Oldschool UNEMPLOYED

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 6:18pm
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves.
"The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit.
So the P.O. last week for $600,000 will be outsourced
Along with the rest of them forever.

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design-engine 8/18/2009 8:00am
8/18/2009 8:00am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 1:37am
unemployed should consider community college or retraining somehow. Gear heads do well to learn Pro/ENGINEER to become draftsmen. I work at a school where we teach unemployed people to get jobs in design drafting and engineering fields.... think about it at least or pass it around. http://www.proetools.com < I hope that was not too shameless of a pug to get banded off the site but I could not help it.... you said unemployed.... and we in IL too.

We have motorcycles in the school of the school too! I have a YZ450 behind me at this very moment Wink Im teaching a die casting class now and we are converting the kick starter from a machined part to a die cast part in Pro/ENGINEER.
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Bummer
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"banded".... Laughing
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Oldschool wrote:
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves. "The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit. So the P.O. last...
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves.
"The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit.
So the P.O. last week for $600,000 will be outsourced
Along with the rest of them forever.

Terrible news!!

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DirtyFilter75 8/18/2009 8:03am
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Sorry to hear that dude!
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Think positive....it's a vacation
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Oldschool 8/18/2009 8:24am
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Design
I use Solidworks For Modeling and Mastercam for programming
Everything that came through the door I programmed .
14 years experience

Maybe Proe or UG would be a plus
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DirtyFilter75 8/18/2009 8:27am
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Oldschool wrote:
Design I use Solidworks For Modeling and Mastercam for programming Everything that came through the door I programmed . 14 years experience Maybe Proe or UG...
Design
I use Solidworks For Modeling and Mastercam for programming
Everything that came through the door I programmed .
14 years experience

Maybe Proe or UG would be a plus
On a positive note I get at least 3 calls a week from Headhunters looking for candidates. People are hiring, it's not as gloom and doom as some would have you believe.
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Oldschool wrote:
Design I use Solidworks For Modeling and Mastercam for programming Everything that came through the door I programmed . 14 years experience Maybe Proe or UG...
Design
I use Solidworks For Modeling and Mastercam for programming
Everything that came through the door I programmed .
14 years experience

Maybe Proe or UG would be a plus
DirtyFilter75 wrote:
On a positive note I get at least 3 calls a week from Headhunters looking for candidates. People are hiring, it's not as gloom and doom...
On a positive note I get at least 3 calls a week from Headhunters looking for candidates. People are hiring, it's not as gloom and doom as some would have you believe.
Yep exactly! There are plenty of jobs out there. Don't believe the media hype.. Good luck to you and sorry to hear about your job loss.
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BUTCH 8/18/2009 9:24am
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Hate to hear it Oldschool. I've been off for 4 months now.
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Oldschool 10/28/2009 8:22pm
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Praise the Lord

Working...Chevy Volt Program.
5 man shop, out in Corn fields with pick up trucks and Lab / retrievers hanging out of them ,30 min from me.

They cried uncle to the labor pool out there ..
The ad read "Top pay for Top guy" I blindly sent my 35th Resume into cyberspace
The owner calls me right up " Tony"?!?!, I worked on the bench with him 18 years ago..
New Screamin laptop/docking station/dual monitors/email address Go,go,go
Jobs due first week of Dec.






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Good for You!
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That's terrific. Man, hope it's a wonderful and interesting gig for you for a long time.
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Oldschool wrote:
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves. "The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit. So the P.O. last...
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves.
"The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit.
So the P.O. last week for $600,000 will be outsourced
Along with the rest of them forever.

Very sorry to hear this Oldschool. I hope things get better for you soon.
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crowe176 10/28/2009 9:19pm
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Oldschool wrote:
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves. "The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit. So the P.O. last...
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves.
"The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit.
So the P.O. last week for $600,000 will be outsourced
Along with the rest of them forever.

jmar wrote:
Very sorry to hear this Oldschool. I hope things get better for you soon.
This just in. Oldschool is working.
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Oldschool wrote:
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves. "The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit. So the P.O. last...
The front office Cut the In house ToolRoom to save themselves.
"The Banks are on us" we have to show a profit.
So the P.O. last week for $600,000 will be outsourced
Along with the rest of them forever.

jmar wrote:
Very sorry to hear this Oldschool. I hope things get better for you soon.
i believe it already has haha. Cool deal Oldschool. Good to hear you landed on your feet.
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fencepost 10/28/2009 9:50pm
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Good for you Old School. Hate to say it the "Lord" had nothing to do with it. Yous got skills brother.
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great news, I live out in the boon docks hoping something comes through as my work for the state has dried up, believe me you start praying when all looks bleak. I know i will keep praying if stuff turns around. On a positive note have a tenative job offer with a federal job(going throgh the background stuff) and sent off a application for a test rider position at the harley proving grounds near my house. Hey, Ill ride a pig for pay, i do it for free anyways(not the lady, I have a tour glide besides the cr250 and cr500 :-)

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BUTCH 10/29/2009 1:38am
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Great news to both of you guys.Cool
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SEEMEFIRST 10/29/2009 9:42am
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Great news,Oldschool. Sounds laid back, and cool.

Design...Pro-E? Really? I realize it's out there, and pretty big, but Solidworks/MasterCam is where it's at. I can't tell you how many Pro-E drawings I had to spend hours on cleaning up to get something we could actually write toolpath to.
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JPT 10/29/2009 2:50pm
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Great, glad to hear it.
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dougie 10/29/2009 6:34pm
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OS, have the other guys that got laid off with you also found work?
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This shit's scary, for sure.
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SEEMEFIRST 10/29/2009 9:58pm
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Nerd wrote:
This shit's scary, for sure.
What? Pro-E?
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Oldschool 10/30/2009 5:37pm
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Dougie
One of the other guys went on to a night shift 3:00 to 3:30 a.m.
Right out of the gate.
There is always a night shift open around here.

One Guy was re hired back under another title to fool the Banks.

The rest fell off the face of the Earth...

I'm using X4mu1 only, they don't have Solidworks as
All design's are done on the outside.
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dougie 10/30/2009 6:06pm
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Oldschool wrote:
Dougie One of the other guys went on to a night shift 3:00 to 3:30 a.m. Right out of the gate. There is always a night...
Dougie
One of the other guys went on to a night shift 3:00 to 3:30 a.m.
Right out of the gate.
There is always a night shift open around here.

One Guy was re hired back under another title to fool the Banks.

The rest fell off the face of the Earth...

I'm using X4mu1 only, they don't have Solidworks as
All design's are done on the outside.
I was going to start a string the other day asking who had friends or family that had lost jobs in this past year and what kind of luck they'd had at getting new employment. We read and hear so much about how bad it is and I thought it might be interesting to see amongst our Vital group what our realities were. Thanks for sharing your story and CONGRATS on getting back to work so soon. Saves on the Malanta. Wink

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Big Lenny 10/31/2009 8:43am
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Oldschool wrote:
Design I use Solidworks For Modeling and Mastercam for programming Everything that came through the door I programmed . 14 years experience Maybe Proe or UG...
Design
I use Solidworks For Modeling and Mastercam for programming
Everything that came through the door I programmed .
14 years experience

Maybe Proe or UG would be a plus
I'm an AutoCad 3D expert, but I'm about to dust off my SolidWorks program, or maybe back to school for Catia...Hand in there OS...

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