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If you have little seniority you are out the door.
That is the truth. Especially in a tool room, seniority is HUGE...
Starting out, you will be that "weekend guy". Once you get seniority however, you get a steady 7-4pm 1st shift with weekends optional, depending on the industry you are working in.
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Boeing announced 8000 layoffs earlier this year, with more to be announced later this year. Production rises and falls, they just trim jobs. How many of that 8000 were machinists ? If you have little seniority you are out the door.
That is not the ideal job, it does pay, those machinist are probably in production, the best jobs are not in "machine operator" machinist, just loading round stock, load a cnc prog. and taking measurements every interval, anyone can do that. IMO, the best is in Tool and Die in dedicated tool rooms working with molds/Dies/Press tooling, separating,cleaning and modifying 15,000 lbs molds.