Great jobs thread

[Yoga Face]

there are great union jobs out there and naïve kids are told to go to university to get ahead, just gets them behind IMHO

According to the thread https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?527718-CBC-Fires-Evan-Solomon

high seniority mail carries get routes that take only 3 hours


Another great job is fire fighters

amazing benefits, brotherhood, conditioning courses, and you are paid 24 hours a day while at the fire hall so you work when sleeping and that means you work 7 days a month!!!


On call jobs get paid when there is nothing to do such as elevator repair

 

[Moe]

I dunno about firefighters. There's a high risk in the job itself and I'm sure it's a grind emotionally. Also, I was once at a wedding and sat at a table with a bunch of firefighters. They were talking about getting sick as they got older - probably due to inhaling various carcinogens.

Bottom line, a job that is great to someone is hell to another. Find something you enjoy and gives you the life balance you personally prefer. Some like working 3 hours while others want 12. Some want nothing to do while others want more power, status and activity.

 

[Mr Deeds]

I agree with you about the university education part. My daughter just finished this year and is bar tending because she can't get a job in her field. My son on the other hand is going into H Vac and is making $32 an hr. If I could do it all over again Id be a chef and travel Ive always loved to cook

 

[IM469]

Federal government workers have great benefits and politicians have written themselves nice pension plans.

 

[Big Rig]

Cops can retire after nine years and get 90 percent of their pension so they quit and get a second job, and being an ex cop probably means you got connections, and when they retire they got two pensions

A lot of the ticket fighters are ex cops doing their second career job

 

[explorerzip]

I dunno about firefighters. There's a high risk in the job itself and I'm sure it's a grind emotionally. Also, I was once at a wedding and sat at a table with a bunch of firefighters. They were talking about getting sick as they got older - probably due to inhaling various carcinogens.

Bottom line, a job that is great to someone is hell to another. Find something you enjoy and gives you the life balance you personally prefer. Some like working 3 hours while others want 12. Some want nothing to do while others want more power, status and activity.

I agree with you about fire fighters. There's definitely high risk, but there's a lot of boredom waiting for things to happen. Then you have to worry about potentially not coming home.