Moving Up

[clayton86]

At work that is. As some of you remember I was asking how to go about asking for a raise I did and got a dollar raise.

A few weeks ago during our production meeting management asked if anyone was willing to work at third shift overnight. Everyone said how dumb it was and wouldn't work. I was the only one willing to do it. Over the past few weeks I wrote up a plan on what third shift would do and what hours it would be. Laid out every thing but pay I was gonna feel that one out. Proposed it yesterday and today I had a meeting with the general manager and one of the salesmen/managers.

Everyone higher approves it and went with it only changing one thing, the number of people. I said 3 myself and and two others they said 4-5. Going to make me shift supervisor and are letting me hand pick my crew from current employees or I can hire new. They said to offer a dollar an hour shift incentive to current employees to try and get them to come aboard with it. I was a little discouraged because they didn't mention pay for me being supervisor but then the salesmen said Cory the owner said to give me the dollar for the shift differential and then a dollar for supervisor. I thought that was good considering I've been there a touch over a year and started at 11.50 and after I hire my help and start third shift I'll be at 15/hr. Not bad for 13months into a place and going up almost 4 dollars.

I'm pretty excited seems like my hard work has been noticed and they are trusting me with a lot. Plus they went for my 4 day work week idea which is huge for me. Gonna be working 730pm-6am Monday-Thursday. I'll get out at 6 Friday and be able to sleep my normal 4-5 hrs and have all Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and all morning and afternoon Monday to do what ever not to mention every other day as well but that 3.5 4dayish weekend is gonna be soooo nice plus come hunting season or even fishing get out after work go to bed around 10 or 12 sleep a few hours hunt and fish the evening then back to work.

[Sam]

Congrats.

 

Clayton, what are you guys making?

[clayton86]

Right now I make sports benches, ADA pool stairs and ladders, and subway train parts. As a shop we do generator huts, man holes, man hole covers, flumes, custom enclosures, sound proof chambers for oil rigs and cadaver tanks.

[clayton86]

Here's some benches I made. Nothing fancy rather easy honestly. I do the gel coating then I lay them up with chopped fiberglass once it's cured I pop the part and cut it out apply graphics and clear coat it I do every single step from start to finish except package and put on the truck.

And these are the ADA stairs they go all over YMCA, schools, you name it I made one today for some yacht club.

[preach4bass]

Congratulations! Hard work pays off!

[fishinfiend]

Congrats, sir!

 

Use some that extra money for birth control. 

[retiredbosn]

Congrats hard work ethic and a good attitude has and will continue to serve you well

[Redlinerobert]

Congratulations man.  Job well done and good on you for moving up in the company.

[Bankbeater]

Congrats!

[clayton86]

Congrats, sir!

Use some that extra money for birth control.

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[a1712]

Don't let the days get to you, YOU NEED YOUR SLEEP. I worked 3rd. shift for 20+ years and seen how being off during daylight hours can mesmerize a person in to enjoying those hours. Not fun falling asleep at the wheel. I'm short a Best Friend due to it. Brian.

[clayton86]

Don't let the days get to you, YOU NEED YOUR SLEEP. I worked 3rd. shift for 20+ years and seen how being off during daylight hours can mesmerize a person in to enjoying those hours. Not fun falling asleep at the wheel. I'm short a Best Friend due to it. Brian.

Yeah I've had a bad habit of that. I usually only get 4-5hrs a sleep at most a night been like that since my deployment. It's 10:40 now I just got done wrapping some guides and am about to go to bed and be up at 4 for work same as every day. I do have my days I just crash and sleep for what seems like forever. I'm sure it will take some time to get into a routine but I think this shift and promotion will be good it's a nice extra chunk of money and if it also helps us make bonus every week at work it will be twice as nice.

[HookdUP]

I know I don't know you but good news and rewards from hard work are always great to hear man to man

[plumworm]

Clayton, great to hear about your success rather than your problems. Good Luck in your new job. Keep us informed about that and uninformed about the whatever.

[Djf3864]

Well done, sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders and a lot of opportunity for growth in your current role.

[clayton86]

Thanks guys. Everything is looking good a few changes were made to my plan but for the most part the same. I'm not going to be a supervisor because the two other guys coming from first shift to this new shift both have more time in then me and already work on their own. So now it's three senior guys we all get a two dollar an hour raise and will run our own department on the third shift. Over time they want us to interview and hire our helpers and train them which I did yesterday I hired my best friend I've known for ever we have the same name and birthdays are 5 days apart. Ive owed him for a while and he needed a job and this was the perfect fit for him and his new family. We start on the 2nd

[Chris at Tech]

Be REALLY careful with your best friend working with/for you.  Might not be a bad idea to see if he can join one of the other guys's crews rather than working for you.

[clayton86]

Be REALLY careful with your best friend working with/for you. Might not be a bad idea to see if he can join one of the other guys's crews rather than working for you.

I'm training him but he will be a "floater" essentially and the plan is to basically do what I did with the last guy. They have noticed I'm good at training and teaching the guy they hired for me in October is now taking over for me on first. I'll train clay up and then he will be on his own.