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anyone work for Lowe's or Home Depot?
Hi,
I am considering trying to get on a night stocking crew with Lowe's or Home Depot. I like working at night and being off during the day, and at the moment Lowe's seems best for me if the hours really are from 4:00AM-1:00PM. Can anyone tell me about what it pays, how they compare with Home Depot, or anything else you think should be taken into consideration? Maybe there are places that would be better to try to work? Can anyone suggest a better place to inquire about such things? I know about their websites, but want to learn about the things they don't tell you there as well as the things they do. Thanks for any info or suggestions! David |
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im going to tell you a short story that taught me a valuable lesson.
i wanted to get out of the high stress business of emergency computer support and went to a future shop thinking i could get a job there no problem. i ended up talking with the owner of the company. after spending 15 minutes talking about what i knew about electronics and computers, he told me the one thing i will never forget. he told me he didnt give a rats ass what i knew about computers or electronics. he wanted to know what i knew about SELLING computers and electronics. expect the same at lowes or home depot. randy wrote in message ... Hi, I am considering trying to get on a night stocking crew with Lowe's or Home Depot. I like working at night and being off during the day, and at the moment Lowe's seems best for me if the hours really are from 4:00AM-1:00PM. Can anyone tell me about what it pays, how they compare with Home Depot, or anything else you think should be taken into consideration? Maybe there are places that would be better to try to work? Can anyone suggest a better place to inquire about such things? I know about their websites, but want to learn about the things they don't tell you there as well as the things they do. Thanks for any info or suggestions! David |
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randy writes:
i wanted to get out of the high stress business of emergency computer support and went to a future shop thinking i could get a job there no problem. i ended up talking with the owner of the company. after spending 15 minutes talking about what i knew about electronics and computers, he told me the one thing i will never forget. he told me he didnt give a rats ass what i knew about computers or electronics. he wanted to know what i knew about SELLING computers and electronics. expect the same at lowes or home depot. True. But what most retail management manages (sorry about that) to overlook is the fact that knowing about something makes selling it easier, supporting it much easier, and finding out what the customer needs even easier. Result: more sales and better sales support, which eventually results in even more sales. It is the "eventually" that seems to baffle today's managers, "Ya mean, not this week (month or month for the real long term planners)? Feggedaboutit. We can't afford to wait." Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore |
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Charlie ...
True. But what most retail management manages (sorry about that) to overlook is the fact that knowing about something makes selling it easier, supporting it much easier, and finding out what the customer needs even easier. Well, yes and no. If you know a lot about what you are selling, and what you are selling is crap (and if you happen to have some scruples), that combination of circumstances can actually hinder the process. Perhaps that's why so many of the folks in those orange or blue aprons are as clueless as they seem. If they really knew about some of those the products on the shelves, when you asked them where to find something they might point you in the direction of the exit. Lee -- To e-mail, replace "bucketofspam" with "dleegordon" |
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"xrongor" he told me he didnt give a rats ass what i knew about computers or electronics. he wanted to know what i knew about SELLING computers and electronics. expect the same at lowes or home depot. I'm not sure what your point is or how the heck you came to want to post what you did based on the question other than a sharp paternal need to offer trivial career advice. I'm pretty sure anyone capable of posting to Usenet can probably figure out how to stock a shelf. To actually answer the question, I've never heard an employee complain about their job at Home Depot when I talk to them (seems like too often...). My tenent's boyfriend works there as well and seems happy and well paid for what he does. Lowe's, OTOH, doesn't seem to have the same faces around as long as Home Depot - at least at the ones near me. Just my somewhat uninterested and passive observations, though. Maybe apply to both and see what you find out for yourself. - Nate |
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In article , Nate B
wrote: seems happy and well paid for what he does Anyone who uses "retail" and "well paid" in the same sentence can't be taken seriously. ;-) I don't know how low minimum wage is where you are, but, up here in Canada, I could weep for anyone dead-ended in any kind of retail job, Home Depot or otherwise. The poor (pun intended) devils are working for the same kind of money that I earned in my twenties, back when it was actually a living wage /and/ /you/ /could/ /even/ /save/ /a/ /little/. Now, a young, single person couldn't possibly live on the hourly rate HD pays, /even/ /if/ /they/ /could/ /get/ /forty/ /hours/ /a/ /week/. The suits who run these corporations wouldn't get out of bed for the kind of money they pay their front-line workers. Then, those same arseholes bitch about how impossible it is to find /and/ /keep/ good staff. Duh! Maybe if they paid less for never-ending training for constantly quitting workers and used the same money for living wages... Gerry |
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On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 14:00:33 -0500, "G.E.R.R.Y."
wrote: ....accidentally sent the first reply too soon. In article , Nate B wrote: seems happy and well paid for what he does Anyone who uses "retail" and "well paid" in the same sentence can't be taken seriously. ;-) I think it really depends on the store you're in. Most companies have good policies, it really does come down to whether the manager of the store is a complete moron or not. Finding one that isn't is rare. To the original poster: your best bet is to talk to people at the store you're planning on working at. I don't know how low minimum wage is where you are, but, up here in Canada, I could weep for anyone dead-ended in any kind of retail job, Home Depot or otherwise. The poor (pun intended) devils are working for the same kind of money that I earned in my twenties, back when it was actually a living wage /and/ /you/ /could/ /even/ /save/ /a/ /little/. Now, a young, single person couldn't possibly live on the hourly rate HD pays, /even/ /if/ /they/ /could/ /get/ /forty/ /hours/ /a/ /week/. I always find it amusing when someone in one of these jobs takes it overly seriously, as if this is the only job they'll ever have. That's not to say one shouldn't try to do a good job. I worked at a craft store for minimum wage and tried to keep on top of what most of the major items in the store were for so I could help customers out, but when you're spending every free second making sure every item is perfectly placed, brown nose with management all the time, and complain about any coworker that doesn't live up to your standard of perfection, your time would be much better spent going to business school so you can at least get paid well for acting like a manager. The suits who run these corporations wouldn't get out of bed for the kind of money they pay their front-line workers. Then, those same arseholes bitch about how impossible it is to find /and/ /keep/ good staff. Duh! I have yet to work at a retail store/low end job where the management actually cares about the employee, or has any clue how to run the business they're in. I don't deal well with idiots telling me what to do [i.e. a manager telling me to run credit cards from people who didn't own them, to not have line holdups and keep people happy "Oh, it's all right, my wife/brother/boss said I could use their/company card to buy this!". Or assistant managers telling us to do things the manager above them told us not to do], thus I never could hold a job down at one of these places. Maybe if they paid less for never-ending training for constantly quitting workers and used the same money for living wages... I was told at one of the companies I worked for that they were losing money for the first 90 days of an employee working there due to training, etc. I lasted a little longer than that, but not much. The average employee turnover there was about 3 weeks. They're replaced all the managers there now, and there's still a huge turnover. Gerry |
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"Nate B" wrote in message ... "xrongor" he told me he didnt give a rats ass what i knew about computers or electronics. he wanted to know what i knew about SELLING computers and electronics. expect the same at lowes or home depot. I'm not sure what your point is or how the heck you came to want to post what you did based on the question other than a sharp paternal need to offer trivial career advice. I'm pretty sure anyone capable of posting to Usenet can probably figure out how to stock a shelf. why are you so agressive nate? sheesh. if you werent in attack mode you may have learned something too. randy |
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I don't know how low minimum wage is where you are, but, up here in Canada, I could weep for anyone dead-ended in any kind of retail job, Home Depot or otherwise. You speak of that which you know not. Many of the people at HD (can't speak to Lowes specifically, but they would have to be market competitive to survive) are former tradesmen who are reasonably compensated for their knowledge of the trades. I've personally spoken to two at a local HD (U.S.) that were willing to disclose their wage. One had retired from his trade, the other was moonlighting. The first was earning $16/hour, the second $13 (he was part time evenings, the easiest shift to staff for these stores). That's a far cry from minimum wage. Some of the clerks may be at minimum, but I don't think many are. And those with woodworking or contracting experience tend to do better. Know a guy in Virginia who had retired as a contractor, moved to VA, built his house, his daughter's house, was bored spitless. HD opened up and he got a job doing demonstrations. 18 bucks an hour for about all the hours he wanted the work. He didn't really need the money, but he had gone through hydorponic gardening (commercially, small scale) and a couple other hobbies, so decided to keep busy. Not exactly minimum wage. Not what he made as a contractor, either, but certainly better than $5.15. an hour. Now, Walmart does pay that kind of low end bucks. Do we complain about the help there? Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore |
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Hmm... 1 mile north is the Borg. 1 mile south is the ACE. Am I looking to
buy a tool, bit, roll of duct tape or shower door?.. go North. Am I trying to find a slightly smaller thingy that will fit my existing thingy and still allow me to use the bigger thingy on Thursdays?..Go south. Would you be happier at "the Borg" or the Ace? That's where you should look to work. IMHO. Pat.. wrote in message ... Hi, I am considering trying to get on a night stocking crew with Lowe's or Home Depot. I like working at night and being off during the day, and at the moment Lowe's seems best for me if the hours really are from 4:00AM-1:00PM. Can anyone tell me about what it pays, how they compare with Home Depot, or anything else you think should be taken into consideration? Maybe there are places that would be better to try to work? Can anyone suggest a better place to inquire about such things? I know about their websites, but want to learn about the things they don't tell you there as well as the things they do. Thanks for any info or suggestions! David |
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Hmm... 1 mile north is the Borg. 1 mile south is the ACE. Am I looking to
buy a tool, bit, roll of duct tape or shower door?.. go North. Am I trying to find a slightly smaller thingy that will fit my existing thingy and still allow me to use the bigger thingy on Thursdays?..Go south. Would you be happier at "the Borg" or the Ace? That's where you should look to work. IMHO. Better hope to get a job with the one that has an opening. If either one does in today's market. Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore |
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RANT ON
Seems to me like every one of you all read something into the OP that just wasn't there. The guy doesn't want to sell or manage, he wants to work the night shift stocking. No customers, no asking if anything is on sale, just stocking shelves when every one else is in bed. I am considering trying to get on a night stocking crew with Lowe's or Home Depot. I like working at night and being off during the day, and at the moment Lowe's seems best for me if the hours really are from 4:00AM-1:00PM. Every damn one of you all read stuff that isn't there!! I contend with the night stocking crew at Lowe's, Wal-Mart, Target, and I can go on and on, in my line of work, but that's not the point. You all read something about BORG and then start a useless ****ing match. Let's face it, they're here and they're here to stay. Aint a damn thing you, me or anybody else can do about it. Wal-Mart keeps getting thrown in amongst the mix, but where do you all buy your food??? Kroger, Winn-Dixie, Piggly-Wiggly, or any number of other major food chains. Are they not of the same BORG manner in which you speak? They have taken many independent little grocery/general stores over. Nobody bitches about them. Why? Because every last one of you go to them and buy food for the table. So the OP may not have used the proper judgment in asking his question here, but he just wanted a simple answer, then everybody tells him things completely off the original question. The "leaders" of this group do it more often than not, right along with their shills. Give the guy a break. RANT OFF -- "Cartoons don't have any deep meaning. They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh." Homer Simpson Jerry© The Phoneman® "Charlie Self" wrote in message ... Hmm... 1 mile north is the Borg. 1 mile south is the ACE. Am I looking to buy a tool, bit, roll of duct tape or shower door?.. go North. Am I trying to find a slightly smaller thingy that will fit my existing thingy and still allow me to use the bigger thingy on Thursdays?..Go south. Would you be happier at "the Borg" or the Ace? That's where you should look to work. IMHO. Better hope to get a job with the one that has an opening. If either one does in today's market. Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore |
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Jerry Gilreath rants on:
hy? Because every last one of you go to them and buy food for the table. So the OP may not have used the proper judgment in asking his question here, but he just wanted a simple answer, then everybody tells him things completely off the original question. The "leaders" of this group do it more often than not, right along with their shills. Give the guy a break. Jaysus, mon. Take me to your leaders. If this group has leaders, I'll take anarchy. Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore |
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I don't think you know what HD employees make. At least
down here in Northern California they do ok. A buddy of mine went to work doing exactly what the OP was asking about and he started out somewhere between $10 and $11 per hour. This was about 2 years ago and since then he mentioned a raise at least a couple of times. He has a lot of forklift experience but had never worked in a place like that before. He likes it and most of the other employees at the store seem to like their jobs ok. Minimum wage here is $6.75/hr, (I think) so he may be coming close to doubling that by now. Not going to get rich doing that but he has good benefits and room for advancement. I doubt that any HD anywhere would actually pay minimum wage. Around here if you run a forklift you will definitely get above minimum wage. And in response to the rest of your rant...Damn The Man! The Man is always trying to get me down! Workers unite! Damn The Man! Bruce Redding, Ca. "G.E.R.R.Y." wrote in message .. . In article , Nate B wrote: seems happy and well paid for what he does Anyone who uses "retail" and "well paid" in the same sentence can't be taken seriously. ;-) I don't know how low minimum wage is where you are, but, up here in Canada, I could weep for anyone dead-ended in any kind of retail job, Home Depot or otherwise. The poor (pun intended) devils are working for the same kind of money that I earned in my twenties, back when it was actually a living wage /and/ /you/ /could/ /even/ /save/ /a/ /little/. Now, a young, single person couldn't possibly live on the hourly rate HD pays, /even/ /if/ /they/ /could/ /get/ /forty/ /hours/ /a/ /week/. The suits who run these corporations wouldn't get out of bed for the kind of money they pay their front-line workers. Then, those same arseholes bitch about how impossible it is to find /and/ /keep/ good staff. Duh! Maybe if they paid less for never-ending training for constantly quitting workers and used the same money for living wages... Gerry |
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One of my friends delivers to HD and lowes here in Columbus, OH. He's
always showing me huge gouges in his trailer, where the guys cant work a forklift and dig into the bed. He said every once in a while they'll dump a pallete over the side. "Bruce" wrote in message ... I don't think you know what HD employees make. At least down here in Northern California they do ok. A buddy of mine went to work doing exactly what the OP was asking about and he started out somewhere between $10 and $11 per hour. This was about 2 years ago and since then he mentioned a raise at least a couple of times. He has a lot of forklift experience but had never worked in a place like that before. He likes it and most of the other employees at the store seem to like their jobs ok. Minimum wage here is $6.75/hr, (I think) so he may be coming close to doubling that by now. Not going to get rich doing that but he has good benefits and room for advancement. I doubt that any HD anywhere would actually pay minimum wage. Around here if you run a forklift you will definitely get above minimum wage. And in response to the rest of your rant...Damn The Man! The Man is always trying to get me down! Workers unite! Damn The Man! Bruce Redding, Ca. "G.E.R.R.Y." wrote in message .. . In article , Nate B wrote: seems happy and well paid for what he does Anyone who uses "retail" and "well paid" in the same sentence can't be taken seriously. ;-) I don't know how low minimum wage is where you are, but, up here in Canada, I could weep for anyone dead-ended in any kind of retail job, Home Depot or otherwise. The poor (pun intended) devils are working for the same kind of money that I earned in my twenties, back when it was actually a living wage /and/ /you/ /could/ /even/ /save/ /a/ /little/. Now, a young, single person couldn't possibly live on the hourly rate HD pays, /even/ /if/ /they/ /could/ /get/ /forty/ /hours/ /a/ /week/. The suits who run these corporations wouldn't get out of bed for the kind of money they pay their front-line workers. Then, those same arseholes bitch about how impossible it is to find /and/ /keep/ good staff. Duh! Maybe if they paid less for never-ending training for constantly quitting workers and used the same money for living wages... Gerry |
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"G.E.R.R.Y." wrote in message .. . In article , Nate B wrote: Anyone who uses "retail" and "well paid" in the same sentence can't be taken seriously. ;-) I don't know how low minimum wage is where you are, but, up here in Canada, I could weep for anyone dead-ended in any kind of retail job, Home Depot or otherwise. The poor (pun intended) devils are working for I tend to agree with Gerry, although Home Depot may be the exception. I'm Canadian too and am familiar with the retail industry and the low wages that the front line workers get. As to the people that work at Home Depot in stores that I've gone to in Toronto, they appear to be typically more experienced and knowledgeable that your average employee. Haven't asked, but their outlook suggests that they're a little better compensated. They remind me a little of the employees at Lee Valley Tools who are *all* extremely experienced and knowledgeable. Don't know what they make either, but work attitude goes a long way to making the premise true. |
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Gary35619 states:
$13? $16? What is your location? Here in Alabama I know nurses making less than that! What kind of nurses? RNs and LPNs are on widely varying pay scales, and my recent experience tells me most nurses are LPNs, not RNs. Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore |
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'anything else you think should be taken into consideration' quote off people are simply mentioning the 'anything else' randy |
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On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 03:04:57 GMT, "Jerry Gilreath" wrote:
RANT ON Seems to me like every one of you all read something into the OP that just wasn't there. The guy doesn't want to sell or manage, he wants to work the night shift stocking. No customers, no asking if anything is on sale, just stocking shelves when every one else is in bed. I am considering trying to get on a night stocking crew with Lowe's or Home Depot. I like working at night and being off during the day, and at the moment Lowe's seems best for me if the hours really are from 4:00AM-1:00PM. Every damn one of you all read stuff that isn't there!! That's what I was wondering about....and still am.... I contend with the night stocking crew at Lowe's, Wal-Mart, Target, and I can go on and on, in my line of work, but that's not the point. You all read something about BORG and then start a useless ****ing match. Let's face it, they're here and they're here to stay. Aint a damn thing you, me or anybody else can do about it. Wal-Mart keeps getting thrown in amongst the mix, but where do you all buy your food??? Kroger, Winn-Dixie, Piggly-Wiggly, or any number of other major food chains. Are they not of the same BORG manner in which you speak? They have taken many independent little grocery/general stores over. Nobody bitches about them. Why? Because every last one of you go to them and buy food for the table. So the OP may not have used the proper judgment in asking his question here, Well, I did ask if anyone could suggest a better place since I know my subject isn't what this group is about, but it's the best I could find to begin with. I'd still like to find a better place btw, if anyone can suggest one. Or even what to search for at Google or someplace. Searching for "night stocking Lowe's" at http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search is what brought this group to my attention. It came up many times...6 times on the first page, and it also said "Related groups: rec.woodworking". The "job" related ngs I looked at appear to be full of the same type of spam I trash from my email all the time. but he just wanted a simple answer, then everybody tells him things completely off the original question. The "leaders" of this group do it more often than not, right along with their shills. Give the guy a break. RANT OFF Maybe people tend to want to know more than they really do, or something like that? |
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 21:30:20 -0800, "Bruce" wrote:
I don't think you know what HD employees make. At least down here in Northern California they do ok. A buddy of mine went to work doing exactly what the OP was asking about and he started out somewhere between $10 and $11 per hour. That's the impression I got from someone a few years ago. This was about 2 years ago and since then he mentioned a raise at least a couple of times. He has a lot of forklift experience but had never worked in a place like that before. He likes it and most of the other employees at the store seem to like their jobs ok. That's another thing...every HD or Lowe's employee I've talked to has liked their job, which means a lot to me. The only real complaint I've heard was from a guy in a paint dept. who said they are understaffed in his oppinion, so he can't get things accomplished the way he feels they should be. He was considering transferring to another store, but wanted to stay with the company. Minimum wage here is $6.75/hr, (I think) so he may be coming close to doubling that by now. Not going to get rich doing that but he has good benefits and room for advancement. Thanks for all that...those are all things that are very important to me. I doubt that any HD anywhere would actually pay minimum wage. So do I, and wonder why someone would present such an ignorant bit of "information" to anyone else, especially in a public forum. Around here if you run a forklift you will definitely get above minimum wage. And in response to the rest of your rant...Damn The Man! The Man is always trying to get me down! Workers unite! Damn The Man! Bruce Redding, Ca. Damn the SOB I'm currently working for...a greedy, dishonest asshole who lies to and about his employees for no apparent reason other than to hurt them, who never realizes his own mistakes meaning that he makes a lot of them (since he can't try to get over making them if he won't even acknowledge them), at the expense of those who are trying to work for him (as well as himself). Not damn him to Hell, but damn him to what he deserves!!! |
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$13? $16? What is your location? Here in Alabama I know nurses making
less than that! What kind of nurses? RNs and LPNs are on widely varying pay scales, and my recent experience tells me most nurses are LPNs, not RNs. LPN? Low Pressure Nurse? Large Prehistoric Nurse? Low Paid Nurse? Let's Party Nurse? |
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Now, y'all know damned well that's a Licensed Practical Nurse.
I have known (in the biblical sense ) some of these erstwhile companions of the medical trade - and found them to be perfectly suitable to the task at hand. Of course, this is all past tense - as is most of my life. YMMV (Lord, I miss seeing that here). I'i'll agree up front that the licensing is suspec t.On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 14:31:02 -0700, "mp" wrote: $13? $16? What is your location? Here in Alabama I know nurses making less than that! What kind of nurses? RNs and LPNs are on widely varying pay scales, and my recent experience tells me most nurses are LPNs, not RNs. LPN? Low Pressure Nurse? Large Prehistoric Nurse? Low Paid Nurse? Let's Party Nurse? Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker (ret) Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 |
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mp asks:
What kind of nurses? RNs and LPNs are on widely varying pay scales, and my recent experience tells me most nurses are LPNs, not RNs. LPN? Low Pressure Nurse? Large Prehistoric Nurse? Low Paid Nurse? Let's Party Nurse? Licensed practical nurse. Two year course. Registered nurse: I think currently a 4 year course, used to be 3. Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore |
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B a r r y wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 05:58:38 -0500 (CDT), (GARY) wrote: $13? $16? What is your location? Here in Alabama I know nurses making less than that! Gary Come to the northeast. I have several nurse acquaintances that are almost to the point of being able to fill in their own numbers on the paycheck. G Yup, the northeast. My wife's friend is an operating room nurse and her W-2 this year was in excess of $100,000. |
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Ok, so what does that mean? Most businesses that use
forklifts have good drivers and bad ones. Just like any other job. The guy I know used to load my steel hauling truck and was one of the best I've ever seen. I'm not too shabby with a forklift myself. Have you ever ran a forklift? Ever screw up and bump something or dump something? Anyone who has used a forklift for a while and says they haven't screwed up is lying. Bruce Redding, Ca. "Tom Eller" wrote in message ... One of my friends delivers to HD and lowes here in Columbus, OH. He's always showing me huge gouges in his trailer, where the guys cant work a forklift and dig into the bed. He said every once in a while they'll dump a pallete over the side. "Bruce" wrote in message ... A buddy of mine went to work doing exactly what the OP was asking about and he started out somewhere between $10 and $11 per hour. This was about 2 years ago and since then he mentioned a raise at least a couple of times. He has a lot of forklift experience but had never worked in a place like that before. Snip Around here if you run a forklift you will definitely get above minimum wage. Bruce Redding, Ca. |
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wrote in message ... On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 21:30:20 -0800, "Bruce" wrote: This was about 2 years ago and since then he mentioned a raise at least a couple of times. He has a lot of forklift experience but had never worked in a place like that before. He likes it and most of the other employees at the store seem to like their jobs ok. Minimum wage here is $6.75/hr, (I think) so he may be coming close to doubling that by now. Not going to get rich doing that but he has good benefits and room for advancement. Thanks for all that...those are all things that are very important to me. You bet. I'm sure HD's are a little different depending upon where it's located. I doubt that any HD anywhere would actually pay minimum wage. So do I, and wonder why someone would present such an ignorant bit of "information" to anyone else, especially in a public forum. Because some people on this forum want to think they know something about every topic and post accordingly. In this case the guy is obviously a bitter old man, (or at least thinks like one) and really thinks that if it ain't a "Mom and Pop" store it must be evil. Probably still shops at the stores he hates too. Around here if you run a forklift you will definitely get above minimum wage. And in response to the rest of your rant...Damn The Man! The Man is always trying to get me down! Workers unite! Damn The Man! Bruce Redding, Ca. Damn the SOB I'm currently working for...a greedy, dishonest asshole who lies to and about his employees for no apparent reason other than to hurt them, who never realizes his own mistakes meaning that he makes a lot of them (since he can't try to get over making them if he won't even acknowledge them), at the expense of those who are trying to work for him (as well as himself). Not damn him to Hell, but damn him to what he deserves!!! Yeah, well, welcome to the world of working for someone else. I've had good bosses and bad ones in all sorts of types of work. Some lines of work lend themselves to having a disproportionate number of assholes compared to others. The best boss I've ever had has been myself. But then I have to deal with customers and just like bosses, some are nice and some aren't. But without those pesky customers all my job would be is a hobby. Bruce Redding, Ca. |
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On 4 Apr 2004 18:25:10 -0700, (Mutt) wrote:
B a r r y wrote in message . .. On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 05:58:38 -0500 (CDT), (GARY) wrote: $13? $16? What is your location? Here in Alabama I know nurses making less than that! Gary Come to the northeast. I have several nurse acquaintances that are almost to the point of being able to fill in their own numbers on the paycheck. G Yup, the northeast. My wife's friend is an operating room nurse and her W-2 this year was in excess of $100,000. My college sweetheart graduated the same time I did. I started out making more money as a computer programmer than she did as a registered nurse. But in the end, she wins, and I'm out of a job for months and months. |
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Licensed practical nurse. Two year course. Registered nurse: I think
currently a 4 year course, used to be 3 Not necessarily. SWMBO is a surgical nurse, and got her RN with two years in college. The frightening thing she told me is that to get one's nursing license, one only has to score 50 % on the licensing exam. John |
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JP Lipe responds:
Licensed practical nurse. Two year course. Registered nurse: I think currently a 4 year course, used to be 3 Not necessarily. SWMBO is a surgical nurse, and got her RN with two years in college. The frightening thing she told me is that to get one's nursing license, one only has to score 50 % on the licensing exam. Ouch. Watched 60 Minutes last night and that was scary enough. OK. My mother was an RN, but she started in, IIRC, 1931, maybe 1930, with 3 years at Yonkers General Hospital as a training field. Got a granddaughter who is an LPN, 2 year course. My mother was in NY, Kathy in VA, but both seem to have fairly stringent licensing standards. Mom retired, many years ago now, as acting adminstrator (would not title her "administrator" because she lacked a BS). She was also nursing services director and a major motivator of the campaign to build a new hospital, helping collect an awful lot of money in a few years. The hospital board's gratitude extended so far that they didn't cancel her health coverage over and above Medicare for the first year she was retired. The blessings of Westchester County and environs. Long time ago now. Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore |
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Phisherman wrote:
My college sweetheart graduated the same time I did. I started out making more money as a computer programmer than she did as a registered nurse. But in the end, she wins, and I'm out of a job for months and months. Yep. when one of us loses our job, we're out of work for hours and hours. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN http://www.mortimerschnerd.com |
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JPLipe wrote:
Not necessarily. SWMBO is a surgical nurse, and got her RN with two years in college. The frightening thing she told me is that to get one's nursing license, one only has to score 50 % on the licensing exam. I know several people who flunked the exam who wished that were so. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN http://www.mortimerschnerd.com |
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On 05 Apr 2004 04:03:33 GMT, (JPLipe) brought forth
from the murky depths: Licensed practical nurse. Two year course. Registered nurse: I think currently a 4 year course, used to be 3 Not necessarily. SWMBO is a surgical nurse, and got her RN with two years in college. The frightening thing she told me is that to get one's nursing license, one only has to score 50 % on the licensing exam. Q: What do you call a man who leaves medical school with a grade of "D-"? A: Doctor. Half of the dotors out there graduated in the bottom half of their classses. ------------------------------------------------------------- * * Humorous T-shirts Online * Norm's Got Strings * Wondrous Website Design * * http://www.diversify.com ------------------------------------------------------------- |
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