Job Opportunity: Surveying in Training, Make Double Salary & Benefits

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The thread discusses a job opportunity for a surveying position in training, highlighting the potential for high earnings and benefits, as well as the challenges associated with the role. Participants share personal experiences and anecdotes related to the job and engage in light-hearted banter.

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  • One participant describes the job as a great career opportunity with the potential to earn significant money once licensed, mentioning personal salary increases and benefits.
  • Another participant warns about the irregular payment schedule, noting that employees may go weeks without a paycheck but could receive raises as a result of the boss's guilt.
  • Some participants engage in personal exchanges, sharing stories and teasing each other, which shifts the focus from the job opportunity to their personal relationships.
  • A participant mentions an encounter with an ex-Air Force individual who found an ancient artifact, which adds a historical anecdote to the discussion.

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The discussion contains a mix of serious job-related commentary and light-hearted personal interactions, with no clear consensus on the job's desirability or the seriousness of the anecdotes shared.

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The conversation includes informal exchanges and humor, which may distract from the primary job opportunity topic. Some claims about job conditions and personal experiences are anecdotal and may not reflect broader realities.

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Interested in working with the latest technology, including GPS, lasers and the Mexican backhoe. We just fired an idiot and are looking to replace him. Not so much for the idiot position, but the surveyor in training position. Great career opportunity. I am billed out at $300 an hour so there is definitely good money in surveying, once you get licensed. I started out about 5 or 6 months ago and already have nearly doubled my salary, got a company truck, company cell phone and a computer. Downsides include starting at the bottom, hot summers in Arizona and working for me.
 
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Warning: I don't lie, all the stupid things I've said I've done here, except for the murders, are quite common. Strange situations seem to find me irresistable.
Also when I say starting at the bottom you have to realize that the entire company and everyone working here can and has gone to lunch in one vehicle with enough room left over to pick up a couple of hitchhikers.
 
Another downside: employees get paid when the company gets paid so sometimes a week or two goes by without a check, but you usually end up getting a raise out of the boss cause he feels bad.
 
Tribdog said:
Anyone need job

And I thought grammar was one of your pet peeves.

Mike
 
Sounds like it would be interesting, but there's that whole school thing...
 
mjwhip2 said:
And I thought grammar was one of your pet peeves.

Mike
Wow, are you my brother? What's up? Long time no see.
 
Hey! Yeah, trib! Your brother's been here and been telling us all KINDS of cool things about you! :biggrin:

You, TRIBDOG, you!
 
tribdog said:
Wow, are you my brother? What's up? Long time no see.

None other. Just working. Hey, Jolene is going to be down there in about a week if you wanted to see the boys. I can't make it though, I'll be in Oklahoma City for a school. I'm sure you remember those times with dad. My school is only a week this time. Although I did spend 3 months there this summer, and will have another 2 months next summer.

I will possibly be bombarding this site with stories of your antics while you were a kid although I don't remember any as unique (or stupid) as some I have read on here. I do have some baby pictures I may post as well :rolleyes: . How much money do you have? I am not above taking bribes.
Shoot me an e-mail if you wanna. user name at aol.
Talk to you later
Mike
 
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mjwhip2 said:
I will possibly be bombarding this site with stories of your antics while you were a kid although I don't remember any as unique (or stupid) as some I have read on here. I do have some baby pictures I may post as well :rolleyes: . How much money do you have? I am not above taking bribes.
I'll pay! How much do you want? :-p :biggrin:
 
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We have CHOCOLATE, Mike! We give chocolate for stories! :buggrin:
 
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Tsunami said:
:buggrin:
That's a new one. :bugeye:
 
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Evo said:
That's a new one. :bugeye:
rented fingers...
 
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Oh man, you haven't been going into the archives have you Mike? You shouldn't have to, there's not much in there anyway. Right everybody? Tribdog is sort of boring, stays out of trouble, that sort of thing.
 
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tribdog said:
Oh man, you haven't been going into the archives have you Mike? You shouldn't have to, there's not much in there anyway. Right everybody? Tribdog is sort of boring, stays out of trouble, that sort of thing.
Yeah right! :smile:

tribdog, you make life worth living. :approve:
 
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tribdog said:
Tribdog is sort of boring, stays out of trouble, that sort of thing.
Of course. Never caused any trouble. Always on the straight and narrow. Gotcha. I believe we all know better.
Mike
 
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I ran into an ex-Air Force fellow named Bob Phillips who has his own GPS company in the Phoenix area. It turns out he found an ancient Indian obsidian axe head alongside a road in eastern New Mexico that I have been on. It is now on display at a museum in Denver, he says.
 
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tribdog said:
Oh man, you haven't been going into the archives have you Mike? You shouldn't have to, there's not much in there anyway. Right everybody? Tribdog is sort of boring, stays out of trouble, that sort of thing.
<snort>
:smile:
 
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Oh dear, I find it hard enough to deal with one tribdog... now there are two! however mjwhip2 seems like the easily converted fellow. Give me ammunition to use against tribdog and you can have a shiny penny!
 
  • #19
don't listen to him Mike. JP doesn't have a shiny penny, he's always begging for cash.
 
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:biggrin: if you weren't such a skinflint and donated, I might have a shiny penny to give him!
 

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