New Member here, awesome site!

[MillerTime85]

I'm glad I stumbled upon this site, you guys pretty much have all the latest General Motors news. I'll introduce myself. I'm 21, I just finished college and am now working as a temp at the GM parma stamping plant. The plant had to hire temps because about half of the workers took the buyout and they needed people to replace some of them. We don't make as much as the regular employees ($18.75 an hour plus cost of living, so a total of about 21 an hour) but get no benefits, but its still a damn good wage and its enough that I can afford to pay monthly for my own health insurance. I have quite a few gm workers in my family. My dad is a supervisor at the plant, my grandfather retired from there, and a couple of my uncles worked there. Us temps have a pretty uncertain future at the plant, were not the regular kind of 3 month temps. There has been temps working at the plant for a year and a half. I know it is wishful thinking, but I hope when the UAW contract expires at the end of this year that we will be offered permanent employment. Although I realize it would be for a lower wage and not as good of benefits as the old time employees are used to. It's still way more than enough to make me happy. I don't see why they wouldn't permanently hire us, it is the most productive stamping plant in north america, and they need more employees after the buyouts, and they would save money by giving us less in wages and benefits. Seems to make sense to me. Being a temp right now though, they are very strict with us. Miss a day of work for almost any reason- out the door. Late once- warning, Late twice- out the door. I highly value my job though, I am there at least 30-45 minutes early everyday in case I have car trouble or something else unforseen happen and even though everyone else walks off the line 5 mintes early, I dont leave my position till its the exact minute I am supposed to.

If theres anyone with more knowledge than me on this subject, what do you think my future holds with the company? if any. I know its a gamble and I shouldn't hold my breathe.. but Damn itd be nice to do this permanently.

p.s.- I reread my post and I know my grammar wasn't the best here, but its 2am. Give me a break lol.

Edited January 16, 2007 by MillerTime85

[Intrepidation]

Welcome to Cheers and Gears!

[turbo200]

glad you're happy with GM, best of luck there!

[Cory Wolfe]

Welcome. I'm not a good person. You may want to ignore me.

[Sixty8panther]

Wow, you make more than I do and I'm 27 with a B.A. I wish I could work for GM.

WELCOME TO C&G!

[CARBIZ]

You seem to have a very healthy attitude. GM needs more of that. I hope your enthusiasm is infectious and will influence the old timers that you are working with. Good luck! And welcome.

[Camino LS6]

Welcome!

We are glad to have you.

[I hope GMRULES again]

Welcome and good luck with the job.

[Delta Force79]

Welcome to C&G

[Northstar]

Welcome! What is your degree in?

[MillerTime85]

Welcome! What is your degree in?

Criminal Justice, I want to be a police officer. (thats if GM don't work out )

[loki]

welcome to this big club we have

[Chris_Doane]

Welcome. I'm not a good person. You may want to ignore me.

I hope that's not the line youve been using on first dates. Edited January 16, 2007 by CD/BP

[trinacriabob]

There are a lot of characters here (I'm excluding myself, of course...ehm...ehm). Seriously, there are a lot of interesting people here.

[NOS2006]

Hi. I hate cops.

haha Just kidding. I'm NOS. Glad to hear you're a GM fan. I'd have BV (blackviper) cuddle with you if you weren't.

[ocnblu]

Welcome, Miller Time 85. Let's see, I am trying to figure out your nickname... :AH-HA_wink:

[NOS2006]

He's 21 and he can drank! haha

[ocnblu]

O RLY? :AH-HA_wink:

[deftonesfan867]

I hope that's not the line youve been using on first dates.

Sad thing is that he probably does Chris Welcome to the cult, err, family MillerTime.

[Guest YellowJacket894]

Welcome aboard.

Seriously, there are a lot of interesting people here.

Too bad I'm not one of them.

[MyerShift]

Sometimes it could be good not to be interesting...

And Welcome to C&G!

[Guest YellowJacket894]

Sometimes it could be good not to be interesting...

*Sigh.*

Alright, alright. Guess it's time for Dockers, a pocket protector, and a 1986 Toyota Corolla wagon with AWD.

[K.C.]

Welcome to the Loonie Bin. I'm sorta new here too. Its a good place for great car news. Enjoy your time here.

[Cory Wolfe]

I hope that's not the line youve been using on first dates.

Well, if a guy is freaky...

I'm NOS. Glad to hear you're a GM fan. I'd have BV (blackviper) cuddle with you if you weren't.

Say wha...? I don't get it.

[daves87rs]

Welcome MT 85!

[76ChevyTrucker]

Welcome, hope you find things here to your liking. I started off as just a part time visitor, catching up on my beloved GM news, then it got more interesting, then I started drawing a few things here and there for the site, and now I'm normally here in the lounge or in the tech section going through problems.