Machine Operator in Pennsylvania

[pacnc]

Hi everyone.I have been laid off for 7 months now.I have tried other resources to find a job with no luck.Any help you can offer would be appreciated.I would be looking for a Job in Lancaster-Berks county Pennsylvania.I will send a resume to anyone who request it.A little about myself.....I have 11 years in shops.I have operated a wide variety of machines including manual 40 mills,manual horizontals,g-code machines (HAAS,fanuc controls).I have run some manual laythes (but my preference is mills).I know how to set-up jobs(including loading offsets and cutter comp.).I can also do programing/editing from the control with the aid of example programs.I have not been taught more in depth programing methods,but I can learn quickly(and I'm willing to learn).I would love to learn a cad system as well.I am also very easy to get along with,dependable and drug free.I'm not looking just to collect a paycheck.This trade is my livelyhood.It is what I do.If you need any more info send me a pm and I will reply promptly.Thanks for your time.

[g-codeguy]

Wish you the best of luck. I live just north of you, but work in NJ...for obvious reasons. We are a small shop, but 10 people have been laid off this year so far. Six of them last week. Several lathes are just sitting there with no work. A 65 year old foreman was asked if he would like to take 2 months off. The company would keep his insurance going for him. He declined figuring he might not be called back.

Everyone is down to a 40 hour week. I was working 52-56 hours on average with an occasional 60 our week. Several younger guys were working 60 hours every week before Christmas. It is still better than being laid off, I guess, but not by a lot. People are making 25-75% less than they were last year depending on the hours they had been working. Unemployment benefits would be a raise for a few of the men.

[Tomorrow_man]

Maybe try Crescent Industries down in New Freedom, Pa.

I don't know if they are hiring, but it doesn't hurt to ask.


TM

[g-codeguy]

Maybe try Crescent Industries down in New Freedom, Pa.

I don't know if they are hiring, but it doesn't hurt to ask.


TM

Thanks. Will give it a shot.

EDIT: Would require relocating. Thanks anyway, but I will continue to look locally for awhile.

[pacnc]

I'm notbeing picky,but new freedom is 60 miles from my house and I can't relocate just yet.Thanks for the heads up though.

[g-codeguy]

Oops! My bad. Didn't read the thread thru. Thought it was the one I had started. Guess my memory isn't as bad as I thought. When this forum opened up when I clicked on the link in my email, I could have sworn I had posted on a different forum about looking for a new job. I was right. I had posted on another form.

My apologies pacnc and tomorrow_man.