Does anyone here work in manufacturing?

jdpegasus08 · August 2010

I used to teach pre-k. I did it for 2 years, but ended up quitting (it was only part time), and could not find a job in the school system. My degree is in Elem. Ed. But I ended up finding a full time job at one of the local plants. We make power meters. Has anyone done this kind of transition? Or does anyone else work in that type of environment?

HitchtedIn2006 · August 2010

Not me. But I wanted to say as I've aged as an adult, sometimes you take the more "job" than "career" but that's what pays the bills. Plus I've found that many "careers" involve the same stuff, day in, day out. So instead of doing data entry on a computer, you're moving things on an assembly line.

dandlelyon · August 2010

I am new to this board, but I do work in manufacturing. I am on the salaried side, but still it's production.

I personally feel that production is VERY different than the regular working world.

LnA5909 · August 2010

I used to teach special ed., but hated the BS politics of public schools and now work in the office for a steel fabrication company. I will say a lot of my teaching/ special ed skills do come in handy with the current gig.

jdpegasus08 · August 2010

Production definitely is different that any other job I've come across. I like the set schedule, we know exactly when our breaks are. The set schedule was like my teaching schedule, you had the same things to do every day. But you could change things up, just like production. We are using different machines every day, but ts the same set schedule every day.

cjeanies · August 2010

Are you on the floor? Or in an office? I worked in production right out of college and liked it. I liked the set hours and that there was not as much responsibility. The hours were the best though, really. It was 12 hour days, with days off during the week. The most you would work in a row was three, unless you took overtime. It made it feel like part-time, instead of full-time. And the people I worked with were great too.

jdpegasus08 · August 2010

I'm on the floor- assembly line.

Does anyone here work in manufacturing?

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