This morning I finished my last shift at Georgia pacific after 23 years. Now it's time to focus on our move to Idaho and running the sawmill. Here's to the future....
Congratulations !
Idaho sounds great
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Congratulations! Enjoy it!
Good for you
Enjoy
Congrats and best to you! I noticed GP's stock went down. Now I know why. 23 years, good job.
23 years,48 years old GREAT job.
My daughter lives near Victor,Id.
smiley_sun And here to a great future!!
Congrats on the move. smiley_thumbsup
I have a Grandson that will start working for GP on the 23rd and he is probably just as excited to get a job as you are to start your new chapter in your life.
Way to go. Good luck!
Keep us in the loop Kevin and congrats / good luck. Might see you up there one day.
Thank you everyone, it's definitely exciting. MM, I hope the facility he's going to is being ran better than Toledo. It used to be a great place to work, then the Koch brothers bought GP and it started to spiral. There have been 8 people in the last year who have left like myself. Before Koch took over that just didn't happen. I sure will miss a lot of people there though, but I'm just young enough to start over, so the time is now 😁
Yup, I watched and endured the changes that took place after AT&T had to deregulate and spin off the Bell Operating Companies in 1983. Nothing is ever the same, but my Son, Marty, now works for what is now named AT&T but it is a completely different company. Older employees move out and younger ones are glad to get their jobs. Something is always better than nothing.
Yeah that basically what I said when I was told I'd me missed. I'm just a number and there will be a warm body doing my job in a week.
Congrats. You won the rat race! Gary
Yes, there is life after working for "the man" and I predict that you will do well.
I was "downsized" at age 51, only three years older than you. I did carpenter work, etc. for 8 years before buying the sawmill.
Thank you for the encouragement, I'm going to be doing my first post Gp milling job today. Will be cutting 1x12 fir siding for a guy just down the road. Also, I went to DMV yesterday and passsed my cdl gen knowledge, air brakes and combos tests. I figure I'll get a backhoe to help do the heavy lifting while building a house in Idaho (besides I can buy one for what the excavations would cost) I'll also need rock and a way to move the backhoe, so I'm looking at 5 yard dump trucks. Between the sawmill, dump truck and backhoe, I should be able to keep beans on the table.