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  • “documenting the change” is a pipe dream.

    If you’ve ever worked in maintenance, active production, etc, you’ll be lucky to even have schematics. And trust me, there are a lot of hacks of people fucking with controls for 30+ years straight that soooo much of it is full of “fixes” like this, whether it’s something pushing a button in, or pieces of metal instead of fuses, or wires jumping over what’s “in the way” like whole safety systems and e-stops, contactors forced to run, etc etc etc.




  • Even drilling a few holes is pretty whatever. Just wear a respirator. Continued prolonged exposure is what will give you cancer. A couple random holes and single exposures aren’t gonna be a death sentence.

    I have an asbestos siding home and low-key love it. It’s a great insulator, super durable, holds paint forever. Nobody should install it ever again, however. Once it’s there, it’s there for good. If it’s damaged and needs replaced, then you’ve got problems. Remediation and removel is ungodly expensive.





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    7 months ago

    You’re saying this to a gay guy who works around trumpers in a factory.

    Trump being president doesn’t mean the gays will be rounded up into camps or something. I hate when people play this card that we’re all gonna get fucking murdered and it’s my fault for not voting blue, like what? It’s apparent that it’s playing on emotions to use LGBT people as some weird guilt trip and it’s honestly pretty gross. I can take care of myself and my partner and our home just fine thanks. And I feel no differently safety wise whether it’s a Republican or Democrat in office.


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    7 months ago

    God what the fuck is this comment. Donezo? Can you not make a genocide into tryin to be cute or whatever tf this is

    Fuck Biden. Committed leftists / socialists / communists are not gonna hand wring about one president over another. I haven’t voted since Obama 2012, no plans to start anytime soon. Electoralism will not save us and I’m tired of hearing the lesser of two evils is the solution for the last, idunno 50 years? Unless a candidate were to stop all weapon sales to Israel (never gonna happen), it’s not worth all this song and dance bullshit




  • I’ve worked in industrial electrical manufacturing for about 10 years and I can’t help but agree.

    OP, your old job may have sucked but 6 months is nothing in terms of a job / experience. I worked in the same shop for 7 years and have been at the new one for 6 months and I still consider myself “new” there even if I’m not green. I’m not sure if I’d even put 6 months on a resume because it just sends a signal you’re not gonna stick around.

    I’m glad you found something with a bit better prospects. But don’t be surprised if you get stuck doing absolute mind-numbing grunt work in any new position for potentially years. Everyone who works a trade has done it, and the new guys will always have to do it. But it is how you learn and get better and more acquainted with everything. They don’t call it an apprenticeship for no reason.

    I will say though, everyone works a job for money. I adore my field and have a passion for it and love the shop environment, but I do still leave my house at 530 AM for a paycheck. I wouldn’t be there if I wasn’t getting paid, just like anyone else in the world.

    I do wish you the best though. I’d just say stick it out and take it as a chance to learn and grow. Best advice I can give is just don’t get too ahead of yourself. Know-it-alls become unpopular, fast.