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Aka,May 17 2008, 10:13 AM Wrote:Anyway.... can I make $170k a year at Ford?
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Lol, sure, if you are willing to:

• Serve a 4.5 year electrical apprenticeship, 2 year industrial machinist program, hold PLC and HMI certificates, and be willing to still be attending college after working for a company for 20 years to keep your skills current.<>
• Be able to beat out the other 1000+ similarly qualified electricians Ford has in its applicant pool.<>
• Work in excess of 60 hours a week every week, 7 days a week; 8 hours M-F, 10 hours S-S.<>
• Work all your stat holidays. I was on vacation last week and March Break, apart from that I've worked every day except one since (and including) Christmas night,<>
• Work steady midnights to avoid traffic and collect an extra 10% shift premium (which adds $17G a year to your salary).<>
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  {And note: before anyone makes a Union crack, the hourly rate that I make is not out of line with any other electrical contractor with my qualifications or experience; Ford pays me for &quot;time served&quot; keeping in mind that for every minute the line is down it loses $10G in profit. If I save them 20 minutes of downtime in a year, my salary is paid for the whole year. I regularly save them that in a week.}