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Gratis persona
As some of you know, back in December, Karli and I elected that I would be the stay at home parent. Circumstances definitely change. Karli got fired from her job about a month ago and since then, we've kinda rock, paper, scissored, to see which one of us went back to work.
I got the offer that fit the best before she did, so...
Starting tomorrow I'm going back into building rail cars for a different manufacturer. This one is Alstom USA, French owned, who just landed a big, historic contract for themselves by building the new high speed rail passenger cars for Amtrak.
This time, though, instead of being in assembly I'll be in the paint shop. When I last built rail cars I was lead production for the assembly of interiors on B-car for the Houston project. I went in in time to finish up the first prototype and assembled C-car in the second prototype, taking over lead when the cars went into production, overseeing B-cars 3-7 before I left.
Truthfully, that's one of the reasons I was hired at Alstom, because I understand the production stage and trained a lot of the guys who were production assembly. My painter's skills and background were just icing on the cake.
Eventually - hopefully - I'll be taking over second shift as production supervisor, which will mean a huge pay increase.
As I've told Karli during these lean times, "God has provided for us up 'til now. Why shouldn't I trust Him to continue to do so?"
I got the offer that fit the best before she did, so...
Starting tomorrow I'm going back into building rail cars for a different manufacturer. This one is Alstom USA, French owned, who just landed a big, historic contract for themselves by building the new high speed rail passenger cars for Amtrak.
This time, though, instead of being in assembly I'll be in the paint shop. When I last built rail cars I was lead production for the assembly of interiors on B-car for the Houston project. I went in in time to finish up the first prototype and assembled C-car in the second prototype, taking over lead when the cars went into production, overseeing B-cars 3-7 before I left.
Truthfully, that's one of the reasons I was hired at Alstom, because I understand the production stage and trained a lot of the guys who were production assembly. My painter's skills and background were just icing on the cake.
Eventually - hopefully - I'll be taking over second shift as production supervisor, which will mean a huge pay increase.
As I've told Karli during these lean times, "God has provided for us up 'til now. Why shouldn't I trust Him to continue to do so?"
