Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

hopefully it goes well!

It did. It was unofficial, I have an in there so I knew ahead of the job being posted. I have to apply online still.

It's a delivery job but the base pay is more than my current base salary. Once I get into a route it will pay as much if not more then what I make even with my profit sharing bonuses but with basically no take home stress. It's stupid, but it's where I am at.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

It did. It was unofficial, I have an in there so I knew ahead of the job being posted. I have to apply online still.

It's a delivery job but the base pay is more than my current base salary. Once I get into a route it will pay as much if not more then what I make even with my profit sharing bonuses but with basically no take home stress. It's stupid, but it's where I am at.

lie. anything dealing with people will have stress. but at least they'd be paying you more to deal with it.

pivoting to an entirely different job is weird, but it seems to be more of the new normal.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

lie. anything dealing with people will have stress. but at least they'd be paying you more to deal with it.

pivoting to an entirely different job is weird, but it seems to be more of the new normal.

I guess I mean to say I don’t have to worry about answering a service call at 5am on a Sunday because my customer doesn’t know what a time zone is. I haven’t had a ringer on my cell phone in forever because I get emails and phone calls at all hours. Or having to groggily answer an urgent email from an overseas vender at 4am. Or having 3 meals at work and then sleeping on the office floor for 4 hours before getting back to it. It’s crazy to me that a simple job like this pays as much or more then mine. It’s no more physical then doing the work I do now and a fraction of the mental stress. I physically feel like the last couple years under my current GM has aged me more then normal and I have had massive concerns over the future of my current company with the approach the GM takes. My retirement plan right now is in company stock and I flip some of my HSA into 401K every year. A lot of key people are retiring in the next 4-6 years with nobody behind them to take their place. It’s turning into a total shit show and without massive course correction soon, I think it is going to come to a head. Every survival instinct I have is telling me to get out while there is still a piece of the pie which would take 10 years for full payout under our ESOP plan for someone who quits. I don’t believe this opportunity is a lock, but I have been actively looking for other options for a while. If it falls through hopefully it motivates me a bit more.

[Spuds]

It seems there are almost as many different brake pads as there are opinions on brake pads ...

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

...My retirement plan right now is in company stock and I flip some of my HSA into 401K every year. A lot of key people are retiring in the next 4-6 years with nobody behind them to take their place. It’s turning into a total shit show and without massive course correction soon, I think it is going to come to a head. Every survival instinct I have is telling me to get out while there is still a piece of the pie which would take 10 years for full payout under our ESOP plan for someone who quits....

You should really diversify that retirement plan.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Spuds

You should really diversify that retirement plan.

Oh I completely agree. It’s one of the things that really concerns me.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Spuds

It seems there are almost as many different brake pads as there are opinions on brake pads ...

Just like tires. I can’t figure out how some people have so little issue with Carbotech/Gloc. I could never get them to work for me.

[blsfrs]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

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Looks like Geppetto was getting himself a piece of ash.

[blsfrs]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I guess I mean to say I don’t have to worry about answering a service call at 5am on a Sunday because my customer doesn’t know what a time zone is. I haven’t had a ringer on my cell phone in forever because I get emails and phone calls at all hours. Or having to groggily answer an urgent email from an overseas vender at 4am. Or having 3 meals at work and then sleeping on the office floor for 4 hours before getting back to it. It’s crazy to me that a simple job like this pays as much or more then mine. It’s no more physical then doing the work I do now and a fraction of the mental stress. I physically feel like the last couple years under my current GM has aged me more then normal and I have had massive concerns over the future of my current company with the approach the GM takes. My retirement plan right now is in company stock and I flip some of my HSA into 401K every year. A lot of key people are retiring in the next 4-6 years with nobody behind them to take their place. It’s turning into a total shit show and without massive course correction soon, I think it is going to come to a head. Every survival instinct I have is telling me to get out while there is still a piece of the pie which would take 10 years for full payout under our ESOP plan for someone who quits. I don’t believe this opportunity is a lock, but I have been actively looking for other options for a while. If it falls through hopefully it motivates me a bit more.

About twenty years ago, I was in a similar job situation. After looking at what else was available in my area, I decided to start my own business. It's not a scary as it sounds. I find I worry less because I have control.

I don't know your specific situation but consulting or some kind of freelancing might be worth looking into. Good luck.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by blsfrs

I don't know your specific situation but consulting or some kind of freelancing might be worth looking into. Good luck.

I've actually been looking into 3d scanning and rapid prototyping for a while. I was trying to learn some 3d modeling software a while back but I just don't have the time right now, and I had already been prototyping parts for my current job with my crappy little 3d printer. The market is pretty saturated with companies like Xometry, but they charge a ton of money. We had a part done by them, twice because my GM is an idiot, $1800 for each sample that probably had 30 bucks worth of material and around a 20 hour print time. There are a lot of manufacturing companies in my area, I am not sure you could make a living out of it, but you could certainly make a pretty decent supplemental income by undercutting the big guys, and there is enough margin in it to do it by a lot as long as you manage your workload well and don't over promise on lead times.

[alex87f]

What is your current job?

[Spuds]

My Buick must have a nice ass, because everyone definitely wants to hit it. Got rear ended. Again.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

My Buick must have a nice ass, because everyone definitely wants to hit it. Got rear ended. Again.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by alex87f

What is your current job?

company fixer/fall guy. ie; if no one else does it, it falls to him!