. Leaving my friends and family behind like this is going to be hard....but I have to follow my heart.

I know a coupe of people who got hired to work at Fort McMurray with expenses and food paid + two to three times the rate I am getting here...I mean why the **** would I stay here...lol.

Thing is, I am literally going insane at my current job, being behind 4 walls all day long is starting to affect my mental health :pain7: And for this reason, I want to do this move sooner than later. (Much, Much sooner ;))

good day
 
Most people’s regrets in life are the things they haven’t done rather than the stuff they have done; even when they’ve screwed up, at least they took the chance and tried.

I’m in pretty much the same situation you’re in and I’ve also found a bit of light at the end of the tunnel and plan to get out of the office very soon. It’s worth the risk it really is, because life is so short; I couldn’t imagine turning 40 and looking back at twenty years sat in front of a PC
 
Eric L said:
ILM-

I live right in between Ottawa and Montreal, in Hawkesbury.

But you best said it when you said in the middle of nowhere - lol.

Hawkesbury isn't a good town to live in, no opportunities for me here and the people suck in general, 70% of the people here are on welfare or some retarded disability ****. I have honestly come to hate this place.

My guts are telling me to move to Calgary and go with my training there. Alberta is in such high development and I'm 100% that with the level of competence I have I could make 3-4 times more money than I am right now. I'm going to take my time and make my decision carefully. Leaving my friends and family behind like this is going to be hard....but I have to follow my heart.

I know a coupe of people who got hired to work at Fort McMurray with expenses and food paid + two to three times the rate I am getting here...I mean why the **** would I stay here...lol.

Thing is, I am literally going insane at my current job, being behind 4 walls all day long is starting to affect my mental health :pain7: And for this reason, I want to do this move sooner than later. (Much, Much sooner ;))

good day
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The cost of living in Ft. Mac is ridiculously high. Calgary is high, too, but not as bad as some cities. You'll be hard-pressed to find a 2 bedroom apartment or a home rental for under $1200/month. Ft. Mac is worse ... but house prices have been coming down a bit ... you can actually get an 1100 sq. ft. home with a double garage on a lot the size of a postage stamp for $450,000 now (unless you want to live so far away from civilization, it takes you forever to get to work).

A guy I know worked as an EMT up in Ft. Mac and made a whack of dough. Stay away from the drugs, though. It's rampant in Ft. Mac.

PM me if you need any info.
 
I decided to put this off for about a year.

This time will allow me to get some decent connections in the industry and it will also give me time to let this pursuit sink into my mind. If I go ahead with this, I want to know all the details about the trade and it's no use to jump both feet in without details because I hate my job :p

Also, with the economy, I feel that if I ditch my current job, I will get ****ed. Sure, I don't really enjoy it anymore, but I will ride it out a little longer and do things right. Besides, they cannot fire me and I am getting another nice raise next year...I've been getting 7-8% raises each year for the past 5 years and am doing more than double than when I started for them. The people at my job are pretty good people too. I will contain my desk-job insanity symptoms for a little while longer :D

I couldn’t imagine turning 40 and looking back at twenty years sat in front of a PC
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I hear ya! Sedentary jobs suck royal ass.
 
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