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<blockquote data-quote="Fredkrueger100" data-source="post: 2251255" data-attributes="member: 24577"><p>Well I had a good job here in Shawnee working at our mill. I was fired for something that I didn't do and am waiting to get my job back. I am a certified machinist but have a lot of trouble finding somewhere that pays enough or is willing to hire someone with little experience. I also have IT experience but not as much as I would probably need for someone to take a chance on me. I can rebuild pc's and also can install drivers and hardware and software. I can do a little networking and usually I can figure things out. Hopefully things will work out and I will get my job back at the mill but that isn't a guarantee. If I don't, I have to find something else. My wife makes good money but I have to have a job. I am in a pretty bad situation right now. If I was able to get a good enough job I would take it and forget about the mill. Another problem I have ran in to with machining is most places want you to work an off shift. That is something I cannot do. I love my son and my family too much to sacrifice time with them. I know that may sound stupid but its the truth. I worked for a place called Eaton for a while here in Shawnee as a Natco Drill press operator and loved it. It wasn't cnc and it wasn't a mill or a lathe but it was something I enjoyed. But the problem was they laid off over 100 employess and before that they put me on 3-11 and I hated it. Graveyard would be even worse. At the mill I worked 7-3. But I was never late and I rarely missed. I am a very good worker. I have supervisors to back that up. I graduated from Gordon Cooper Tech Center in 2008.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fredkrueger100, post: 2251255, member: 24577"] Well I had a good job here in Shawnee working at our mill. I was fired for something that I didn't do and am waiting to get my job back. I am a certified machinist but have a lot of trouble finding somewhere that pays enough or is willing to hire someone with little experience. I also have IT experience but not as much as I would probably need for someone to take a chance on me. I can rebuild pc's and also can install drivers and hardware and software. I can do a little networking and usually I can figure things out. Hopefully things will work out and I will get my job back at the mill but that isn't a guarantee. If I don't, I have to find something else. My wife makes good money but I have to have a job. I am in a pretty bad situation right now. If I was able to get a good enough job I would take it and forget about the mill. Another problem I have ran in to with machining is most places want you to work an off shift. That is something I cannot do. I love my son and my family too much to sacrifice time with them. I know that may sound stupid but its the truth. I worked for a place called Eaton for a while here in Shawnee as a Natco Drill press operator and loved it. It wasn't cnc and it wasn't a mill or a lathe but it was something I enjoyed. But the problem was they laid off over 100 employess and before that they put me on 3-11 and I hated it. Graveyard would be even worse. At the mill I worked 7-3. But I was never late and I rarely missed. I am a very good worker. I have supervisors to back that up. I graduated from Gordon Cooper Tech Center in 2008. [/QUOTE]
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