Sick of those cobalts lol
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I know what that's like. I used to move furniture for a living. At 10 dollars an hour. we'd pack and load 16 thousand pounds drive it to destinations and unload. Keeping in mind not to damage things and going up and down stairs.
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How about $9.50 an hour to save people's lives!!! That's what I made as an EMT!
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made the less than that. Got my spec license and got a raise to 11. Just got my Medic and now make $14.45 I work midnight so i get a 10 dollar shift diff. That is why I'm going to buy a Cobalt SS/SC. I'm a paid on call firefighter. Trying to get a full time spot. Now that I'm a medic it should make it easy. I've been on the fire dept for almost 5 years and have been at the ambulance company for 2.
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I'm was an EMT made the less than that. Got my spec license and got a raise to 11. Just got my Medic and now make $14.45 I work midnight so i get a 10 dollar shift diff. That is why I'm going to buy a Cobalt SS/SC. I'm a paid on call firefighter. Trying to get a full time spot. Now that I'm a medic it should make it easy. I've been on the fire dept for almost 5 years and have been at the ambulance company for 2.
made the less than that. Got my spec license and got a raise to 11. Just got my Medic and now make $14.45 I work midnight so i get a 10 dollar shift diff. That is why I'm going to buy a Cobalt SS/SC. I'm a paid on call firefighter. Trying to get a full time spot. Now that I'm a medic it should make it easy. I've been on the fire dept for almost 5 years and have been at the ambulance company for 2.
That's where the big bucks are. What I'm dong right now, not so much. Dunno If I'll be there long enough to ever drive. If I do stay I would be good position by time I'm 21 because I'm 18 now turning 19 in 8 days. I might just have to find a second job since I'm not getting enough working at UPS alone. I thinking of looking around at the dealerships off 88(Especially Pine Belt Chevy).
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Just kidding... although its kind of true I see many many many of them... Hello everyone, i'm new to the forum. I don't own a cobalt just yet but considering parking the truck and buying one with the gas prices. I am a 23 year old production worker at Lordstown and I am glad to see people are pleased with the product we produce. I install the antennas there (not the actual antenna but the inside bracket and base) I grab the antenna wire from the trunk, pop on the rubber antenna base, plug the wire into the metal bracket, push the bracket with the piece attached that the antenna screws into through the base on the inside, secure the wire, and shoot the 2 bolts that hold it in about 600 times a day. We are transitioning to the 09 models now so they are working us up to 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.
I gotta say though, those SS's look good. Really strongly considering purchasing one. Came to the forum for some feedback from owners.
I gotta say though, those SS's look good. Really strongly considering purchasing one. Came to the forum for some feedback from owners.
It's a decent living yes, but most people think we make 75 dollars an hour and do nothing but crossword puzzles and get drunk every day (guess we must have some sort of child labor that makes 3 dollars a day actually building the cars)... Boy are they wrong. Line moves at 80 cars per hour.
it's not so much the work, although we get gassed routinely (Chlorine Dioxide, Hydrogen Sulfide), work with chemicals that will turn you to goo (97% sulfuric acid, 50% hydrogen peroxide) and work a shift that makes you have zero life (northern swing 7 off 11-7, 2 off, 7 3-11, 1 off, 7 of 7-3, 4 off), but when things are running ok, we have time to sit down and do crosswords or screw off on the computer.
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uhh.. didn't lordstowns contract fall like Delphis Negotiated contract? I didn't think the new hires were at your rate you're speaking of. I know traditional employees were up to 27-33 an hour depending on the now non existing COLA and shift preferences.
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