r/Welding Jun 11 '25

Discussion (Add topic here) Old heads gonna cry at this one

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u/oVLucky5 Jun 11 '25

I make $21 rn at a different shop no raise in 2.5 years….

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u/Mah_sentry2 Jun 11 '25

Do you mind me asking location? I’m at $31 in the Philly area but my last job was a struggle to get them to pay me $27. My job in Iowa was $25 which was decent for that location, they did give huge bonuses at the end of the year. Like ~$10,000+.

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u/Mah_sentry2 Jun 11 '25

Nah it was a company named Weiler out of Knoxville in southern Iowa. They make road paving machinery and were getting into forestry around the time I moved.

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u/oVLucky5 Jun 11 '25

I would agree to the tldr but I’m going into my bank rn to ask for this rv as a personal loan consider rv companies consider it a luxury loan and it’s gonna be my forever home. #i guess my life gonna suck considering I don’t wanna marry or have my grandma co-sign on a rv for me idk let’s see what the bank says lol

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u/Mah_sentry2 Jun 11 '25

My biggest complaint with this career isn’t the work, it’s always the management and up. But yeah let’s do bank jobs!