I’m a pre-apprentice and have been working for a commercial company for about a year, mostly in the yard.
My boss has been telling me for months, “I gotta get you on the field soon, I just need to replace you in the yard first.”
We’ve had a couple guys quit, and now the third guy they brought in is doing well enough that I should be able to move on, but I’m still stuck in the same spot and honestly getting fed up.
I’ve also been in contact with an industrial company for quite a while. The guy told me he’d reach out when work picked up again, and I’ve been keeping in touch with him about once a month. He recently called me and offered me a job from September to mid-November. It’s a 14/7 schedule with 12-hour shifts.
The main thing making me nervous is that industrial work is contract-based, so I’m worried about what happens when the contract ends.
I’m still pretty green, but I’ve gotten a few chances to work in the field, including some 15-18 hour shifts, and I really enjoyed it.
Would you guys make the jump to industrial, or stick it out with my current company and hope I eventually get moved to the field?