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<blockquote data-quote="sailfish" data-source="post: 4078760" data-attributes="member: 53248"><p>Last year I quit after five years of UPS to take an electrical class and I haven't looked back. Best decision I made in a long time. For me, finding a trade I liked doing has been life-changing. For the first time <em>ever</em> I feel satisfied with the work I'm doing. Sure it's paying less but the long term benefits far outweigh that fact. I wish I did this ten years ago.</p><p></p><p>None of UPS's typical bull<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> to deal with, I'm not destroying my body or stressing myself out, I go home at the same time every day after eight hours, I'm learning a valuable skill that isn't dependent on one company and a union and I can take it with me anywhere I want to go to market myself and negotiate my own wage. Not to mention I can actually enjoy Christmas time now.</p><p></p><p>And honestly I wouldn't mind retiring later at all. The work isn't backbreaking, it requires enough critical and abstract thinking to keep me sharp in my later years, and I <em>actually like doing it</em>. There are few things I find more satisfying that seeing a building I've spent weeks or even months wiring come to life at the flick of a few breakers.</p><p></p><p>You're asking for a reason not to, but I don't have any. If you enjoy doing HVAC/pipefitting kind of work, you have every reason to make the jump.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sailfish, post: 4078760, member: 53248"] Last year I quit after five years of UPS to take an electrical class and I haven't looked back. Best decision I made in a long time. For me, finding a trade I liked doing has been life-changing. For the first time [I]ever[/I] I feel satisfied with the work I'm doing. Sure it's paying less but the long term benefits far outweigh that fact. I wish I did this ten years ago. None of UPS's typical bull:censored: to deal with, I'm not destroying my body or stressing myself out, I go home at the same time every day after eight hours, I'm learning a valuable skill that isn't dependent on one company and a union and I can take it with me anywhere I want to go to market myself and negotiate my own wage. Not to mention I can actually enjoy Christmas time now. And honestly I wouldn't mind retiring later at all. The work isn't backbreaking, it requires enough critical and abstract thinking to keep me sharp in my later years, and I [I]actually like doing it[/I]. There are few things I find more satisfying that seeing a building I've spent weeks or even months wiring come to life at the flick of a few breakers. You're asking for a reason not to, but I don't have any. If you enjoy doing HVAC/pipefitting kind of work, you have every reason to make the jump. [/QUOTE]
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