same here 40 hrs third shift at the local water treatment plant, $580 a week, family insurance free, two weeks vacation paid, triple time and a half for holidays, 5% sepira, 5% match on 457b deffered compensation plan. Dish network top 50, no dial up internet and 25 cent pepsi's in the machine.
Wife works for UPS in customer counter, will be driving the brown truck in two more years, full family insurance there too, 4 weeks vacation, $23,83 an hour to start then $5 raise over 6 years-go teamsters on that one. First day she drives that truck Ole Joe is a full time EC from then on.