Good Paying Jobs
I was caught in traffic this morning and was behind a truck from a company that distributes food to restaurants.I have a buddy that drove one of those trucks and was very well paid.Another buddy drove a truck that hauled roll off dumpsters and he did very well pay wise.I was wondering what other jobs,that the people really have to work and get their hands dirty and good paying jobs.
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Mike Rowe could tell you.... 0 -
hillbille-Good reply. The trades are REALLY herting for people. 0 -
Any Union job. And you don't have to work that hard if you don't want too! 
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I have a "good paying job." (Building semi truck, custom dry van trailers.)
For this area, it is an extremely good paying job.
I get dirty, sweaty, freeze in the winter, etc. We are constantly pushed by management in our day to day output/production. (Ridiculously so.) We put out (on average,) a completed trailer every 24 minutes. Some less, some more, depending on complexity/options.
It burns out/washes out people all the time. (I have hung in here for 5 years now.)
I hope to be able to last/make it two more years, then retire at 60.
If you want a "good paying job," you had better be able/willing to back it up by job performance.0 -
My boy jsut got out of high school went into HVAC working 10 to 12 hours a day since getting out of school in june. Went a bought a 2012 Dodge with out any credit. Oldest son graduated last year working for major auto parts store just bought him self a linclon so there is jobs out there if you put foth effort to make money 0 -
Up my way, its all the trades..my brother in law is on the apprentice committee for Union Ironworkers. The local is about forty men short and have openings for about twenty apprentices. The journeymen rate is thirty-eight dollars an hour. The apprentice gets two thirds the rate.
They can't get young guys to apply.....maybe its climbing the steel..0 -
If you think you don't have to work hard on a union job,follow the UPS guy one day. 0 -
A little tip from an old retired guy, don't put all your eggs in one basket. Cross-training is your friend. IMO you are better off knowing many jobs pretty well rather than one job extremely well. Demand changes, industry evolves.
A few of the best gigs I had were AC for computer (server) centers, repairing commercial kitchen equipment and walk-in/forklift drive in reefers, and freezers. But heck I'd do about anything to keep busy.
I had a side business as a welder. I had a truck set up with a generator, various welding machines, tanks and common metalworking tools and did a lot of farm equipment repairs. It was iffy for a while. I thought of making it a full time business but there just wasn't enough work, it was spotty and seasonal.
A lot of stuff you learn is transferable between trades. Working alongside and with guys from other trades you can pick up a lot.
If you want to earn the big bucks you have to be mobile and willing to go to where the work is. Not a good life for married guys with families. I had an offer from Copeland to be a field rep, travel all over the world. Also had an offer from Delta scientific to be a field rep. I would have stayed on the road and away from the family and passed. Living out of a gang box and temporary accommodations all the time isn't for everybody.0 -
About a month ago I turned down $58.00/hour to drive a dump truck for the summer. 0 -
My grandpa was an electrician his whole life. He taught the trade to my dad, but my dad never got certified. I learned the basics at a young age and was planning on going that route. My wife and I met and she went to school eventually getting her masters while I worked a well paid (for the area) manual labor job. However, I blew out my back at that job and as a result spent more than half my life in pain and on meds. I decided I couldn't do that type of work so I went to school for I.T. I've had several stops in my schooling and career due to prolonged flare-ups. It took 6 years to get my Associates degree because of it. Anyway, as far as I.T. jobs in this area goes, I do alright. This job I have now is easy, low stress, light responsibility, and doesn't require a ton of overtime like many do. Worst that happens is an occasional call at 2:30am to drive 38 miles each way just to power cycle something. Heck, I am even on here reading GB forums on the clock.
Due to new opiate laws, they keep reducing my doses further and further. I fear I am on the cusp of not being able to work if they drop it much more.0 -
Pimp :shock: :? 8-)0 -
I was going to work in porn but wasn't gifted enough, I thought I would try running a hedge fund but no one wanted to give me their money to invest, I figured easy money would come if I starred in movies but alas no one discovered me. So instead I labor away to pay the retirement and healthcare benefits of the Government and large corporation workers I didn't become one of, but hey cutting grass ain't all that bad. 0 -
Horse Plains Drifter wrote:About a month ago I turned down $58.00/hour to drive a dump truck for the summer.
$58 an hour to the driver, or was that the rate for the truck including the driver?0 -
$58.00 to the driver. Prevailing wage job(s). I would imagine the truck gross is around $135.00/hour for a solo truck.toad67 wrote:$58 an hour to the driver, or was that the rate for the truck including the driver?0 -
Cornflk1 wrote:Pimp :shock: :? 8-)
It doesn't pay that well and the benefits can suck! Don0 -
UPS earns it 102* and windy here when he made a delivery...NO AC in the truck ?????? .....his uniform was wet....they got heat for winter 0 -
Horse Plains Drifter wrote:
$58.00 to the driver. Prevailing wage job(s). I would imagine the truck gross is around $135.00/hour for a solo truck.toad67 wrote:$58 an hour to the driver, or was that the rate for the truck including the driver?
That is amazing. The Portland Oregon area covers me, and 4 axle solo's are going for $110/hr, and 5+ more depending on the number of axles.0 -
toad67 wrote:
That is amazing. The Portland Oregon area covers me, and 4 axle solo's are going for $110/hr, and 5+ more depending on the number of axles.
I could be off on the truck money some, but it is in excess of $100.00/hour for sure. This is a 3 axle truck.0 -
Good paying jobs. Never had one. Paid in peanuts to make others rich. Found self employment was the only way to make ends meet.
That is all.0 -
Most common people can not live in some communities they service or build/repair in. Most work does not cover any benefits now and are hired as independent contractors. Also, Truck driving over long distances will be going with artificial intelligence in the next five years.
All the think tanks are ringing the alarm bells about 25-54-year-old men who will not find work in the near future. Why do you think they want their guns rights curtailed or eliminated? Now a universal income with free housing and medical coverage is a Bernie's Sanders special to ward off discontented lost wage earners.
I envision robocops with Drones with 5G total awareness to ensure the process of law and order if they fail in pacifying the lost breadwinners
out there in the ghettos they create.
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