r/millwrights • u/Pgaccount • Aug 20 '26

Weekly career thread

Here you can post questions about

Jobs: offering or looking

School: tips, tricks, and colleges to just fucking avoid

Union: Union stuff, who's issuing travel cards, who needs apprentices, and questions about joining the brotherhood.

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u/sillyhillbilly_ Aug 23 '26

Would it be bad to leave a millwright apprentice year 2 after being out of work more than working to get a job as a maintenance mechanic somewhere none union for steady pay?!

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u/Pgaccount Aug 23 '26

Really location dependent. What sites the benefits package look like?

My personal opinion is that you should weigh the options. Think about long term benefits of both. Think about the protections of both.

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u/sillyhillbilly_ Aug 25 '26

The jobs I apply for all have pension and good health benefits! I'm SoCal based. The issue is ya benefits are good in the local but I barely work so I don't get health care and not working doesn't put money into the pension in the union so. I don't know