I would imagine your first day will be mostly orientation, so it shouldn't be too bad.

I don't know if Goodman makes their own coils or in that plant anyways, but lacing coils looks like the hardest job in an HVAC factory to me. The JCI plants in Oklahoma and Kansas make all the condenser coils in house, it is a line up of the most stressed out women you've ever seen working. They say men just can't do that job efficiently so it's all women lacing coils all day long 24/7. I wouldn't want to try it that's for sure

I know a couple factory managers, we talk about the joys of babysitting employees a lot. All they want is for you to do the job at the pace they show you and not create any drama. They absolutely hate people that bring down the teams culture with outside drama. If you are a team player and do the work, you'll be fine.

 

and just remember... it's not like you were born with the skills for your job...

you will need to adopt and though you screw up a few first times, you'll just have to learn...

Good Luck...

 

too tired to tell yall about it... but.... i was on the phone with my daddy at lunch... balling... telling him i wanted to quit.....had to go to the nurses sation cus i felt sick... cus i didnt eat b/4 work... b/c i forgot.... but i finished a full days work......


got put on an easy job the 1st 2 hours...

then i got a new job ( HATE IT) the girl that had my job b/4 me... quit....( i hate her) so they put me on it.... and everyone told me its the hardest job on that line

and i think they are just trying to see if i will quit.... why else would they put me on a job like they did being new... the girls i work with... had to baby sit me all night... helping me do my job... they were really nice about it too...( they had been in my shoes doing the same job).... and they also told me.. that i slowed prouction down my 25 minutes im tryin really hard to do my job too.. not like im dity dadling around... i dont have time to... so maybe they will move me....all they can ask me to do is try....im really tired.... and i obtained 4 cuts....and a huge blister... my daddy is mad about the 4 cuts.. because they give us kevlar gloves ( and kevlar arm guards) and my group leader told me to take off my glove..so my dad is mad about it...... and i found out im allergic to kevlar... o well.. just gotta suck it up...and keep on pushing trough.....

i right now want to appologize to the factory workers that are on diesel bombers.... yall dont get enough credit.... its hard....on your feet 8 hours... short breaks long hours... i just hope yall are getting paid as well as i am ... i wont get a pay check till next week.. but im gonna keep on pushing on....

 

You made it through your first day. That's half the battle right there. Being in a production environment, you'll get a rhythm going as you get more familiar with your job. As for them putting you in what everybody else calls the hardest job on the line.. it's only as hard as you make it.. Since it's all new to you, they're all going to be hard til you figure out what you're doing and what it takes to keep things flowing. We all had to start somewhere. Try as best you can to memorize the steps you have to go through, and then write them down on your break. (think cheat sheet) Between that and your co-workers helping you out and teaching you little tricks here and there, you'll get the hang of it in no time. Try to think one step ahead and eventually it will become habit.
Check with your supervisor and see if they have any barrier cream. That should help with your allergy to the gloves. Either that or a liner that you're not allergic to.

 

Holy cow , thats what work is like thats why they call it work and your low on the totem pole so your going to get the crap jobs and have to work your way up to a better position. When i first started in a factory i had the **** job with no training at all , walked threw the door and was led to a line and told someone would show up to releave me and dont leave until some one shows up ...which was 8 hours later when the next shift came in they forgot about me evidently but after that i was like break time already ?

 

i remember the steps just fine..... i just cant do wat they are asking me to....i mean im busting my to do it... but i can't... im trying my hardest... but its not working....the ladies back there are very nice... and they do half my job for me ....i done that job for 6 hours... and the one lady that works beside me told me... baby... ur just cant do this job... ur busting urs....she also said when she done the job i have..she had she had it down pact in 2 hours..... not everyone can do the same job.... so..im hoping like hell they move me tonight....


but...ill let yall know how tonight goes.....last night on the way home i swore i wasnt going back.... and im gettig ready for work..

i think i may be tougher than i thought....either that... or just hopeful haha


thanks to all the help and advice yall are giving me...

 

The real life sucks dont it...

 

welll i quit.... job was too hard.. and people on down the line was cussing me and yelling at me... and the women that where supposed to put my stuff together for me to put on the unit... dissapered and i ran out of materal.... and the units where right ontop of each other... ...so i quit.... im sure i let down my daddy he said i handled it wrong that i should have went and told my foreman i was getting yelled at... and then i was like yea then id be the " lil cry baby"....the job was way too hard for me anyways...

try not to give me a hard time... i tried...

im not happy with myself that i quit...at all... but i did and i cant take it back now.....

so like i said try not to give me a hard time



o and not to mention i was busting my to keep them from having to do my job....

and im also getting sick...anyways....

 

When you start doing anything out of the normal its going to be hard , your using muscles your not used to using , it takes a few weeks for your body to adapt and build where you need it for what your doing , give you a month at that same job and you would be kicking *** , you cant expect to walk in and be perfect . getting yelled at and cussed at is normal , check your feelings at the door , real life isn't easy either get on the bus or be ran over by it .

I ran a line that was pointing North for 3 years and was always performing the same tasks in the same direction , i would kick its *** day after day and be ready for more when it was time to leave .... i moved to a line thats the EXACT same thing ran the same material and everything but it was pointing south and everything was backwards , my first few days was hell but after that it was the back to the same ol' grind .

Factory workers need to have the Thick Shell around them , find away to have fun and still get your job done

In my classification now , theres no "not good enough" its obvious before you get to be an operator if you can do it , willingness means nothing if you cant do the job. Theres a few guys that are a nervous wreck everyday , i just have fun sometimes i screw something up but i learn from it and move on , theres been times where im at work more than im at home so im going to enjoy it . now my line can be engulped in flames and i just walk out and put it out fix it and start it back up with out batting an eye , 9 years ago i would be like OH **** !!!!! and be freaking out

 

well i cant take it back now....i have never been yelled at or cussed at like i was tonight... a girl got in my face.... i couldnt do my job b/c the girls infront of me wasnt doing theres... i feel like someone ran over me...4 times...then backed up and drove over once more.....im sore like crazy.... i cant pick up my arms ...my feet throb...and my back is uselesss..... and i dont have a job anymore ...


bottom line is.. the job was too hard .... i m getting sick..... and i cant stand people in my face yelling at me......

and i cant take back wat i done...