Posted by Bud in WV on March 05, 2009 at 05:27:32 from (173.80.13.48):
In Reply to: Re: O.T. Hydroelectric posted by buickddeere on March 05, 2009 at 02:53:12:
Sounds REAL familure! After being a Sr mechanic/millwright/welder/machinist/etc for years I was in turbine/generator outage planning for my last 15 years, at home 4 days a month if I was lucky. The nuclear navy took over our company and said up front they wanted a 10% per year turnover. As far as I know, they got it. They made us exempt, didn't bother to tell us, cut our OT pay out, $0 increase in the base pay to compensate and still expected us to work 100+ hours a week - and they can't understand why ALL of us are gone! I still hear from some of the guys - sounds like every outage is a major struggle now that all us old guys are gone - with all the knowlege the company didn't think was useful. Actually, upper managment in any power company now days is like a big "musical chairs game". New managment comes in, makes cuts and is betting that they'll be able to get their bonus and move on before something major breaks. They get the money and the problems usually land in someone else's lap. You noticed that upper managment "rotates" often now, too? They can't be held accountable for something that happened on someone else's watch.... It's lack of long term "ownership" in the company. Ten years ago the average age of our maintenance guys was 55. I don't know who they think is going to keep the equipment running but for someone who's good with their hands who doesn't want to go to college and doesn't mind getting dirty, there's going to be a future where they can demand top money for their services! Good luck! I took the early out for medical reasons and I can tell you - life AFTER a power company job is great!
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