employment

[blaster]

Anyone no of any good companies that might be hiring labourers for decent money.

[new but handy]

no one is hiring. Times are tuff. A buddy of mine makes $86 000 a year on salary and he is working 2hrs a day 2-3 days a week. He is about to get laid off.

[iansfishy]

I know of crap companies that do crap work for crap money, but sometimes the work is rewarding... yeah right! Your in the area where the work is right now - i mean actual work, getting dirty type stuff. Believe me Im from upcountry and had to go down there for a couple months for work. Unless your willing to leave home for weeks at a time. Go to job sites with your gear and tell the people you want to work. I dont hire anyone who sends resumes or phones, you gotta come to my sites and show your willing to go at 630 in the AM. Just show your willing to bust your ass!

[new but handy]

Another good way to go is to show up EARLY with all your gear. Offer to work for the day for free. If you work hard and the person is needing workers you will probably end up getting a job out of it.

[blaster]

Anyone here work on the tugboats?

[Aquattro]

reinforcing steel companies are good places to go on Mondays after payday. We always had guys not show up after the weekend and needed people. If you're willing to work hard, you could show up and weasle a job out of them. Look for cranes to find sites.

[LeeR]

Originally Posted by blaster

Anyone here work on the tugboats?

A buddy of mine does but he hasn't had work in over 3 mounths, he got a second job landscaping.

I was jobless for 4 mounths and finaly got a job last monday.

im not sure if they need anyone else but i can ask if you want.

[cprowler]

Originally Posted by blaster

Anyone here work on the tugboats?

I work on the outside boats but was laid off in Feb. I do get a few days a month but it equates to barley part time. It's our busy time right now and gets slower over the winter, so I will have to find a job to get me through the winter and see what happens next spring.

As far as the outside goes it's very bad, the big boys like SeaSpan and Smit are hurting bad. Not just from the latest economic situation but the downturn of the forestry industry in general over the years and all the mills shutting down. I hear SeaSpan has 20+ year guys laid off and I was told the next Deckhand to be laid off at Smit has 35 years and he's a outside guy working in the river now, or for now.

I may be looking at a career change.

Good luck to you, I'll pm you if I hear of anything.

Bill

[iansfishy]

Originally Posted by new but handy

Another good way to go is to show up EARLY with all your gear. Offer to work for the day for free. If you work hard and the person is needing workers you will probably end up getting a job out of it.

No sense in offering to work for free... its illegal to hire if your not covered by componsation, the compo paperwork costs more then one would save on a days wages for a labourer. If you got hurt on your first day of work ( 75% of accidents happen the first day) the company would lose everything without you being on their compo, no legit compay would go for that. As well if you show up too early and no one is on site the prospective company could be fined heavely, for not having representation with someone who has not been orientated, then try getting a job after the owner gets ripped because of a guy he's never met. Make sure you have the proper PPE for every site, and the OK from someone before you go wandering around. just my two cents.