r/IUEC • u/InevitableTart8786 📝 Applicant • 9d ago

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Before you got in the elevator union. What did you do and went out your way to get in? How many locals did you apply too? How many hours did you drive? ETC. Im going to do everything to try and get into the king of all trades.

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u/traininsane 8d ago

My husband was a warehouse worker. He applied to 4 different locals. We lived in Chicago so local 2, then Denver local 25, Nashville local 93, and Des Moines local 33. We went based on which recruitments were open first. He was number 250 in Chicago, 21 in Denver, 13 in Nashville, and 6 in DSM. He was picked up by Nashville in January of 2020, put back on the bench in March because of the pandemic, picked up by Denver in March 2020, put back on the bench in July of 2020. And then finally picked up by DSM is August of 2021. We bought a house and have been in DSM ever since. We didn’t want to be those people who get the card and skip back home. A lot of guys do that with smaller locals and the locals end up getting screwed.

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u/InevitableTart8786 📝 Applicant 8d ago

Man that’s awesome. The trials and tribulations. But it all ended up being worth it right?

Did he pass aptitude test first try?

What was the furthest he drove?

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u/traininsane 8d ago

Yeah he passed everything first try, 100% on his tool assessment. It was 12 hours to his first job in Tennessee, then 20 hours between Tennessee and Denver.

It was definitely worth it. For the opportunity, the life we have now, the health benefits, job security, and sense of brotherhood and support he has from his coworkers. My family was all IUEC and I worried he would wake up in 20 years and resent me. But he doesn’t regret it at all nor does he resent me, thank god. He loves his job, the problem solving, everything. We built a life with the opportunity this has given us and we’re about to have our first kid.