2nd day @ my new job

[pedroh 21]

well, I told some of u, but, this week I started a new job @ Smithfield, a food processing and packin plant, specifically, pork, lots and lots of pork.. I started as a QA supervisor, not bad money, not a lot of hard work (as actually cutting the meat, which looks hard), just lots of walking in steel toes, and lots of noise.. there's a nice niche there for bilingual people, most of these processing and mfting plants have a big # of hispanic workers, and supervisors and such are needed, so that's where the money is, looks like..

promotions @ the shack were low, and I just wanted to try something different.. besides, there were new 'profit formulas' meaning lowering comissions, and next year, lowering wages to some of the positions (as asst manager, like I was), and today I read Circuit city is firing 3,400 employees, to rehire them at lower wages, so looks like the whole retail business is 'lowering costs for more profit' (or firing a lot of people, lol)

btw, anyone who works in plants, or factories, can recommend me some real COMFY steel toe boots? i bought some cheapo boots @ wally world, when I tried them out, they felt nice, after 8 hours of continous walking my feet were hurting!! and my toes too, cuz of the steel toe and hardness of the boot.. someone told me I actually will have to spend 60-100 bucks on a decent pair of boots that are actually comfy, rather than 25 buck boots from walmart..

cheers

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Good luck with the new gig and anything less than a comfy tennis shoe, I have no clue.

[GaryC 7]

As someone that wears steel toes every day I have only one suggestion. You should be gellin!

http://www.drscholls.com/showcase.aspx?scid=2

[reach449 2]

I wear steel toe shoes and I bought mine at Red Wing shoe store. Try them, mine are very comfortable. Good luck in your new job!

reach449

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

Grats on the new job, pedro man!

[rebeccajo 14]

Holla, burro boy!

Red Wings are the way to go, generally. If you've got a store down there that caters to 'worker man' occupations, get over to it (you know, a store that sells Carhartts and the like).

Up here, a lot of the plants give an annual allowance for steel toe shoes. Like, $100 bucks a year for one pair. You might check with your HR people about that.

[Donna A 4]

oh my gosh that brings back memories of my days at the turky farm. hair nets and steel toed boots which they supplied. i hope u enjoy ur job more then i did. i was never so glad to get laid off and they closed up.

[pedroh 21]

Holla, burro boy!

Red Wings are the way to go, generally. If you've got a store down there that caters to 'worker man' occupations, get over to it (you know, a store that sells Carhartts and the like).

Up here, a lot of the plants give an annual allowance for steel toe shoes. Like, $100 bucks a year for one pair. You might check with your HR people about that.

oh those boots look nice.. im gonna find a worker man store today lol, my feet don't hurt as bad as yesterday, but still, I would like another pair.. now, I was thinking of this time getting them half size bigger.. cuz thats why mine hurt, they are exactly my size..

[Fuzzness 2]

I wear steel toe Caterpillar shoes. They are very comfortable, and made to last. Their soles are made by Goodyear. I love em.

[Flames9_RN 359]

http://www.danner.com/home.do

I have Danner's(acadia model), awesome boot, cost me nearly $400 in Canada a few years back. Mine are not steel toed though,I'm sure there are some on the website (and much cheaper) I wore mine while in the military, so some days they were on my feet for nearly 20 hours and loved them!!

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I wear steel toe shoes and I bought mine at Red Wing shoe store. Try them, mine are very comfortable. Good luck in your new job!

reach449

Red Wings all the way!!!

[Niels Bohr 72]

Dr. Scholls?

[metta 0]

Congrat!

But is this not the place where many Hispanics are hired at minimum wage slaughtering pigs for hours. I hear, the turnover rate is very high and most workers last only one year before they leave the place totally drained.

[metta 0]

Hi Pedroh

As you know, I live in the Triangle and often when I pass Smithfiled exit on I 40 on my way to Wilmington, I wondered about what goes on in the slaughter houses. I also recall horror stories about the place on NPR. Since then, I've been curious about the place. I have included the links to some related stories and would like to know how accurate they are . Would appreciate hearing from you your own impression of the place.

Cheers

http://www.eco.utexas.edu/~hmcleave/meatfactory.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15786539/site/...week/?nav=slate

[Jasman0717 9]

Good luck with the new job I used to work at Monford's of Colorado back in the 70s. That was a meat packing plant and it was actually a pretty good job. They ended up laying a lot of people off because of a really bad winter so the next thing I know I am in the Corps!