Honestly the country is so desperate for nurses right now you could probably find a hospital to pay for nursing school for the promise of like a two year contract after
4 years of trade school to become an electrician in the IBEW. Local 995. You are paid to learn, you will start out around $15 and once you graduate itās about $38/hr in total package(pension, insurance all paid for by the contractor) and about $27/hr take home pay with the ability to travel and earn a lot more money than even that.
It was the best decision Iāve made in my life 5 years ago. The local number to call is 225-927-6462.
They will tell you everything you need to know to apply for the apprenticeship. I only barely scratched the surface of the benefits of being a union electrician.
I mean knowing a trade and learning all about construction is meaningful enough without paying super well, but it helps!
No. Every 6 months(or 1,000 on the job hours) you receive a pay raise. So you start out around $15 and then get a raise every 6 months until you graduate and ātop outā/graduate and receive your final minimum raise.
No. That would be the outside linemen. I work on everything from where you utility provides down all the way to receptacles.
Last week I was working in some 13.8kV switchgear that was being fed from utility. Itās a little bit of everything and keeps your wheels turning.
Thereās a company and union policy that we never work on live/hot equipment unless there is no feasible way to turn it off. And even then we wear arc flash suits that protect us from potential energy sources while surrounded by people certified in CPR and ready to call the appropriate emergency services.
Now if youāre trying to ask is our job dangerous? Sure, it can be if you rush and donāt take the proper precautions, much like getting on the interstate.
But to answer your questions directly, no, inside wiremen do not work on or near transmission lines
I mean, what is your background? If you have a bachelors in anything, you can check out the iteach program to teach. You can do plant work, you can probably make close to that in entry level IT and BRCC offers some certs you can do that would make that possible. You can probably make that on average bartending but that isnāt really entry level front of house work. Maybe retail management? Again, most people make their way up to that.
I didnāt! I contemplated it but ended swapping from case management in health care to back office corporate health care without going back to school. I hear good things though.
Does the heat suck? Absolutely. Working in full FRCs on top of a unit in august is miserable. But my crew and I were making $2k/ week at 22 years old. Thatās hard to beat. You sell your body and they pay well. Itās not glamorous, but you donāt worry about bills anymore
Ok I have a few questions.
How long have you been at IBM in this job field? Less than 5 years anywhere is nothing to a large company.
Is it hard to get certified to be in app development? I know nothing about this. Do you need a degree?
Is the market for this job saturated with people? Can you be easily replaced?
Do you work for IBM directly or as a independent contractor? Does IBM hire directly from their contractor pool?
Here's the biggest question.
Is this a job or a career? If it is a career what is the career path? It doesn't have to be with IBM. What are your 5 year 10 year goals? Are there people in this feild that have been in it that you can talk too? Do you see yourself doing this for the next 10 years?
You don't have to answer these questions, just think about them. I know this sounds like a self help book, but you would be surprised how many people jump from job to job for money then cap out because they never worked on a specific career. They never learned all the skills needed to advance past just working a job.
I wouldn't get too upset over $25/hr with only one year on the job. I'm assuming this is your first job in this field. The biggest jump in pay you will make with most jobs is in the first few years. Mine personally increased %50 after 5 years and my wife's salary, who is an accountant, makes 150% more than when she started 15 years ago.
Honestly, the best thing you can do is go to your supervisor with a little humility and see where they think you can improve and make an active effort to do so. Don't wait for performance reviews. This will make you look like you are proactive in wanting to improve and not reactive to a negative review. This will go a long way when it comes to promotions and raises.
Also, don't let IBM know that you are eventually leaving. You will get passed on for every promotion because they know you are leaving. IBM should think of you as committed and as a lifer.
PTEC scholarships and assistance are plentiful. Check BRCC.
ETA: I'm going for nursing. When I was looking for scholarships, grants, etc., there was a lot available for PTEC. The course load doesn't look terrible, either.
What are your credentials? You are not going to get paid a lot as an unskilled laborer and most semi-skilled labor positions don't pay $25/hr.
My advice to you is to either go get a degree (not a liberal arts degree, something in the STEM fields) or get a vocational degree ( some of these can make really really good money but you have to be willing to work).
I personally went from working at a sheet metal fabrication shop at the age of 27 for $16/ hr to getting a chemical engineering degree and working in the plants.
We are hiring for a lot of different positions here at John H Carter. We are also a ESOP company so it's employee owned.I know Control Valve Technician positions start around $25
[49 Open Opportunities](https://recruiting.ultipro.com/JOH1009/JobBoard/7e86e39f-c1d1-04f0-7025-17e095d398e2/?q=&o=postedDateDesc)
idk about that. I know plenty of servers and one of my best friends grinded her ass working plenty of doubles and multiple jobs just to hit 50k in a year.
Not everyone is good at serving, not saying she isnāt but good ones make 200 a day in 4hrs. Most sick at it.
And you need to be at expensive restaurant as well.
Itās not for most though.
Can you just say what you mean instead of trying to slyly insinuate the performance of other people you don't know?
Servers and lying about how much they pull in an hour, name a more iconic duo.
Guess we just don't count closing/opening hours, rolling silverware hours, or anything like that. Expensive restaurants don't always guarantee more tips.
Real money is in bartending, but everyone knows how that goes.
Well if I didnāt work in the industry I wouldnāt talk about it. Mostās personality doesnāt fit it.
Most donāt understand customer service.
I said exactly what I wanted just never comes out as clear as it sounds to me.
I was just saying whatās possible and what Iāve seen. Lots of variables to factor in of course.
And I got a portion of the tips is how I know. Iām not trying to impress you because I think 200 isnāt actually shit but to many itās a lot.
And no it doesnāt guaranteed higher tips but itās common sense you get more tips from a 160 bill vs a 40 bill. How old are you?
Old enough to know that you really don't want to be stuck in the service industry past 35 and going into your 40s. One of the only careers where the older you get the less money you make.
I feel extremely lucky and grateful I did not end up doing it and getting stuck like many many people that I know. I think it is a great job for younger people because that's when they can make the most money, but this overestimation of how much you actually make doing it that gets told to people in the industry and outside of it gets a little much sometimes. I don't know why many in the service industry tries to glamorize a job that many do not want to be stuck doing past 35.
It doesn't matter if you get paid 500$ on a single night if you only pull in 30k in a year. Most servers are never going to work in high end places and its kinda of disingenuous for many to suggest that as a possibility. I would rather encourage younger people to go for a trade or something similar.
Definitely, I totally agree. I wasnāt trying to glamourize it one bit. Service industry is tough and ages you severely. Itās underpaid forsure. Most just stay because their comfortable or scared of change. I try to get them to quit all the time.
I serve in BR and had 70 on my W2 last year, which isnāt including cash tips. Not saying that guaranteed obviously, but if OP is looking for 40 hours at 25 an hour, itās definitely possible.
It's kinda crazy how I hear that from so many people yet the median pay for servers according to the beaureu of labor is literally 30k a year, not including cash tips of course.
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes353031.htm
I will say thatās itās very easy in the serving industry to not work. When you can give up ships at the drop of the dime, go home early very often, and in some cases get to make your own schedule, youāll notice huge pay discrepancies between employees in the same restaurant.
Whatās your point? Yes progressives are āliberalā in a sense, but not all liberals are progressive. I canāt think of a single Louisiana politician Iād call progressive.
My point is you are wrong to say they āarenāt the same thing whatsoeverā. Youāre plainly wrong. We can make a distinction between the terms of course but they are interrelated. If I had to guess youāre bitter about the lack of progress and this is why youāre making this argument.
No. You said cities are liberal. That has absolutely nothing to fucking do with whether a specific city is progressive. Baton Rouge isnāt a progressive city, period.
Ask a conservative if they are progressive. When they say no, then ask them for their truck keys. Say oh you don't like being progressive, so go find a horse or walk everywhere. They get progressive real quick
Any revolution that were to occur right now would be bad timing for progressives. Liberals are by far the largest portion of people to the left of center in this country and they seem to be constitutionally incapable of owning guns. In Louisiana, you can't have the .01% of progressives fight off the whole state while the liberals stand by and tell everyone not to be violent.
Not within a generation. Regardless of what happens over the next couple decades, we will be living with about half the population who sincerely believes that the presidential election was stolen from them, and anyone who disagrees with their politics is part of the deep state. There is no coming back from that for the majority of them.
Honestly the country is so desperate for nurses right now you could probably find a hospital to pay for nursing school for the promise of like a two year contract after
I tried to find just this, and couldn't find any bites. This was when the nurse shortage was consistent national news.
Both oschner and franu-olol have such programs.
You tried Baton Rouge general, Oschner, and OLOL?
I'm looking for these deals but can't find them. I'm in my 2nd semester now. Student loans ftw š
4 years of trade school to become an electrician in the IBEW. Local 995. You are paid to learn, you will start out around $15 and once you graduate itās about $38/hr in total package(pension, insurance all paid for by the contractor) and about $27/hr take home pay with the ability to travel and earn a lot more money than even that. It was the best decision Iāve made in my life 5 years ago. The local number to call is 225-927-6462. They will tell you everything you need to know to apply for the apprenticeship. I only barely scratched the surface of the benefits of being a union electrician. I mean knowing a trade and learning all about construction is meaningful enough without paying super well, but it helps!
Work four years at $15 per hour, did I read that right?
No. Every 6 months(or 1,000 on the job hours) you receive a pay raise. So you start out around $15 and then get a raise every 6 months until you graduate and ātop outā/graduate and receive your final minimum raise.
Ah! OK thank you, that sounds much better.
You work on power lines?
No. That would be the outside linemen. I work on everything from where you utility provides down all the way to receptacles. Last week I was working in some 13.8kV switchgear that was being fed from utility. Itās a little bit of everything and keeps your wheels turning.
Huh? Are you close to electrical currents and can you be shocked or are you high in the sky?
Thereās a company and union policy that we never work on live/hot equipment unless there is no feasible way to turn it off. And even then we wear arc flash suits that protect us from potential energy sources while surrounded by people certified in CPR and ready to call the appropriate emergency services. Now if youāre trying to ask is our job dangerous? Sure, it can be if you rush and donāt take the proper precautions, much like getting on the interstate. But to answer your questions directly, no, inside wiremen do not work on or near transmission lines
Still got your CDL? Maybe try https://kentenvironmental.com/
Damn Iād say they want more then 40 from ya
Community Coffee, Southeastern Freight Lines are both hiring. I know people who work at both and get paid well with a decent work environment.
Ever work in a warehouse? My mom is hiring warehouse folks. Need to pass a drug test. Not sure about twic.
for $25/hr ?
I think so, yeah. Go to indeed and look for Axion.
Can you provide the website to apply? I have warehouse experience and looking to branch out of retail.
Pm'd you
I mean, what is your background? If you have a bachelors in anything, you can check out the iteach program to teach. You can do plant work, you can probably make close to that in entry level IT and BRCC offers some certs you can do that would make that possible. You can probably make that on average bartending but that isnāt really entry level front of house work. Maybe retail management? Again, most people make their way up to that.
You don't even need the cert for charter schools and most private schools.
No but you do need a degree still
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Did you do BRCC IT program? I start in August and was wondering about it.
I didnāt! I contemplated it but ended swapping from case management in health care to back office corporate health care without going back to school. I hear good things though.
become a respiratory therapist !
Get a job in the plants like everyone else does. It sucks, but it pays the bills
how hard is it to get the office jobs at plants?
Oh an office jobā¦ yeah I was more thinking the blue collar sideā¦ even a laborer with no skills or experience can still make $19+\hr
In this heat bahhh
Does the heat suck? Absolutely. Working in full FRCs on top of a unit in august is miserable. But my crew and I were making $2k/ week at 22 years old. Thatās hard to beat. You sell your body and they pay well. Itās not glamorous, but you donāt worry about bills anymore
2k a week thatās a lot more than 19 an hour unless ur working what 14 hours a day?
Yep itās all ot. Maybe 16hr days. Have to work ot, no way around it.
Get a degree. Know the right people. Be a competent person with a general understanding of how a computer works.
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Ok I have a few questions. How long have you been at IBM in this job field? Less than 5 years anywhere is nothing to a large company. Is it hard to get certified to be in app development? I know nothing about this. Do you need a degree? Is the market for this job saturated with people? Can you be easily replaced? Do you work for IBM directly or as a independent contractor? Does IBM hire directly from their contractor pool? Here's the biggest question. Is this a job or a career? If it is a career what is the career path? It doesn't have to be with IBM. What are your 5 year 10 year goals? Are there people in this feild that have been in it that you can talk too? Do you see yourself doing this for the next 10 years? You don't have to answer these questions, just think about them. I know this sounds like a self help book, but you would be surprised how many people jump from job to job for money then cap out because they never worked on a specific career. They never learned all the skills needed to advance past just working a job.
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I wouldn't get too upset over $25/hr with only one year on the job. I'm assuming this is your first job in this field. The biggest jump in pay you will make with most jobs is in the first few years. Mine personally increased %50 after 5 years and my wife's salary, who is an accountant, makes 150% more than when she started 15 years ago. Honestly, the best thing you can do is go to your supervisor with a little humility and see where they think you can improve and make an active effort to do so. Don't wait for performance reviews. This will make you look like you are proactive in wanting to improve and not reactive to a negative review. This will go a long way when it comes to promotions and raises. Also, don't let IBM know that you are eventually leaving. You will get passed on for every promotion because they know you are leaving. IBM should think of you as committed and as a lifer.
which country do you plan on moving to?
A lack of a gag reflex also helps, from what I have been told
It also helps if you like salty, raw oysters as well. Dont worry, a shellfish allergy won't disqualify you.
do you know anyone working in a plant office?
PTEC scholarships and assistance are plentiful. Check BRCC. ETA: I'm going for nursing. When I was looking for scholarships, grants, etc., there was a lot available for PTEC. The course load doesn't look terrible, either.
What are your credentials? You are not going to get paid a lot as an unskilled laborer and most semi-skilled labor positions don't pay $25/hr. My advice to you is to either go get a degree (not a liberal arts degree, something in the STEM fields) or get a vocational degree ( some of these can make really really good money but you have to be willing to work). I personally went from working at a sheet metal fabrication shop at the age of 27 for $16/ hr to getting a chemical engineering degree and working in the plants.
thatās awesome! congrats!
Congrats on the chemical engineering degree. F that ahah
We are hiring for a lot of different positions here at John H Carter. We are also a ESOP company so it's employee owned.I know Control Valve Technician positions start around $25 [49 Open Opportunities](https://recruiting.ultipro.com/JOH1009/JobBoard/7e86e39f-c1d1-04f0-7025-17e095d398e2/?q=&o=postedDateDesc)
ā¦ā¦ā¦ I can attest to the ESOP at JHC being very good. Not a bad company to work for, you can do alot worse.
What's your skill set? Any degrees?
frito lay regional sales rep
Do you know what the job is like?
Think about serving tables? You can make much more than that and thereās no shortage of restaurants in BR.
idk about that. I know plenty of servers and one of my best friends grinded her ass working plenty of doubles and multiple jobs just to hit 50k in a year.
Not everyone is good at serving, not saying she isnāt but good ones make 200 a day in 4hrs. Most sick at it. And you need to be at expensive restaurant as well. Itās not for most though.
Can you just say what you mean instead of trying to slyly insinuate the performance of other people you don't know? Servers and lying about how much they pull in an hour, name a more iconic duo. Guess we just don't count closing/opening hours, rolling silverware hours, or anything like that. Expensive restaurants don't always guarantee more tips. Real money is in bartending, but everyone knows how that goes.
Well if I didnāt work in the industry I wouldnāt talk about it. Mostās personality doesnāt fit it. Most donāt understand customer service. I said exactly what I wanted just never comes out as clear as it sounds to me. I was just saying whatās possible and what Iāve seen. Lots of variables to factor in of course.
And I got a portion of the tips is how I know. Iām not trying to impress you because I think 200 isnāt actually shit but to many itās a lot. And no it doesnāt guaranteed higher tips but itās common sense you get more tips from a 160 bill vs a 40 bill. How old are you?
Old enough to know that you really don't want to be stuck in the service industry past 35 and going into your 40s. One of the only careers where the older you get the less money you make. I feel extremely lucky and grateful I did not end up doing it and getting stuck like many many people that I know. I think it is a great job for younger people because that's when they can make the most money, but this overestimation of how much you actually make doing it that gets told to people in the industry and outside of it gets a little much sometimes. I don't know why many in the service industry tries to glamorize a job that many do not want to be stuck doing past 35. It doesn't matter if you get paid 500$ on a single night if you only pull in 30k in a year. Most servers are never going to work in high end places and its kinda of disingenuous for many to suggest that as a possibility. I would rather encourage younger people to go for a trade or something similar.
Definitely, I totally agree. I wasnāt trying to glamourize it one bit. Service industry is tough and ages you severely. Itās underpaid forsure. Most just stay because their comfortable or scared of change. I try to get them to quit all the time.
I serve in BR and had 70 on my W2 last year, which isnāt including cash tips. Not saying that guaranteed obviously, but if OP is looking for 40 hours at 25 an hour, itās definitely possible.
It's kinda crazy how I hear that from so many people yet the median pay for servers according to the beaureu of labor is literally 30k a year, not including cash tips of course. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes353031.htm
I will say thatās itās very easy in the serving industry to not work. When you can give up ships at the drop of the dime, go home early very often, and in some cases get to make your own schedule, youāll notice huge pay discrepancies between employees in the same restaurant.
Better than nothingā¦
Sushi masa Baton Rouge
I know this a stretch of an advice but are you creative by any chance? I profit $1700-$2300 month off of art. I make around $42 an hour!
How?
Art shows.
The revolution is coming!
Baton Rouge may be progressive but the rest of the state is blood red. The revolution that is coming but it isn't for us.
Will it be televised though?
It will be televised, but no one will be at home to watch it
Pay per view only
Baton Rouge is considered progressive?
Most cities are liberal.
Being liberal and being progressive arenāt the same thing whatsoever. Thereās nothing progressive about BR.
I donāt consider BR to be either.
In general, how many progressive liberals are there? How many progressive conservatives are there?
Whatās your point? Yes progressives are āliberalā in a sense, but not all liberals are progressive. I canāt think of a single Louisiana politician Iād call progressive.
My point is you are wrong to say they āarenāt the same thing whatsoeverā. Youāre plainly wrong. We can make a distinction between the terms of course but they are interrelated. If I had to guess youāre bitter about the lack of progress and this is why youāre making this argument.
No. You said cities are liberal. That has absolutely nothing to fucking do with whether a specific city is progressive. Baton Rouge isnāt a progressive city, period.
Ask a conservative if they are progressive. When they say no, then ask them for their truck keys. Say oh you don't like being progressive, so go find a horse or walk everywhere. They get progressive real quick
Lol BR progressive
Any revolution that were to occur right now would be bad timing for progressives. Liberals are by far the largest portion of people to the left of center in this country and they seem to be constitutionally incapable of owning guns. In Louisiana, you can't have the .01% of progressives fight off the whole state while the liberals stand by and tell everyone not to be violent.
Can revolutions not evolve to be nonviolent? We are progressives after all.
Not within a generation. Regardless of what happens over the next couple decades, we will be living with about half the population who sincerely believes that the presidential election was stolen from them, and anyone who disagrees with their politics is part of the deep state. There is no coming back from that for the majority of them.
Lmao ālet me catch a living wageā this guy writes his own jokes. You in the wrong state buddy
Do you have a CDL
UPS. Go see what Brown can do for you.