Not holding my breath, but wish me luck....

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Darrin

Darrin

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I have been trying to get out of the daily grind for over a year now as an industrial mechanic....well, the big dogs as far as cabinet making and millwork goes just emailed me back asking for a resume to be a cabinet makers apprentice. It's not big bucks, infact, it will be a pay cut of about $3 an hour......but this is what I have been looking for. Hope it works out :) You can view some of the work here. www.RBWoodcraft.com
 
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Very nice Darren! Congratulations. I work for a very small millwork company consisting of... 3 people lol. Cabinet building is a rewarding trade. Good luck!
 
Darrin,
Congratulations.. hope it works out for you. Depending on what your current salary is, $3 per hour could be a relatively small cut to get into something you really like and always possibility you will make up the difference in short order. If you are unhappy with your current job, money probably isn't really a factor anyway. I read somewhere that in a list of job satisfactions, money was at the lower end of the list... less important than other factors.
 
ozmandus said:
Darrin,
Congratulations.. hope it works out for you. Depending on what your current salary is, $3 per hour could be a relatively small cut to get into something you really like and always possibility you will make up the difference in short order. If you are unhappy with your current job, money probably isn't really a factor anyway. I read somewhere that in a list of job satisfactions, money was at the lower end of the list... less important than other factors.
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Yeah, it depends on what the entire situation is, but that is usually true. People who are barely making ends meet on the essentials would likely rank the money a bit higher, but when you are able to pay all your bills with a little left over the money tends to fall down the ranks.

I've told several employers over my career that I don't work for money. I work to provide for my family and our quality of life. If the job pays a lot of money but negatively impacts the quality of life I have with my family, I leave the job. Throwing more money at me to try to keep me around won't work. (unless I'm desperate for money).
 
Russianwolf said:
Yeah, it depends on what the entire situation is, but that is usually true. People who are barely making ends meet on the essentials would likely rank the money a bit higher, but when you are able to pay all your bills with a little left over the money tends to fall down the ranks.

I've told several employers over my career that I don't work for money. I work to provide for my family and our quality of life. If the job pays a lot of money but negatively impacts the quality of life I have with my family, I leave the job. Throwing more money at me to try to keep me around won't work. (unless I'm desperate for money).
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My point exactly.... my last job I moved back to Houston from Tucson for.. I really liked Tucson, but you can't make a living in TUC doing what I did, and the job in Houston paid me more than what my wife and I both were making in TUC. I liked the company and the job enough that I worked 7 of the 10 years I was there at the same salary I started at... I got bonus and profit share along the way, but the base salary stayed the same. I stayed because I like the job, the hours and the people. I only left because I woke up one morning and realized on that date, I had 40 years in my industry and I was ready to retire. I miss the job, my friends there, my clients and sometimes the money, but don't regret leaving. Quality of life is great now, my wife and I get to spend hours together that we didn't before, we have what we need to live and we live in a beautiful area. We went from a joint income of just under 6 figures to 1/4 that and we're still happy.
 
Hope it works out for you Darrin, I worked as an electrician in some of the Canadian nuclear plants for years and my hobbies were ham radio and electronics. Finally got a chance for a job in electonics in the plant and I jumped at it. Upside I enjoyed the job, downside, after a few years of spending 8 hour days working on radiation monitoring equipment and the electronics for the shutdown systems I lost interest in my hobbies. :frown:

After I retired I looked for something different and took up woodworking and eventually penmaking. :biggrin:
 
Good Luck Darrin, it's a lot more enjoyable making money doing something you enjoy, I've taken pay cuts several times to do something I wanted to do, it's good for the soul and spirit when you get satisfaction from your work.
 
I hope that you get it. It is important to do work that makes your soul sing and makes it a pleasure to get up for in the morning. I left auto mechanics for nursing and in the beginning took a large salary cut, but love what I do so it's all good.
Let us know what happens.
 
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