I worked for one of those places!! Hehehe!!! Seriously...., story(short) goes, add for welder. I answer, ask guy(email) what kind of welding? emails back, "pipe"....about like that, just pipe. I email back and say, "stainless, carbon steel, aluminum???" He emails back, "carbon steel"....literally two words in an email. I email again thinking, wtf? I ask, is this ASME which would be uphill, 6010 or tig root with 7018, or tig all out? or downhill, API 6010? He emailed back, come on in. I got picked up by a mechanical company worked two jobs thru staffing agent. Then worked as an employee for a job, now I do contract work for them. On the first job I was under the gun, said they went thru 5 welders out there that said they could weld, they never hired another after me.(ok, here's my exhaling on fingernails and polishing on shirt moment..hehe)
Don't want to pick up an "employee" for my company, could save money on the staff agent but hate to lay a guy off after a two week job, not worth the hassle and don't know when I'd find time to do payroll, etc, etc and could not offer a guy bennies. Heck, agent asked "what are you looking for, a 1 day thing?" I said no, about two weeks, he was shocked, "Really!" he said. This is truely a learning experience, glad it's finally come along. I didn't know that about the Union guys Smooth, not working with them, only supervise. I don't know if I could do that all day long without getting bored. This job is by no means huge and has been referred to as "small" as it may be, for me.....it's a biggy!! LoL! Guess it's all about breaking down the barriers. Thanks for all the comments and help!! 100% appreciated!
Shawn