Random Thought Thread

dericdesmond said:
I was hired in the beginning of 2020, right before the pandemic. It took me 23 months to get converted to regular/career (12/21). The person below me who started 7 months later,,for perspective, she was converted to career in only 13 months!!! Seriously,,If you’re serious about working and want security I highly recommend USPS right now. Many of the people reading this, your carrier went through sooooooooo much more in order to get cozy like they are now as a vet. I have a half mounted route not even one year as a regular in a decent sized city with multiples offices. Unheard of.True opportunity out there if you are not a lazy pos.
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I applied last December but for whatever reason failed the evaluation after the initial application. I think it was the portion that seemed more like a personality test. 🤷🏻‍♂️

After talking to a current coworker who worked at USPS for 13 years it made me glad I didn't get the job. Maybe it's different where you are but she made it sound like new hires were essentially getting shafted with working all holidays, Sundays, trucks just full of Amazon shit, etc. Either volunteer to work every Sunday or forced to work every other. Even "new" employees that'd been there for 3 years.
 
dericdesmond said:
^She was not lying. Boot camp bru. But your checks are bigger than the vets for something you signed up for (assistance/CCA). If you have debt kiss it bye bye quick. Im a cheerleader for all the newbs coming in. Nothing good in life comes easy. Embrace the suck!
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Don't get me wrong, I don't mind earning my dues. I worked at the same bar for 15 years prior to the current job, working nights and every weekend. At a point in my life where I want to be able to do things on the weekends or leave town on a whim if I feel like it.

USPS isn't totally off the table yet. Maybe I'll revisit the test this December. Oh! And the whole "wait one year before reapplying" thing I thought was an error when I first read it.
 
trevitrace said:
I applied last December but for whatever reason failed the evaluation after the initial application. I think it was the portion that seemed more like a personality test. 🤷🏻‍♂️

After talking to a current coworker who worked at USPS for 13 years it made me glad I didn't get the job. Maybe it's different where you are but she made it sound like new hires were essentially getting shafted with working all holidays, Sundays, trucks just full of Amazon shit, etc. Either volunteer to work every Sunday or forced to work every other. Even "new" employees that'd been there for 3 years.
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that's the difference between UPS drivers and Godzilla; one has trucks full of shit, the other has shit full of trucks
 
My very good Friend is one of the hardest working guys I know. Weekends, Holidays, etc....nothing has ever been off limits for him. (*He's an Insurance Broker and his Wife a Nurse) Beyond my own Parents (*members of "The Silent Generation"), they are two of the hardest working people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.

They raised three millenials, one female Nurse and two male Electricians. Their Daughter has some college debt that she and her Husband (*a San Antonio Fireman) are honoring and paying. Their two Sons (*both "Master Electricians") have ZERO debt, and are both pulling six figures. Like their Parents, none of them has any issue(s) working dawn-'til-dusk.

All of their children own their own houses, pay property and income taxes, and are contributing members of our society. I tell my Buddy (*"Marty"), all the time, that he and his Wife should be quite proud of what they've produced and raised. As far as I'm concerned, they should write a book on raising children. They did it right, in my very humble opinion.
 
yoko said:
Cheers friends!

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Every job has its pros and cons. I'm happy to have a good pension after 27 years with the feds. That said, being called out in the middle of the night and weekends / holidays, surveillance that went from one day into the next, then processing arrests, evidence and showing up in court for initial appearance the next morning, I wondered how I kept my vehicle on the road sometimes. (And I wasn't drinking.)

Took three voluntary demotions to lateral into positions that would get me closer to what I wanted early on. Ended up where I wanted to be...until it was no longer where I wanted to be and put in my papers.

Grass is always greener until you find out what the lawn is actually made of.

Teaching fiscal responsibility and how to manage money is a great gift to teach and inspire the young to pursue. It can make all the difference. I'm so thankful that I took the time to teach myself about investing.

I remember when I graduated college in 1974, just before Nixon abdicated. You'd go on job interviews and to employment agencies and they'd laugh at you unless you had a very specific skill...and even if you had a college degree, many of us ended up driving taxis just to make ends meet. Diploma basically meant nothing.

And so it goes. Nothing new under the sun.
 
Individual drive..... that's something that means more nowadays

I had 2 children and was an apprentice at 25 (my oldest is legally my step son but I've been in his life since he was 2)..... I made 280 a week hustled to make money and do side work any moment I wasn't at work....... knowing the more I learned from the well known guy I worked for the better off my family would be...

This was my college.... it worked out for me cause of my mentality, I'm pretty good at what I do and it's awesome to get recognition from manufacturers.... I tell my kids I earned this it wasn't given to me.... but doesn't seem like younger people get that


Sad to see that kind of drive is missing these days
 
WValtakis said:
Blue collar in an infrastructure job has treated me well, with a one year vocational certificate...just saying🤷‍♂️
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Blue collar is where I came from for the most part. Grandfather was a machinist at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Uncle was a NYC bus driver. Another was a cop etc.

I was first in the family to go to university. I don't regret it. I also don't think it's necessarily necessary. But I've always been somewhat of an autodidact.

This video clip of De Niro playing a Bronx bus driver reminds me of my uncle, my father's brother, who I called yesterday to make sure he made it through the storms. Following the Army, he was a bus driver in rough areas of NYC his whole career. Grew up a tough kid, and had two tough sons of his own who he had to use some iron to straighten out.

 
Richard338 said:
We give our new grad students the come-to-Jesus motivational speech. The truth is if they don't go the extra mile, distinguish themselves, make connections and figure out where they want to go, then they can throw their diploma in the trash.
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They'll end up drinking beer in the fresh autumnal air.

(On someone else's dime.)

😊

(I wonder if anyone else gets it? Not sure how many folks read that thread.)
 
steelcitysixteen said:
Yep, my top two didn't make the cut. RIP Skinner and Potato.
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Non.Nisi.Te said:
Pretty gutted about the skinner 🥲
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Rest easy, sweet skinner


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Nathan the Machinist said:
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Kind of surprised to have horses here on the CPK compound this morning. To whomever made this thoughtful gesture, I appreciate it, but I'm really looking for just a pony. Preferably grain-fed.
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Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist you can ride me around the compound for an integral skinner....

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