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Me and my boy were brainstorming different ways to level up, that most people just aren't willing to do. We discussed:
OT - Either find a job that has 10-12 hr shifts, or where you can work 7 days a week. (But then again most millennials have trouble even working a full 40 hrs) Interestingly, most companies pay 1.5 to work on Sunday, regardless of how many hours you worked that week. Also FedEx and UPS calculates theirs on a daily basis, anything over 6 hours is OT.
Dressin' Up - Jobs that require a uniform, or bulky gear. For example, as a security guard you might be rocking anywhere from 5-10 pounds worth of stuff. Protective Vest, Taser, Flashlight, CB Radio, Baton. In the waste management field, you might be rocking a full body hazmat suit with a respirator. Handymen need a tool belt with hammers, screwdrivers, measuring tapes and wrenches.
Extreme Temps - There's alot of factories where it's 45 degrees in there (this industry is called GMP). The first 5-6 weeks your nose runs constantly but after that you adapt to it. There's also ones that are 20 degrees that pay very well, but if you have any type of facial hair the condensation freezes, and when you go in your lunch break it thaws...only to freeze again the moment you step back out onto the floor.
Learning a 2nd Language - I think everyone has pretty much worked a job where the coworkers didn't speak any English which led to setbacks in the workflow. On his lunch break my boy would go on Google Translate and use the double tap so he could practice in slow motion. Surprisingly he got pretty good to communicate basic directions after a few weeks, although when people would respond he could barely understand.
But yeah, places will promote you literally 10x as fast, even if you only speak the 2nd language at an Elementary level. But you do gotta learn a certain amount of words a day which is time consuming. To make it fun he says learn groups of words - colors, days of the week, animals etc.
Traveling - I think everybody knows that truckers make serious bank, but there's alot of other types of work where they'll send you to one location for like 6-8 weeks at a time. And you get what's called a "per diem" to live in a hotel. Naturally you'll make friends with co-workers and can go half on a hotel, and pocket the remainder.
What types of dues have you paid? What kind of working conditions would you tolerate if it meant an extra 10-15 bucks per hour?
OT - Either find a job that has 10-12 hr shifts, or where you can work 7 days a week. (But then again most millennials have trouble even working a full 40 hrs) Interestingly, most companies pay 1.5 to work on Sunday, regardless of how many hours you worked that week. Also FedEx and UPS calculates theirs on a daily basis, anything over 6 hours is OT.
Dressin' Up - Jobs that require a uniform, or bulky gear. For example, as a security guard you might be rocking anywhere from 5-10 pounds worth of stuff. Protective Vest, Taser, Flashlight, CB Radio, Baton. In the waste management field, you might be rocking a full body hazmat suit with a respirator. Handymen need a tool belt with hammers, screwdrivers, measuring tapes and wrenches.
Extreme Temps - There's alot of factories where it's 45 degrees in there (this industry is called GMP). The first 5-6 weeks your nose runs constantly but after that you adapt to it. There's also ones that are 20 degrees that pay very well, but if you have any type of facial hair the condensation freezes, and when you go in your lunch break it thaws...only to freeze again the moment you step back out onto the floor.
Learning a 2nd Language - I think everyone has pretty much worked a job where the coworkers didn't speak any English which led to setbacks in the workflow. On his lunch break my boy would go on Google Translate and use the double tap so he could practice in slow motion. Surprisingly he got pretty good to communicate basic directions after a few weeks, although when people would respond he could barely understand.
But yeah, places will promote you literally 10x as fast, even if you only speak the 2nd language at an Elementary level. But you do gotta learn a certain amount of words a day which is time consuming. To make it fun he says learn groups of words - colors, days of the week, animals etc.
Traveling - I think everybody knows that truckers make serious bank, but there's alot of other types of work where they'll send you to one location for like 6-8 weeks at a time. And you get what's called a "per diem" to live in a hotel. Naturally you'll make friends with co-workers and can go half on a hotel, and pocket the remainder.
What types of dues have you paid? What kind of working conditions would you tolerate if it meant an extra 10-15 bucks per hour?
