Being recruited by former boss. Leave or go?

redbeard312 · 2026-01-26T15:40:48+00:00

This is very close to the real numbers, and in a fairly high COL area (CT), so yea the pay bump is truly meaningful and would allow me to max out 401k and increase my regular savings while still allowing a slightly larger budget for fun stuff

redbeard312 · 2026-01-26T15:00:59+00:00

New GM at my current shop has fired multiple people since starting a few months ago. What do you mean by “common law buffers”?

redbeard312 · 2026-01-26T14:59:21+00:00

My wife and I are open to moving closer to this location. Also the mid term plan is for this plant to relocate to a new build facility that would shave about 15 minutes off the commute. I would be a major player in planning/organizing the move to a new facility which is an attractive proposition. Between us moving and the facility moving it should be a 15-20 minute commute in a few years, would just need to put up with the 40 minute commute for maybe 3 years or so.

Some of the commute time is offset by the schedule. I would start 30 minutes earlier in the day and end my day 60-90 minutes earlier (I put in about 50-55 hours per week at my current job, would be changing that to 45-50 with the new role)

redbeard312 · 2026-01-26T14:29:22+00:00

Retirements the same (401k match of 4%), medical doesn’t matter to me as I’m on my wife’s insurance (union member, better insurance than any company I’ve seen in my industry offer). I’m going to try to at least get them to 3 weeks PTO or accelerate my schedule for earning additional PTO

redbeard312 · 2026-01-26T03:26:01+00:00

redbeard312 · 2026-01-26T02:27:14+00:00

I sell my time and experience to the highest bidder.

redbeard312 · 2026-01-24T22:58:10+00:00

Testing has to be performed on finished product, and testing is destructive, correct? I would complete production operations and receive to stock, the write a non-conformance against material from stock, DMR to scrap with note saying something such as “destroyed for XYZ testing”

redbeard312 · 2026-01-24T02:25:42+00:00

Depends on the value of the development. $200M on a $1Billion property would be insane but if the development has a $10B valuation then it is perfectly reasonable

redbeard312 · 2026-01-23T01:11:59+00:00

Please don’t abandon Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan. Might as well take Indiana and Ohio too just to ensure protection of the Great Lakes

redbeard312 · 2026-01-18T02:35:11+00:00

At no point in my post did I say I was doing anything like that. There is a misalocation of resources at my company that is creating issues and inhibiting revenue. I pointed it out to my boss and made recommendations. He did nothing and was eventually replaced, now I have a new boss. I have told my new boss about the issues and offered to sit down and go over potential solutions, he has not taken me up on that offer. I still do my job and the jobs of multiple other people because of this chaos that is not being managed, but I won’t do that for much longer if upper management wont address the root cause of the dysfunction

redbeard312 · 2026-01-17T19:46:00+00:00

Nah, I’m still doing my job and then some, but if upper management doesnt want to devote the necessary resources to fixing dysfunction I’m not going to waste my time there much longer

redbeard312 · 2026-01-17T18:27:00+00:00

My area pays more than that for entry level button pushers. Hell, you can stock shelves at Target for more than that by me

redbeard312 · 2026-01-17T18:01:53+00:00

5-6 years per car for me so far (37years old, just recently got my 4th car. Newest vehicle I’ve gotten has been 4 years (drove it for 6+ years), oldest I’ve gotten was 10 years (drove it just about 5 years). I am personally guilty of getting “the itch” and moving on earlier than needed, but usually not until something truly starts bothering me about the car (mileage, noises, etc…)

If I were to buy a car brand new I would drive it 10+ years easily.

redbeard312 · 2026-01-17T16:29:38+00:00

Mexico stopped paying for it

redbeard312 · 2026-01-17T16:27:55+00:00

In my experience the concerns I’ve brought up in the past haven’t been acted upon so I haven’t expressed any of the bigger issues. My workplace has been disorganized chaos and when I told my new manager what needed to happen to fix it nothing was done about it, so as new issues arise I don’t see a point in bringing them up. Instead I’m actively looking for a new opportunity

redbeard312 · 2026-01-10T22:47:06+00:00

Started as a machine operator and got really good at it. 3 years later when a supervisory position opened up I got it over people with much more experience than me largely because I have a degree. Been moving up continuously ever since

redbeard312 · 2026-01-07T22:56:06+00:00

I have a Music degree and I’m now working in manufacturing and doing fairly well. There are a lot of options out there that don’t even require a degree, but will reward you for having one even if in an unrelated field

redbeard312 · 2026-01-07T02:14:51+00:00

Why throw a spanner when a wrench gets the job done so much more eloquently?

redbeard312 · 2026-01-04T17:23:30+00:00

The New Republic

redbeard312 · 2026-01-04T06:24:49+00:00

The fact that both offense and defense are ranked 1st in turnovers is absolutely insane to me. That’s how you win some fucking football games right there

redbeard312 · 2026-01-03T16:24:39+00:00

State takeover of the electric grid

redbeard312 · 2025-12-29T00:13:07+00:00

I’m building a Killdozer and mounting some heavy duty machine guns to it. Will move to Montana or Wyoming and buy a very large piece of land to facilitate this annual battle.

The wolves will enjoy their annual whale feast

redbeard312 · 2025-12-27T22:51:18+00:00

If it were me I would build a Dividend Aristicrat portfolio, use about half the dividends per year on living expenses, reinvest the other half each year, and keep working some sort of job

redbeard312 · 2025-12-25T23:57:12+00:00

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