Unenjoyment - now with employment!

[sno_duc]

Look into energy companies. Companies like Schlumberger put people all over the place, pay well, and are hiring.

+1
I work offshore as a mechanic.
What they can do downhole this days is mind boggling.
And they always send at least one engineer out to baby sit their multi million dollar gadget.

[Speedbag]

It seems I have a second interview on Friday morning. 

Wish me luck peeps!

[Grampa]

 

[Autostrada Pilot]

We need an update, Speedbag!  Hope the interview went well  [moto]

[Speedbag]

I think it did. It's always sort of hard to tell though. 

However, my salary expectations were right in line with theirs, which is good. It was very positive but I have no clue how many others I am up against. One big feather in my cap is that I worked once in a company producing similar product with a high degree of automation, so I have an edge in that I know a lot of the lingo and wouldn't need to start from Square 1.

Those in charge of making the final say are to meet up and compare notes early next week and I am to get a call one way or another shortly afterward. Let the nerves run high!!!

Keep channeling those positive vibes my way, ladies and gents! 

[Oldfisti]

Where's the fingers crossed smiley?     Positive vibes!! 

[TiNi]

good luck!

[motogpfan]

Well, as of this evening, I am a number -- unemployed. A fifteen-year veteran of engineering.

Some will recall that I went to work for a friend's (then) budding and prospering engineering consulting outfit, now nearly five years old. I was there for a little more than two years, and we built some very impressive industrial automation. Since about spring of this year, the projects/contracts slowed to a trickle, no doubt due to our wonderful economy.

At the beginning of September, I took a 15% pay cut since I was by far the highest paid of the five of us. Knowing that things were not good, I have had a couple of interviews but nothing has become of them yet. Now, this evening, we met and I was let go due to lack of work. I hope the place makes it, but I don't have a good feeling about it as the other guys will probably flee like the proverbial rats from a sinking ship.

My friend is devastated. He is convinced our friendship is in the shitter now, but I cannot blame him for trying to keep his dream alive. I think a good drunk is in order.

I do not regret leaving the comparatively 'gravy' corporate environment to pursue this, as I feel it was an incredibly valuable experience. Tomorrow I start to make calls like mad to try and get back on the corporate grid and sign up for 'unenjoyment' benefits. 

I am going to go insane, since I am used to working 45-50 hour weeks. So you folks better be ready for rampant posting, something for which I have not had much time for lately. 

Anybody in MN need a mechanical engineer that can (and has) design(ed) just about anything and everything?

Any tips, advice, porn, encouragement are appreciated. 

damn dude, I remember when you were making the leap, we all encouraged you to go for it. That sucks and I think most people are in the same boat, except for maybe the repo companies.
Hopefully after the elections things will start to turn around.

[ducducgooseme]

I hear the repo companies are having a hard time too now because many banks dont want the cars back...  holy crap!

[motogpfan]

I hear the repo companies are having a hard time too now because many banks dont want the cars back...  holy crap!

I'll take em.

[Speedbag]

I'll take em.

Yes....then I could start a used car lot with rock bottom prices.....

[Speedbag]

Well kids, I start next Monday at my new gig!  Unemployment has officially turned into vacation for two more days.

It's been a crazy last couple of weeks. Interview hell.

Two weeks ago I ran across a mechanical engineering job posting online from a recruiting agency that was out of state, but the job location is where I live. Curious and interested, I submitted my resume. The agency contacted me immediately (like within a couple of hours of the submission) and set up a meeting. I met with them, but I do not have a PE and that was critical to the position. However, they were impressed enough with my experience that they were trying to essentially create a position for me there, as they need help due to expansion. Then a day or so later their manufacturing engineer (my actual discipline, although I've been doing mechanical engineering for ten of my fifteen years) gave his notice! So on the fast track I went.

Best part of the whole deal? My commute is four miles. And I got a nice bump in pay. 

[ducpainter]

 

[Randimus Maximus]

Great news!

Congrats!  

[Howie]

Great