aaronc879
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I decided to stop with the clinical research studies and go back to a full time job. My leg is feeling a bit better even though I do still have chronic pain after the hip replacement. I applied to 5 manufacturing jobs within 10 miles of my home. I have had two interviews and they both seem really good choices and seem likely I will get an offer from both places early next week. I'm having a hard time deciding which one to take. Thoughts?
Job 1: Union job with starting pay $22.50/hr going up to $27.50 after 90 probation. The facility is only 1.8 miles from my house. The company is growing fast and hiring a couple dozen people and working a lot of overtime with no end in site. I would be a Utility worker which means I have to work where ever they need me from one day to the next. I would have to rotate between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift every week with work every Saturday. I could be working anywhere from 48-72 hours a week. It could take a year or more to get into a regular position rather than "floating" between jobs. This job would be a lot of hours and physically difficult with my leg issues.
Job 2: This job would start at $20/hr and go to $25/hr over a 18 month period. It is around 6 miles from home. I would be driving a forklift doing 12 hour nights from 7p-7a. I would work 7 days every two weeks so an average of 42 hours per week. Only OT would be to cover vacation so maybe around 10 days a year. This is the only job I would have to do(no floating). Far less strain on my hip replacement but far less money. Still more money than I have ever made at any other job in my life.
Benefits are similar with main difference being the 2nd job benefits start on day one while the others start after 45 days. Not a big deal. Which would you choose?
Job 1: Union job with starting pay $22.50/hr going up to $27.50 after 90 probation. The facility is only 1.8 miles from my house. The company is growing fast and hiring a couple dozen people and working a lot of overtime with no end in site. I would be a Utility worker which means I have to work where ever they need me from one day to the next. I would have to rotate between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift every week with work every Saturday. I could be working anywhere from 48-72 hours a week. It could take a year or more to get into a regular position rather than "floating" between jobs. This job would be a lot of hours and physically difficult with my leg issues.
Job 2: This job would start at $20/hr and go to $25/hr over a 18 month period. It is around 6 miles from home. I would be driving a forklift doing 12 hour nights from 7p-7a. I would work 7 days every two weeks so an average of 42 hours per week. Only OT would be to cover vacation so maybe around 10 days a year. This is the only job I would have to do(no floating). Far less strain on my hip replacement but far less money. Still more money than I have ever made at any other job in my life.
Benefits are similar with main difference being the 2nd job benefits start on day one while the others start after 45 days. Not a big deal. Which would you choose?