NWI INGO General Post Part 20 - Raccons 4 Life!

[Bill2905]

They intentionally ran with minimum crews, to make more money.
It was a great plan.
Until people retired or got hurt.
Add in the people that randomly call off for FMLA, usually on their last day of their week.

So, as an example, when I left the BOP shop, there were 4 other senior sys-rep.
They put in another experienced/qualified sys-rep, who just had to learn the shop, and how it operates. It's one thing knowing how to program and replace a modern instrument.
It's another to look at a system of 1000 instruments, and diagnose which one is REALLY wrong.

Anyway, the OT was high, so one of the guys got fed up, and left.
Well, now they had 4 shifts. 2 were senior experienced. 1 was senior, but not experienced in the shop.
This continued until now. They have 1 senior experienced guy left.
The senior guy learning the shop, is retiring.
They have THREE TRAINEES.
The trainees are on THEIR OWN. No one to teach them.

Does that sound like a recipe for disaster?

So now.. simple problems require multiple bosses to show up and stand around.
Then they call my shop, to send over their one tech that's out.
But now he's not covering his own area.
So while he's working with a trainee outside his own area, something happens, and both shops go down.
Millions of lost production (or at least $100,000 per hour minimum). If the steel is the right grade, they now lose $1 million per hour.
Caster has a minimum two hour turn around time.
It's a CONTINUOUS Caster. Not meant to go up and down. Just to continuously cast.

So now they've put themselves where even if they bring in 20 new people, the new people have to learn. And no one really to show them.

And that's just for systems repair.
It's the same for millrights and motor inspectors.

And... even bosses.
My boss looks like he's ready to quit, or die. He's the ONLY boss there. Other than a paperwork weinie that they've made start going out on the floor. But doesn't know the operation.
And they have two employees, acting a team leaders.
But they are still employees. Can't make a schedule. Can't pay anyone. Can't authorize anything.

Sounds like a good time to put in your papers.

 

[tv1217]

Never say never about returning, Act.

North Sheet had a millwright who got sick of the BS and retired with a payout, spent a couple months out and supposedly ended up getting a job as a whitehat at Cliffs for a bit and then last week I went to Crane Refresher at the training center and there he was in safety blitz for rtw.

 

[CTC B4Z]

When you guys work your way through 3 or 4 wives and half a dozens kids who are all growd up now what else ya gunna do besides just work.... More...

 

[1775usmarine]

Young Palawan this is why you will fail.
You keep thinking in terms of "my", "mine", etc.. Trust me let go of the hate or it will eat you.

Everything gets cut in half. Be nice, don't yell and if you have an atty let him/her do all the talking. That is what you are paying them for. You just stfu and nod.

Not when you stopped contributing to those funds right before being married. I let natural selection grow my funds. She's only entitled to 1 fund.

 

[marvin02]

When you guys work your way through 3 or 4 wives and half a dozens kids who are all growd up now what else ya gunna do besides just work.... More...

I knew a guy in the mill in his 70s. His wife got 1/2 his pension in the divorce. He said he wasn't going to retire until she died.

 

[CTC B4Z]

I knew a guy in the mill in his 70s. His wife got 1/2 his pension in the divorce. He said he wasn't going to retire until she died.

When I was tryna get into railroad they warned us.

They said they all knew several people that said they were going to die working just to not share their pension.

Your pension keeps getting split up everytime you marry and divorce.

 

[Bill2905]

When I was tryna get into railroad they warned us.

They said they all knew several people that said they were going to die working just to not share their pension.

Your pension keeps getting split up everytime you marry and divorce.

I worked with a guy who was obsessed about pension and other retirement benefits. He found himself a better job at one of the cryo gas plants with more pay and better retirement plans nearly 20 years ago. I heard recently from a mutual friend that his wife caught him having an online affair with a woman in the Philippines. In the divorce, his wife ended up with half of the retirement stuff that he had coveted so much.

 

[CTC B4Z]

All about that prenup.

 

[chef larry]

Young Palawan this is why you will fail.
You keep thinking in terms of "my", "mine", etc.. Trust me let go of the hate or it will eat you.

Everything gets cut in half. Be nice, don't yell and if you have an atty let him/her do all the talking. That is what you are paying them for. You just stfu and nod.

So true. Sit and behave and lose the power to talk. Keep your tail between your legs and walk away. Your wallet will love you for doing this.

 

[darkkevin]

I have two home depot gift cards that I would like to part with as home depot is no longer carrying the Ariens brand of snow blowers so I can't buy the model I want from them.

Gift card 1 = $100
Gift card 2 = $990.94

Any takers?

Burke’s on 30 in valpo(ish) is the best. Took great care of me on my ariens mower, sold my friend his Ariens snowblower just today and he loved them. He bought a deluxe 254cc something or other. Real service from
Real people, no box store bs

 

[CTC B4Z]

Burke’s on 30 in valpo(ish) is the best. Took great care of me on my ariens mower, sold my friend his Ariens snowblower just today and he loved them. He bought a deluxe 254cc something or other. Real service from
Real people, no box store bs

This is where I want to go trade up my Toro zero turn next year.

 

[jedi]

Burke’s on 30 in valpo(ish) is the best. Took great care of me on my ariens mower, sold my friend his Ariens snowblower just today and he loved them. He bought a deluxe 254cc something or other. Real service from
Real people, no box store bs

Yes that is where jedi got the first ariens that is no longer his.

Jedi missed the boat on getting an ariens from home depot last year and is now stuck with these 2 gift cards from hd who no longer sells ariens.

 

[CTC B4Z]

So $500 for both cards?

 

[chef larry]

Thursday morning and off to the salt mine.

 

[Snapdragon]

Yeah, I guess it is Thursday. I lose track of the days.

My 1,000 handles from Amazon got delayed and will now be delivered tomorrow. I know I won't get 1000, but I'm curious how many I will get, and what Amazon will do when I call them to ask where the other 900+ handles are.

 

[mmpsteve]

Yeah, I guess it is Thursday. I lose track of the days.

My 1,000 handles from Amazon got delayed and will now be delivered tomorrow. I know I won't get 1000, but I'm curious how many I will get, and what Amazon will do when I call them to ask where the other 900+ handles are.

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Girl, you got too much time on your hands!

Also, good morning!

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[2A_Tom]

Yeah, I guess it is Thursday. I lose track of the days.

My 1,000 handles from Amazon got delayed and will now be delivered tomorrow. I know I won't get 1000, but I'm curious how many I will get, and what Amazon will do when I call them to ask where the other 900+ handles are.

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Wait, WUT! You have a way of contacting Amazon about a complaint that you actually get results?

 

[Snapdragon]

Wait, WUT! You have a way of contacting Amazon about a complaint that you actually get results?

I always use the chat. They are very accommodating, and I usually get credited or refunded. A lot of times you don't really have to go through the return process. Depending on what it is, if you contact them they will just credit the item and tell you to keep it.

For these handles, I'm thinking they will just credit me the $5.99 and tell me to keep them.

 

[Bill2905]

Burke’s on 30 in valpo(ish) is the best. Took great care of me on my ariens mower, sold my friend his Ariens snowblower just today and he loved them. He bought a deluxe 254cc something or other. Real service from
Real people, no box store bs

I stopped in there last week for the first time to get some Toro snow blower parts. Seems like a nice place to do business. They had a decent inventory of equipment on the floor.

 

[CTC B4Z]

I always use the chat. They are very accommodating, and I usually get credited or refunded. A lot of times you don't really have to go through the return process. Depending on what it is, if you contact them they will just credit the item and tell you to keep it.

For these handles, I'm thinking they will just credit me the $5.99 and tell me to keep them.

Yup.