How do people feel about union jobs? Or careers?

[tacobender]

I have a couple of buddies that swear by them, but it’s like they’re always laid off have to relocate keep moving and be away from their families. We obviously know the government paid job to any of you guys have experiences with people the benefits seem pretty good, but what’s the story does anybody have or can relate to the pros and cons? These guys are getting up there in Aegis, but it seems to me. It’s more like a dictatorship like a mafia.

[ProudVirgin69]

If you’re working a trade it’s almost always better to be union than non-union company.  You have a lot of bullshit to deal with but at the end of the day it’s about making money and union jobs pay considerably more, most of the time.

[tatoo]

If you’re working a trade it’s almost always better to be union than non-union company.  You have a lot of bullshit to deal with but at the end of the day it’s about making money and union jobs pay considerably more, most of the time.

not of you own your own company

[ProudVirgin69]

not of you own your own company

In some cases, sure.

[oldschoolfan]

i work in a union now, i used to hate them, my old union , was not worth a shit. the one i am in now has gotten us good raises   and benefits i have to admit the people i work with are a decent crew as well.  they have there pros and cons, but most companys  will fuck you in the ass with no union.

[tacobender]

I just don’t understand my buddies work half the time it just seems very political. It’s like they are treated like bitches. They have to travel for work away from your families and then they just get dropped or laid off at the drop of a hat and back on unemployment again it just seems like a shit fuck

[oldschoolfan]

I just don’t understand my buddies work half the time it just seems very political. It’s like they are treated like bitches. They have to travel for work away from your families and then they just get dropped or laid off at the drop of a hat and back on unemployment again it just seems like a shit fuck

Taco the one thing that does burn my ass is there are people who make the same as me but are not doing the same quality of work that is the one thing I hate about unions

[judochoke]

I was in a union for 33 years. I was a boiler operator and also ran the biggest ammonia plant in California. Steady work, good hours, everyone was cool, had to work all shifts. Pay raises were steady, medical slowly creeped up on us. But over all, was a great job. I now have been retired for 10 years, and the pension pays off like a slot machine every month.

And when i croak my lovely wife will get the same amount until she dies. UNION IS LOSING MONEY ON MY OLD ASS. LOLLLLLLLLL

[Humble Narcissist]

If I were a lifetime blue collar worker I would probably want to join a union. Philosophically, I'm against them.

[sync pulse]

I wish I had union representation during my radio career...

[Gimmick1]

Union jobs are blue collar work. Blue collar work is hard labor. Best to avoid

[Old School Trainer]

I was a union millwright in NJ before I went back to running my window/door business.  I made a shit ton more money with less stress in the union than what I deal with now trying to find and keep employees and my 60-70 hour work weeks.  It's hard once you're a owner/boss to go back and work for anyone.  What kills me now at age 60 is the desire to be back into the gym but I'm always so stressed out about my projects with OCD level work that I can never unplug from installing or estimating.  Staying in the union would have given me a much better life looking back, hell I could be retired.  The rate for regular journeymen is over $60 an hour.  At my age I'd be a boss at about $80 an hour with annuity, pension, and the best benefits.

[IroNat]

I was a union millwright in NJ before I went back to running my window/door business.  I made a shit ton more money with less stress in the union than what I deal with now trying to find and keep employees and my 60-70 hour work weeks.  It's hard once you're a owner/boss to go back and work for anyone.  What kills me now at age 60 is the desire to be back into the gym but I'm always so stressed out about my projects with OCD level work that I can never unplug from installing or estimating.  Staying in the union would have given me a much better life looking back, hell I could be retired.  The rate for regular journeymen is over $60 an hour.  At my age I'd be a boss at about $80 an hour with annuity, pension, and the best benefits.

So true what you are saying.

[IroNat]

Union jobs are blue collar work. Blue collar work is hard labor. Best to avoid

You've always avoided hard work, or any work for that matter.