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Posted by The King on December 12, 2008, 11:05 pm
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:24:50 -0600, lp1331@webtv.net (Lp1331 1p1331)
wrote:
>The woman across the steet from me works at the Toyota plant in San
>Antonio where they build Tundras. She installs either an exhaust
>manifold or power steering hose. They train for at least two tasks and
>alternate every few hours--I forget the exact time. I also don't
>remember exactly what she said the starting wage was, but it wasnt
>$25/hr. It is more like $15-18. They do have fairly decent benefits.
>Health insurance for dependants-- her husband and daughter- costs
>something like $150/ month. When the plant was hiring it was estimated
>that they would have at least 10 applicants for every job. (about 2000
>jobs total). The pay and benefits are decent, working conditions ok etc,
>but they expect an honest day's work for a day's wages. They will not
>tolerate habitual tardiness, absences, coming in hungover etc, etc. that
>is the norm for some UAW workers. Frankly, that type of work would bore
>me to death, and I'd rather do something less monotonous for less money,
>but that's just me. Larry
Yeah I feel the same way and the monotony world make me drink more.
Wages vary around the country. Maybe Tx has a lower base rate then
other areas?
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>Antonio where they build Tundras. She installs either an exhaust
>manifold or power steering hose. They train for at least two tasks and
>alternate every few hours--I forget the exact time. I also don't
>remember exactly what she said the starting wage was, but it wasnt
>$25/hr. It is more like $15-18. They do have fairly decent benefits.
>Health insurance for dependants-- her husband and daughter- costs
>something like $150/ month. When the plant was hiring it was estimated
>that they would have at least 10 applicants for every job. (about 2000
>jobs total). The pay and benefits are decent, working conditions ok etc,
>but they expect an honest day's work for a day's wages. They will not
>tolerate habitual tardiness, absences, coming in hungover etc, etc. that
>is the norm for some UAW workers. Frankly, that type of work would bore
>me to death, and I'd rather do something less monotonous for less money,
>but that's just me. Larry