I need a job

[mrglock27]

Where do yall work and do you like it?

I live in Yelm, WA. I'm an unemployed warehouse worker and only have a month left of unemployment. I'm kinda sick of warehouse work and it's destroying my body. Does anyone live around here that has a cool job? I went to the local farm, (wilcox) but they wanted me to work 14 hr. days and I have 2 kids to take care of and a wife, couldn't work quite that many hrs cause my wife leaves home at 4am and I gotta be home for the kids. My interest are farming, flowers, trees, guns, knives, poker, I need something swing shift cause I don't want daycare for the kids. I'm willng to drive 50 miles each way to work. Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

[Terri]

Nursing homes LOVE swing shift workers! And, they will pay you for your training.

If you would prefer taking care of elderly guys, perhaps you could find something with the VA?

[Paranoid]

nursing homes love *any* workers they can get their hands on simply because hardly anyone can stand working in a nursing home

[Terri]

Here are two more ideas: working in a grocery store (They are busiest after 5 PM), and stocking books at Walden books or Borders books.

As for nursing home work, some folks like it and some folks do not. It IS hard work, and it is important that it be done well because the patients depend on you.

As a swing shift worker, you would be helping disabled people eat, use the bathroom, and helping them into bed. As a Father, you have most of those skills already.

[OD]

There is a single father that lives in my community, that wanted to work, but still keep his son with him as much as possible. So he got an old truck & flat bed trailer, & they started cleaning out garages, storage buildings, etc. for people. (I think the son was about 3 at the time.) He charges a fee for his work + the cost of dumping the things that can't be salvaged.
It is amazing at the amount of good, usable things that people throw away. He picks out all the good stuff, & takes the rest to the dump. Then he makes the rounds to all the second hand shops & junk dealers, & sells the items that they want.
Everybody knows that if they want something, Richard will have one before long. He keeps a list of things that people want, & when he gets one, he comes by & delivers it.
Dh bought a "broken" lawnmower from him for $15. He fixed the cable, sharpened the blade, & tuned it up, & it was good as new. If he had fixed it himself, he could probably have gotten $50 or more for it.
Now that his son is older, he takes other jobs, too, such as cleaning off fence rows, & fixing fences, cutting firewood, day work for farmers & ranchers, & caring for animals while people are away from home.
They live with his mother, so he doesn't have to make as much as someone who had to pay lots of bills, but for a family with another income, it might work.

[Ken Scharabok]

Can't help, but do have a question about the warehouse work.

A couple of weeks ago there was an ad in the The Tennessean classified for permanent part-time workers at an ALDI distribution center in Mt. Juliet (eastern suburb of Nashville). Said hours were 20-35 week, M-S (but five of those), had requirement to lift up to 45 pounds, paid $14 and said it had pretty good benefits for part-time work. Could they be looking for people because turnover is so high due to job requirements or conditions? I have only one summer's worth of work in a warehouse many years ago and didn't think it was all that difficult if you could simply read and understand the pull sheets.

[frogmammy]

mrglock27,

RE: Nursing Home

As a man, you'll be (usually) given the heaviest people to put into/out of beds/wheelchairs. You'll also be expected to "handle" any of the Alzheimers patients who get violent. You'll probably end up mopping the floors, also. Nursing homes LOVE men.

Mon

[1/4acre]

I started working as a schoolbus driver, I have all the days off as the kids, all the holidays too.They trained me and paid me for the training after I was licenced. There are federal requirements such as a FBI background check( no felonies), DOT physical and drug screen, and a good driving record. Because I work for a private company I am eligible for unemployment benefits during the breaks and holiday's. Not that I ever get them as there is so much extra work available during these times such as summer camp, charters for pivate groups and the list goes on and on. We can also take our children on the bus with us. Thats one reason we have a lot of young mom's, I took my DGS with me for 1 1/2 years. We are very under staffed. With school districts it's different in that you can't collect unemployment during your time off but they do offer excellent benefits. Call your school district, they can put you in touch with the transportation director for more info. And by the way I LOVE MY JOB. Yeserday I took a group of 4 yr. olds to the orchard to pick apples, Got paid all day to have a good time. Yea.

[Terri]

I have never worked in a nursing home where an aid mopped the floor: that is the job of the custodian.

And, violent patients are sent to nursing homes who specialize in them. Nothing else would be safe for the more helpless residents. We do not mix disabled people and violent ones.

[mrglock27]

thanks for the suggestions. Ken it depends on the distribution center and the job. I have sat on a forklift all day and lumped 6 or 7,000 boxes. So hopefully you get lucky.

[BCR]

How about a newspaper route (driving)? 7-11's and other convenience stores go through a lot of employees...could get you to what you are looking for next. You could also start your own business; lawn care, snow shoveling, errand running, tree trimming, firewood selling, fast food working....anything to make a buck cause unemployment is not a lifestyle! Find something you like to do and try it. If it stinks, it is only temporary. Day laborer at a construction site is hard work, but might pay the bills until you are ready to move on.

And even though I was part of the administration in a nursing home, if it was needed I mopped up urine spills. No reason it should sit there waiting for someone else.

[Wolf mom]

No No to a nursing home. Hard, unrewarding work. Too many people in your care, too little time to give them the attention they want and need. Heartbreaking and back breaking. Been there, done it, won't do it again unless I cannot find anything else, and it'd be only until I could find something else.

[Bayside]

Do you have handyman skills?

I work as a property inspector. Whenever I see something in need of fixing, I put in a claim and they call a handyman out because he is cheaper than the pros. (yet not too much cheaper.)

One handyman got payed 65.00 just for replacing a dishwasher door seal!!!

[PJ]

I just talked to a young man that just got a good paying job being a custodian at a elderly home, not nursing home. If your a jack of all trades and are friendy you will not have a hard time getting employment.

[Oilpatch197]

You want a factory Job!

I work for a Automotive Supplier.
My Dad works for another Automotive supplier
I know somone that works at Budweiser Distribution Center(IMO the best job! lots of kick backs!)

How is Warehouse work killing you?

There is somone at my work that worked in a Tire factory for a few years, THAT is a bad Factory Job! Breathing all that rubble crap in the air....cancer city!

[Ken Scharabok]

You, or anyone else, are welcome to a free e:book copy of my book, "How to Earn Extra Money in the Country". May be something in it to spark an idea.

Just request a copy at scharabo@aol.com and I'll send it as a large attachment. Please use a subject line other than something like work-at-home or it is likely to get deleted.

[mrglock27]

hey oil, I used to work at city beverages I merchandised all the budweiser products at about 25 stores it was just weekend work though and it didn't pay jack. Like 8 bucks an hr. Where is the budwiser dist. center? I have a huge house payment so i'm lookin' for about 13-15 dollars an hr., but if it comes right down to the line I will take something for $10. I'm not much of a handy man, if we buy anything that needs to be put together my wife does it. I usually get frustrated and smash it to pieces. I like landscaping and pruning trees but the thing is I think I have social anxiety disorder, I'm really scared to talk to new people and I'm a terrible salesman. I might start taking that drug that's supposed to help people. I don't freakin know. Thanks for the thoughts I appreciate all of them.

[mightybooboo]

I have a buddy who mows lawns down south.In 6 months he has all the work he can handle.Making a decent living at it too.Starts at 20.00 and goes up from there.

BooBoo