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Well i started of working in a lab by accident for a chemical company, the pay was s
te but I was learning. I put myself through night school and got GCSE and then A level in Chemistry. Reward for this effort was that the company gave me day release to do the HNC. That company later went bust (or the bit I worked in did anyway) and I got a pittance of a bare minimum of a redundancy. I worked temp for a while in different labs, brewery, electrchemicals and then pharma. I did two years temp at a pharma before I got a permanent job. I got day release to do a degree but only on the basis that I work the hours back, so that's 3 years of 6 day weeks for me. I got a degree, I got promotoed, I'm looking at another promotion soon.
That's the bit of Utopia I live in. The bit where I worked hard, without any prior qualifications, showed my value and can now afford to run a nice sports car, own my own place, pay my bills and save for the future. I'm not going to worry the top 1% of earners any time soon or maybe ever, but everything I have, I've earned the hard way, no handouts, no benefits.
Just in case you're thinking silver spoon or anything, my dad worked half his life in a car factory and the other half down the pit. My mum did part time work doing the invoices for a company that did tights and pants.
te but I was learning. I put myself through night school and got GCSE and then A level in Chemistry. Reward for this effort was that the company gave me day release to do the HNC. That company later went bust (or the bit I worked in did anyway) and I got a pittance of a bare minimum of a redundancy. I worked temp for a while in different labs, brewery, electrchemicals and then pharma. I did two years temp at a pharma before I got a permanent job. I got day release to do a degree but only on the basis that I work the hours back, so that's 3 years of 6 day weeks for me. I got a degree, I got promotoed, I'm looking at another promotion soon.That's the bit of Utopia I live in. The bit where I worked hard, without any prior qualifications, showed my value and can now afford to run a nice sports car, own my own place, pay my bills and save for the future. I'm not going to worry the top 1% of earners any time soon or maybe ever, but everything I have, I've earned the hard way, no handouts, no benefits.
Just in case you're thinking silver spoon or anything, my dad worked half his life in a car factory and the other half down the pit. My mum did part time work doing the invoices for a company that did tights and pants.
Quinny said:
You missed my point...
Its all very well learning valuable skills, and gaining experience...
But where from??
My skills and experience came from being an apprentice, in a factory...
The factory I worked in, hasn't taken on a single "new" employee for the last 10 years
Most of the other factories around here are long gone, and those that are still there, are struggling to survive..
The most common signs I see on the local industrial estate are "TO LET".... "OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE"
I looked in the job centre window the other week... Pretty much every job was Call centre, packaging or driving...
The night classes I spoke about earlier?Its all very well learning valuable skills, and gaining experience...
But where from??
My skills and experience came from being an apprentice, in a factory...
The factory I worked in, hasn't taken on a single "new" employee for the last 10 years
Most of the other factories around here are long gone, and those that are still there, are struggling to survive..
The most common signs I see on the local industrial estate are "TO LET".... "OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE"
I looked in the job centre window the other week... Pretty much every job was Call centre, packaging or driving...
Quinny said:
sjn2004 said:
TopTip: Get a job and you won't be "poor".
So, back on planet Earth......Where are all these high paid jobs??eg FREE housing FREE medical and dental care FREE food FREE beer FREE cigarettes FREE education.....no wonder everybody wants to live here!
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