Hey guys and girls,
I'll keep it not so short and not so sweet and maybe even vent a little.
I'm from a Canadian military family so I grew up moving around Canada and Germany for the first 15 years of my life.
After High School in Canada, I got into sales because the military definitely wasn't for me and my family couldn't co-sign for student loans to go to university so that was not an option. Knowing this, I slacked in High School and got into the bad habit of endless TV and video games. I was a moron and still am in many ways.
After sales, I got into the trades at 22 doing granite installation and fabrication. I got injured in a work accident doing that at 25 after working my way up to the lead installer for the company. After two years of physio and depression I decided to go back to school. I listened to a family friend who is a Power Plant Operator (Power Engineer in Canada) and got into that field. While in school I met my now wife who finished her second bachelors degree at the time. She took a year off for health issues while I was finishing up my program.
The wife got into U of T for her masters for the 2019 to 2020 year, so I took whatever job I could in Toronto in order to hopefully in some way advance my career and pay the bills. Sadly it was a job at a hospital as an Building Operator hoping to get into the hospitals Power Plant once they have an opening.
Now I'm 29 and during the year so far, I developed health issues that have forced me to find a transition out of shift work. To top it off, as a Building Operator, I have to go into patient rooms whenever there is an issue involving the building or any of its systems. This includes Covid patients. I am in a high risk group due to my health issues, so the stress from that is compounding. My wife is also high risk due to her also having serious health issues and bringing Covid home would most likely kill her. My employer does not care. At all.
I never want to work for another person or company in my life after how I am being treated. I saw someone on YouTube mention unscripted and I immediately bought and read it. Then I bought fastlane. I have no Idea what I will do or where. We'll see where in Canada the wife gets a job with the pandemic. All that I know, is that I will do whatever it takes to secure a future that doesn't jeopardize my health and allows the wife and I to retire when our health inevitably forces it years ahead of plan.
I'll keep it not so short and not so sweet and maybe even vent a little.
I'm from a Canadian military family so I grew up moving around Canada and Germany for the first 15 years of my life.
After High School in Canada, I got into sales because the military definitely wasn't for me and my family couldn't co-sign for student loans to go to university so that was not an option. Knowing this, I slacked in High School and got into the bad habit of endless TV and video games. I was a moron and still am in many ways.
After sales, I got into the trades at 22 doing granite installation and fabrication. I got injured in a work accident doing that at 25 after working my way up to the lead installer for the company. After two years of physio and depression I decided to go back to school. I listened to a family friend who is a Power Plant Operator (Power Engineer in Canada) and got into that field. While in school I met my now wife who finished her second bachelors degree at the time. She took a year off for health issues while I was finishing up my program.
The wife got into U of T for her masters for the 2019 to 2020 year, so I took whatever job I could in Toronto in order to hopefully in some way advance my career and pay the bills. Sadly it was a job at a hospital as an Building Operator hoping to get into the hospitals Power Plant once they have an opening.
Now I'm 29 and during the year so far, I developed health issues that have forced me to find a transition out of shift work. To top it off, as a Building Operator, I have to go into patient rooms whenever there is an issue involving the building or any of its systems. This includes Covid patients. I am in a high risk group due to my health issues, so the stress from that is compounding. My wife is also high risk due to her also having serious health issues and bringing Covid home would most likely kill her. My employer does not care. At all.
I never want to work for another person or company in my life after how I am being treated. I saw someone on YouTube mention unscripted and I immediately bought and read it. Then I bought fastlane. I have no Idea what I will do or where. We'll see where in Canada the wife gets a job with the pandemic. All that I know, is that I will do whatever it takes to secure a future that doesn't jeopardize my health and allows the wife and I to retire when our health inevitably forces it years ahead of plan.
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