New Year - New Job! - The Firearms Forum

geds · 01-04-2012, 07:48 PM

Well - just got word that my background checks panned out and that I start a new job Monday at our local power company! I've been contracting for them for 15 years (since I left their sister company in an early out program and started my own business). This will have me doing the same job I've been contracting to do (training development) and provide benefits. I'll also stay involved in my other companies.

So, to all of those still looking - don't give up; there are jobs out there and there are companies hiring!

mjp28 · 01-04-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by geds

Well - just got word that my background checks panned out and that I start a new job Monday at our local power company! I've been contracting for them for 15 years (since I left their sister company in an early out program and started my own business). This will have me doing the same job I've been contracting to do (training development) and provide benefits. I'll also stay involved in my other companies.

So, to all of those still looking - don't give up; there are jobs out there and there are companies hiring!

Congratulations on the job!

And I guess background checks, drug testing, fingerprinting and all of that go along with a lot of jobs now. Used to be a whole lot simplier.

geds · 01-04-2012, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mjp28

Congratulations on the job!

And I guess background checks, drug testing, fingerprinting and all of that go along with a lot of jobs now. Used to be a whole lot simplier.

Thanks!

It only took 6 weeks to verify that I have been contracting for the same employer doing the same job for 15 years and that I passed the same drug screening as a contractor! Thank goodness for logic and bureaucrats - how could the world function without them?

Dennis C · 01-05-2012, 08:09 PM

Great news! Hope it all works out for you.

woolleyworm · 01-05-2012, 08:19 PM

Congrats geds! I hope it all goes well for ya.
I've been entertaining the thought of a job change also. Waiting to see what the offer looks like. If it's a good offer, I'll be heading back into overhead crane service work. It would be a closer commute with a company vehicle and gas card. M-F dayshift. I won't miss rotating shifts one little bit.
I agree, there's still jobs out there if one is willing to put in the effort to go after it and be willing to relocate possibly.

Bobitis · 01-05-2012, 08:24 PM

How do I miss these posts?

Excellent news!

76Highboy · 01-05-2012, 08:29 PM

Awesome!!! Way to go.

Brisk44 · 01-05-2012, 09:17 PM

Congrats Geds. I'm glad it's workin out.

geds · 01-05-2012, 09:35 PM

Thanks for the kind words and good wishes! Hope it all works out for you too Woolleyworm!

gdmoody · 01-05-2012, 09:36 PM

Congratulations geds!!

jacksonco · 01-05-2012, 09:40 PM

Sounds like you are happy with your start of the New Year. I hope that all goes well with your new employer.

bamajoey · 01-06-2012, 05:52 AM

Glad to hear things are going good. My wife did something similar with the power co down here(training) until she retired. Then she went back to work with them part time in customer service. She only works one day a week, so we have time to do the things retired people do.

todd51 · 01-06-2012, 09:24 AM

That is great news geds. What a nice way to start the new year.

Capt Mac Turk · 01-06-2012, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by gdmoody

Congratulations geds!!

believe that pretty much says it ALL!

Congrats & Good Luck Geds!!

geds · 01-06-2012, 08:39 PM

Thanks folks!

01-04-2012, 07:48 PM	#1
geds Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,706	New Year - New Job! Well - just got word that my background checks panned out and that I start a new job Monday at our local power company! I've been contracting for them for 15 years (since I left their sister company in an early out program and started my own business). This will have me doing the same job I've been contracting to do (training development) and provide benefits. I'll also stay involved in my other companies. So, to all of those still looking - don't give up; there are jobs out there and there are companies hiring! -->

01-05-2012, 08:09 PM	#4
Dennis C Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Dakota Posts: 789	Re: New Year - New Job! Great news! Hope it all works out for you. __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson

01-05-2012, 08:19 PM	#5
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,888	Re: New Year - New Job! Congrats geds! I hope it all goes well for ya. I've been entertaining the thought of a job change also. Waiting to see what the offer looks like. If it's a good offer, I'll be heading back into overhead crane service work. It would be a closer commute with a company vehicle and gas card. M-F dayshift. I won't miss rotating shifts one little bit. I agree, there's still jobs out there if one is willing to put in the effort to go after it and be willing to relocate possibly. __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

01-05-2012, 08:24 PM	#6
Bobitis Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,612	Re: New Year - New Job! How do I miss these posts? Excellent news! __________________ ^.^ A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all

01-05-2012, 08:29 PM	#7
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,094	Re: New Year - New Job! Awesome!!! Way to go.

01-05-2012, 09:17 PM	#8
Brisk44 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Contributor Posts: 1,747	Re: New Year - New Job! Congrats Geds. I'm glad it's workin out.

01-05-2012, 09:35 PM	#9
geds Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,706	Re: New Year - New Job! Thanks for the kind words and good wishes! Hope it all works out for you too Woolleyworm!

01-05-2012, 09:36 PM	#10
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,403	Re: New Year - New Job! Congratulations geds!! __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

01-05-2012, 09:40 PM	#11
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: New Year - New Job! Sounds like you are happy with your start of the New Year. I hope that all goes well with your new employer.

01-06-2012, 05:52 AM	#12
bamajoey Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pensacola Contributor Posts: 1,271	Re: New Year - New Job! Glad to hear things are going good. My wife did something similar with the power co down here(training) until she retired. Then she went back to work with them part time in customer service. She only works one day a week, so we have time to do the things retired people do.

01-06-2012, 09:24 AM	#13
todd51 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central, Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,594	Re: New Year - New Job! That is great news geds. What a nice way to start the new year. __________________ Retired Praefectus Vigilum NRA Endowment Member

01-06-2012, 08:39 PM	#15
geds Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,706	Re: New Year - New Job! Thanks folks!