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hrm, my dream of becoming a teamster is now smashed forever!
okay, so i went to my interview yesterday am (interview/physical abilities test/blah blah blah). It started very badly i think. I took control of the interview right away of course, i mean, i know i have what they want, they know i have what they want, (this was appearant from the fact that i submitted an application saturday night and they were calling me the following monday. gotta love a good safety and driving record) but i need to make sure that they have what i want. pay, good. benefits, good. room for advancement, minimal, bad. (but i can deal with that). we talked about schedules, equipment, stuff like that. I asked many pointed questions about their maintainance policies... (i mean, their trailing equipment always looks soooo shabby going down the road, i won't make money if i'm constantly in the shop getting something fixed on a trailer or a dolly, sheesh) and i don't think the guy liked that very much. then the finale... I told him that I would need a certain saturday in november off, as well as Dec 23 through the 26 off. the daughter of a good friend is having her bat mitzvah (sp?) in november and i have been asked (persistantly i might add) by my friend and his daugher to be there. I gave them my RSVP so of course i'm obligated to go. I've already talked to the big C about it and they promised me a dock night friday so that I would be able to attend. The dates in december, well, i'm going home for christmas (and to defrost for a few days) and have already purchased my plane tickets. C's winter holiday schedule is friday before and the monday after (paid holiday) with christmas eve day and christmas day being sat and sunday (days off already) so that is no big deal. I was told that I would get xmas eve day and xmas day but there was no way in hell they could promise any of the other days off. well, that coupled with the factthat the QC position is open again at C, i figured maybe this was the wrong time to make a job change. especially with the winter months coming up. winter = slow freight months and right now i have a bit of seniority at C. Not a lot but enough to make sure that 1) i won't be laid off and 2) i will work at least 4 days a week all through winter. If i switch to teamster company, they don't work the docks so if there are no runs, i be fucked, and i will be at the bottom of the list, first for lay-offs, last for work. So I told the personel guy that maybe this was the wrong time, maybe I should come back around spring time. I was told point blank that if i didn't start now then don't bother reapplying. gee, this tells me just what kind of company this place is, and especially tells me that i don't belong there. C may be a good sized company (nowhere near as big as teamster coompany here but still good sized) but they really keep a small company atmosphere where they work with you. like the sat in november that I need off, obviously they can't just give me a friday night off, i'm too junior for that, but they can let me come in early, work the docks and as such get off early enough saturday to do my thing.
cheers for C and it's non-union-ness! (is that a word? fuck it, it is now)
okay, so i went to my interview yesterday am (interview/physical abilities test/blah blah blah). It started very badly i think. I took control of the interview right away of course, i mean, i know i have what they want, they know i have what they want, (this was appearant from the fact that i submitted an application saturday night and they were calling me the following monday. gotta love a good safety and driving record) but i need to make sure that they have what i want. pay, good. benefits, good. room for advancement, minimal, bad. (but i can deal with that). we talked about schedules, equipment, stuff like that. I asked many pointed questions about their maintainance policies... (i mean, their trailing equipment always looks soooo shabby going down the road, i won't make money if i'm constantly in the shop getting something fixed on a trailer or a dolly, sheesh) and i don't think the guy liked that very much. then the finale... I told him that I would need a certain saturday in november off, as well as Dec 23 through the 26 off. the daughter of a good friend is having her bat mitzvah (sp?) in november and i have been asked (persistantly i might add) by my friend and his daugher to be there. I gave them my RSVP so of course i'm obligated to go. I've already talked to the big C about it and they promised me a dock night friday so that I would be able to attend. The dates in december, well, i'm going home for christmas (and to defrost for a few days) and have already purchased my plane tickets. C's winter holiday schedule is friday before and the monday after (paid holiday) with christmas eve day and christmas day being sat and sunday (days off already) so that is no big deal. I was told that I would get xmas eve day and xmas day but there was no way in hell they could promise any of the other days off. well, that coupled with the factthat the QC position is open again at C, i figured maybe this was the wrong time to make a job change. especially with the winter months coming up. winter = slow freight months and right now i have a bit of seniority at C. Not a lot but enough to make sure that 1) i won't be laid off and 2) i will work at least 4 days a week all through winter. If i switch to teamster company, they don't work the docks so if there are no runs, i be fucked, and i will be at the bottom of the list, first for lay-offs, last for work. So I told the personel guy that maybe this was the wrong time, maybe I should come back around spring time. I was told point blank that if i didn't start now then don't bother reapplying. gee, this tells me just what kind of company this place is, and especially tells me that i don't belong there. C may be a good sized company (nowhere near as big as teamster coompany here but still good sized) but they really keep a small company atmosphere where they work with you. like the sat in november that I need off, obviously they can't just give me a friday night off, i'm too junior for that, but they can let me come in early, work the docks and as such get off early enough saturday to do my thing.
cheers for C and it's non-union-ness! (is that a word? fuck it, it is now)