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Losing my job.....

Don't have an interest in opening my own business. I think my mill days are done. Yesterday was hard. They basically made us come in to work just to say "Have a nice life, now there's the door!" The management there are a bunch of a--holes. There's only a couple guys in management at that place that were even worth talking to. A few of them are transferring over to the mill that's taking over our orders. We told them(workers at the other mill 6 hrs away) basically that the main reason we were shutting down is because of the cancer up in the office and that they shouldn't plan on staying open for too long as the worst guys from our mill, they are taking over there. So don't plan on that place staying open for much longer.

So, I went in for the last time yesterday, said my goodbye's to all my co-workers, then took a slow walk around the mill for the last time just to reflect on all the memories. When the mill was in its prime only a few years ago running at full capacity, we had 3 shifts running 7 days a week 24 hrs a day. There were 58 workers per shift. In its prime with both mills running, over 400 people were employed.

There are two mills side by side were I worked. I worked in the plywood mill but there was also a waferboard mill right next to it(owned by the same company). The wafer side has been shut down on and off for thre past couple years due to the declining markets in the US. About 70% of the product we made was shipped to the states.

Here's picture of the other mill. The smoke coming out of the stack is from the boiler. It's still running but only till this spring. The boiler provides steam and heat for both mills so when that shuts down in april, there will be no more heat in the mill.
 

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I've done that last tour thing a time or two. Mixed feelings. The actual work wasn't what I missed, like you, it was the people I worked with. There is a sort of grieving process one goes through. I always hated starting a new job. Always felt like a complete goof because I didn't know beans from buckshot about my new environment.
Y'know what I hate the most??? After the first few days on the new job, people ask; "So, how d'ya like yer new job?"
I always want to answer; "How the hell should I know?? I don't know nuttin' yet!"
Good luck to you. I'm enlisting the FF support team to step up behind ya for those moments when you need us.
 
groomerguyNWO said:
Don't have an interest in opening my own business. I think my mill days are done.
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There's a story my aunt Clara tells about a Sicilian deckhand who got tired of working for others and bought his own boat. And it was a mess.

His family worked for an entire summer getting the hulk all trim and yar. At the end of their labors, they opened a bottle of wine and cast her off for a shake-down. And she immediately sank into the Mediterranean.

They found the old Sicilian dancing on shore amid open mouth laughter. His wife thought that he had lost his mind. But he turned to her, hugged her tightly, kissed her on the forehead and smiled, "From this moment on, everything is new!"

And for you also groomerguyNWO, from this moment in your life, everything else is new. No preconceived ideas, none of the past failures to haunt you, no taskmaster in control of your existence. It's all new.

Perhaps you need a little wine and a hearty smile.
 
Thought I'd give a quick update. I'm still unemployed at the moment. The job market around here has been non-existant and with roughly 60% of the population being put out of work in the past couple years. Jobs are just not there. Moving for me is a last resort right now as I have two houses here and my wife has a good paying job. It'd be hard for us to just pack up and leave with neither of us working.

On the bright side though, I do have two job interviews this week. One is working with Native families on the reservations. The other is working in a mining lab breaking down and processing the core samples that are taken from the various local drilling companies to identify the different minerals found in their core samples. I'm hoping for the second job actually but at this stage of the game, I'll take what I can get.
 
Best of luck to ya! I feel blessed every day I have a job, not a big market for
sixty one year old machinists.
 
good to see you have 2 job interviews... i know all about the crappy economy in northern ontario... i am just a short ways from you and you probably know all about Essar Steel and Sault Ste Marie

too many layoffs not too effect the whole cities economy
 
Heard about that. It doesn't matter where you go right now. Things are not looking good. And all the big wigs in government care about is kissing butt to the auto industry. I'd better stop now before I get myself all worked up.
 
groomerguyNWO said:
Heard about that. It doesn't matter where you go right now. Things are not looking good. And all the big wigs in government care about is kissing butt to the auto industry. I'd better stop now before I get myself all worked up.
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Hey buddy, I wish I could give ya a big non-gay hug. Just remember that YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dont be nervous on the interviews. Just be confident. Its damn tough out there but you can do it! Youre a very good man. :smile:
 
Good luck with the interview Brian. I hope you nail it!!!!! :beer: :D
 
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Nailed it. I think I did very well on the interview. I don't find out until next week if I got it or not. They did ask me if it would be alright for them to keep my resume and application and re-submit it for a management position they are posting next week. Here's hoping.......
 
groomerguyNWO said:
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Nailed it. I think I did very well on the interview. I don't find out until next week if I got it or not. They did ask me if it would be alright for them to keep my resume and application and re-submit it for a management position they are posting next week. Here's hoping.......
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That sounds positive :thumb:
 
We know the feelings that you are having right now. I worked in a paper mill here in Fort Madison, Iowa for 30 years. That all ended when we were purchased by International Paper.

We all looked forward to being part of the International Paper family but it turns out that the purchase was just to eliminate competition, and we were just as expendable as dirty underwear.

Please don’t spend too much time looking back on something that will not change and don’t harbor hate towards your former employers. You will move forward and find out (like me) that the real losers were the people who closed your plant.
 
Oh, I don't plan on looking back. The management at that place is what brought us down. That, and the poor market conditions. Nope, looking back ain't going to do any of us any good at this point.
 
Got it!!!!!!!


:clap::clap::clap:I start on Monday!!! Apparently, I've got to head to the city for a couple days training and paperwork etc... but the job's mine. Good wage with full benefits, paid travel, full time. :clap::clap::clap:
 
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