NickTheGrip

Well, the deal is done. They came through with the conditions I was looking for so I decided to re-accept. They are covering my COBRA payment up front and have promised the relocation funds up front also. They even sweetened the pot with an extra week's vacation
 
I handed my 2 weeks notice in today. My boss was totally blindsided and not very happy.   This was right after he set me up as the guy to close out two of our biggest problem jobs to those customers (Subaru and GM). Now he has to go back to them and say "change of plan - we don't have one yet"
 
January 6 is my first day on the job in Kentucky. Now the fun part starts - trying to relo the family over the next 3 months or so.
 
Woo, hoo.................................I think LOL

yea its not a bad area .......i say go for it..

If things change let me know, I live in Louisville, Kentucky. Hebron is just a hop skip and a jump away.

Leave Detroit is the motivation?! Just get guns like everyone else! Maybe one like LOM's! LOL! I understand, though Nick. I left the area years ago! Of course I'm now near Flint, so it's #2 in violent crime. But not #1 like Detroit!

Uh, Just moving to Kentucky does not make me a Buckeye Fan!!!!. I will bleed Blue forever, wherever I live. And I will still support my "home" teams, except the Lions - they don't deserve any support.
Actually the job at the other place is not so bad. It is just that this is an upward move. I will be the Operations Engineering Manager, responsible for all the Controls Engineers and a Mechanical Engineering Manager. The office is almost entirely Engineering 25 of 35. I will be the 2nd in command after only the General Manager and with eyes on a relocation and further promotion to Western Michigan (where the Headquarters is at)
in 5 years. Also it is non-automotive (tired of dealing with those people as well you know Laz)
I am still in the discussion phase. I just wanted to get some kind of idea before I spend a lot of time going through the relocation process. 
 
Thanks for all the information LOM It is much appreciated.

I agree with Mekketon. Ask anyone who has tried to back up a trailer. you simply cannot control the trailer that well in reverse. It HAS to have been filmed and played backwards or have been photoshopped
My brother drives semis for a living and he just laughed when I asked him

Good Luck there Neeek! Watch that dry, sarcastic British humor and you'll be fine. Oh, and like LOM said, don't hit on the bosses wife (like Rodney Dangerfiled in Caddy Shack - "Want to earn fourteen dollars the old fashion way?!").
 


 
 

Don't give up on it yet. After voicing your concerns, if they really want you they will make it happen. If not, you're better off finding an employer that operates on a much more professional level. You're taking all of the risk, and that isn't a good position to be in considering they want you to relocate.

Of course I have been known to be wrong on occasion 
 
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I agree with Mekketon. Ask anyone who has tried to back up a trailer. you simply cannot control the trailer that well in reverse. It HAS to have been filmed and played backwards or have been photoshopped
My brother drives semis for a living and he just laughed when I asked him

That is awesome. It can be pretty mind boggling when you look at a larger area and see so many planes in such seemingly close proximity. Of course the altitude is not clearly visible on the map but you get the picture. I am amazed that ATCs don't make more mistakes (glad they don't though)

Actually 1957 was the last time the Lions were NFL champs, which is before I was born. Funny thing was back in 1977 I worked for a golf range and bar and the owner always said "as long as the Ford family owns them, they will never amount to anything!". He couldn't have been more on accurate! There also is a rumored curse, I forget who, but they traded someone good who cursed them. Either way, they need a Mike Illitch to buy them....someone who want to win, not just ticket sales!

As long as you don't get shit-faced at dinner and hit on the bosses wife, you'll do fine.
 
Good luck !

dont eat the baked beans the next day will be brutal lol good luck

I don't know much about that area. I am about 1.5 hrs from there. I can definitely show you around the cinci area.I do have an old co-worker who lives close to there I can probably hit up for more insight.

 
You are thinking of Bobby Layne, by the way Laz

You will be my neighbor !!!!!  Well around 85 miles.

Hey guys and gals.
I have been approached about a possible now job, working for a company located in Hebron, KY, which I believe is just across the River from Cincinnati, close to the Airport. Currently I live in the Western Suburbs of the Metro Detroit area (close to Lt. Laszlo), which is a decent area, unlike what most people have heard about Detroit.
My question is, can anyone give me some insight into the general area, is it safe (I have no idea where we would live yet) are there good schools around, etc.
 
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
 
 
Thanks all

 
Well we'd better do something it about then..............................oh wait, there's f' all we can do so why worry 

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is the one that finds that man - Lana Turner

 

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they are going to feel all day - Frank Sinatra

 

Go to Heaven for the climate, but go to Hell for the company - Mark Twain

 

Do not take life too seriously. You don't get out alive anyway - Elbert Hubbard

 

A day without sunshine is, like, night - Steve Martin

 

A woman's mind is cleaner than a mans. She changes it a lot more often - Oliver Herford

 

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think - Milton Berle

And now from my fave comedian a few years ago - Steven Wright
 
Some people are afraid of heights. I am afraid of widths.
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
What's another word for thesaurus?
I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.
I put instant coffee in a microwave and almost went back in time
It's a small world but I wouldn't want to paint it
If you shoot mimes, should you use a silencer
Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is the one that finds that man - Lana Turner

 

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they are going to feel all day - Frank Sinatra

 

Go to Heaven for the climate, but go to Hell for the company - Mark Twain

 

Do not take life too seriously. You don't get out alive anyway - Elbert Hubbard

 

A day without sunshine is, like, night - Steve Martin

 

A woman's mind is cleaner than a mans. She changes it a lot more often - Oliver Herford

 

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think - Milton Berle

And now from my fave comedian a few years ago - Steven Wright
 
Some people are afraid of heights. I am afraid of widths.
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
What's another word for thesaurus?
I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.
I put instant coffee in a microwave and almost went back in time
It's a small world but I wouldn't want to paint it
If you shoot mimes, should you use a silencer
Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press.