Here is an update to my situation, I also have a worst jobs thread where there will be updates as well lol. But essentially, I have just made the confirmation to start an entirely new career path. The last time I posted to this thread I was leaving a machine shop environment of rather poor standards and going onto a certain type of mechanic job working with vehicle modification for the disabled. Well, that did not pan out at all so I left it for what I thought would be better suited for me...a wildlife control outfit. It was a privately owned little operation but again, did not pan out. So I took a break from the working world knowing I would not see any vacation days this year should I jump right back into the work force. I can say that for me, this was a good decision. It gave me the needed downtime to unwind and start seeking new employment in an unprovoked state of mind. When you are working in a job that has gone stale you typically tend to get a lowered attitude in all things generally speaking which any new potential employers will see. Being relaxed and feeling free, I went into two interviews and without question was accepted at both positions.
The first was returning to being a small engine tech, the other was much more intriguing working in a specialty aluminum casting company. I chose to go for the second option due to much higher pay, Monday to Friday 8-4:30 hours and it's just a really cool process to learn. To start off, the interview was awesome, the two that I met were super nice guys and when meeting a couple of the staff members you could see they are respected fellas. That alone goes a long way to say what kind of people you are working for. The other was that they were the only ones to show me a full tour of the facility with the most detailed description about the job. Again, this goes a long way in building confidence for me. It lets you go into the new job with at the very least of a starting point on where you will be working and what you will be doing. Another interesting and fun fact is that the work these guys do is not typical aluminum casting. They produce variants that are not available on any metal supplier's list. This is a one off product with only 2 other companies in the world that somewhat do what they do...or rather I will be doing lol...which puts this into a very niche market. Other neat things are learning some metallurgy, use of the periodic table to develop these rare aluminum blends and some minor machine shop processes. Hopefully it turns out to be a winning long term position but from past experience, I do believe that if the circumstances are justified and valid, making a career change is necessary. We never know what company might be the next one to shut the doors. Up here in Canada land, we have seen some pretty big names make rather fast closures. Cat heavy equipment pulled out basically in an overnight fashion leaving hundreds of people out of work just to save a buck and go to Mexico if I remember correctly. Northern Telecom went down a long time ago but still in a quick manner, Sears Canada just shut the doors for the last time a few months ago. Big business is just as fragile as tiny privately owned ones these days it seems...if not fragile, certainly as unpredictable.
