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post 1652023283 12-05-2021, 02:01 PM
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should I go into the family business with my dad?

Dude's a workhorse and makes $150 for an hour job doing plumbing. Not uncommon for a stack of 300 cash for 3-4 hours of work.

So far he does business with only Chinese people; posts ads on websites. But I'm thinking I can bring the Western thinking into the family business and help him out while earning some side cash for myself.


Any plumbers in the misc?
post 1652024043 12-05-2021, 02:12 PM
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bump
post 1652024073 12-05-2021, 02:14 PM
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Inb4 thunderpants
post 1652024093 12-05-2021, 02:14 PM
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give it a try. but try not to f**k him up. listen more, talk less. try to learn, not teach. the old man sounds like he knows what he's doing. be humble.
post 1652024133 12-05-2021, 02:15 PM
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good pay, but chit job. Gotta deal with a lot of chit
post 1652024143 12-05-2021, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted By amerikansjc⏩
Inb4 thunderpants
Lol.
post 1652024683 12-05-2021, 02:26 PM
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I wouldn’t but you might have no better options so give it a try and follow Gordon’s advice.
post 1652027573 12-05-2021, 03:21 PM
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I’d recommend for you to do it, heeding Gordon’s advice.
At first let your dad call the shots, he’s the boss.
You will be a partner later once you have proven yourself.
Discuss your ideas with your dad, but not right away.
In the long run the both of you together could expand the business quite nicely.
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post 1652028283 12-05-2021, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted By LargePeter⏩
Makes $150 an hour plumbing and not uncommon to get $300 for 3-4 hours work...?
Maybe $300 is the net profit?
post 1652484023 12-13-2021, 04:12 PM
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Bump

Its either this, uber or retail.


Fml.
post 1652484193 12-13-2021, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted By zhengterry⏩
Bump

Its either this, uber or retail.


Fml.
Damn brah wut happened to the lumber job and the electrician job?
post 1652484243 12-13-2021, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted By zhengterry⏩
Bump

Its either this, uber or retail.


Fml.
what happened to the electrician apprenticeship?
post 1652484263 12-13-2021, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted By zhengterry⏩
Dude's a workhorse and makes $150 for an hour job doing plumbing. Not uncommon for a stack of 300 cash for 3-4 hours of work.

So far he does business with only Chinese people; posts ads on websites. But I'm thinking I can bring the Western thinking into the family business and help him out while earning some side cash for myself.


Any plumbers in the misc?
Do it.
post 1652484313 12-13-2021, 04:16 PM
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post 1652484433 12-13-2021, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted By zhengterry⏩
Dude's a workhorse and makes $150 for an hour job doing plumbing. Not uncommon for a stack of 300 cash for 3-4 hours of work.
You fuking suck at math so if your two options are plumber or mathematician, you have to jump at this opportunity.
post 1652484783 12-13-2021, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted By Getter_done⏩
Damn brah wut happened to the lumber job and the electrician job?
My nose is too messed up to breath. I was working on ladders today and putting headers (blocks of wood) for ceiling lights and just couldn't operate the drill. Stuff kept falling, i felt like i was falling, kept on resetting the ladder to get the right angle, had little strength my shoulders were on fire.

I was at the plant job last month but they laid me off.
Originally Posted By Sterilite⏩
what happened to the electrician apprenticeship?
Idk, i tried a couple places, but didn't make it. I had the plant job, and with others the pre-employment schooling paid off, but yea i guess that's on hold
post 1652484933 12-13-2021, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted By shmobin⏩
You fuking suck at math so if your two options are plumber or mathematician, you have to jump at this opportunity.
True
post 1652484973 12-13-2021, 04:29 PM
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FL > PA
post 1652485003 12-13-2021, 04:29 PM
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I thought your dad was the president of nintendo
post 1652485243 12-13-2021, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted By Roldz⏩
Also anxiety is no joke, thanks to my psychosis and the covid climate, i couldn't make it.
post 1652485313 12-13-2021, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted By SeymourGains⏩
I thought your dad was the president of nintendo
No but he installed a water filter tap in the kitchen, because the city is adding fluoride to the water. This happened a couple days ago.
post 1652485583 12-13-2021, 04:37 PM
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Yes you tard. Trades are dying across North America. BRB corner the Chinese market, brb corner the ****** market, when more boomers retire you will have way more demand . Learn the trade, run the business, hire more plebs like yourself so they can do the grunt work. Any person under the age of 30 that has nothing going for them should do a trade. Boomers homes are getting older, and maintenance will be needed. Quit wage slaving and get into a business
post 1652485663 12-13-2021, 04:39 PM
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Obviously. Idk why you weren't doing that in the first place.
post 1652485963 12-13-2021, 04:46 PM
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post 1652486023 12-13-2021, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted By zhengterry⏩
No but he installed a water filter tap in the kitchen, because the city is adding fluoride to the water. This happened a couple days ago.
If it's not Reverse Osmosis, then it's not going to get Fluoride out.
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
If it's not Reverse Osmosis, then it's not going to get Fluoride out.


Not sure myself, but here's a pic
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Originally Posted By zhengterry⏩


Not sure myself, but here's a pic
Yeah, that does look like RO.
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You're 31 years old and only now just thinking of this?

You could've been making bank since you were 14.
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Originally Posted By zhengterry⏩
makes $150 for an hour job doing plumbing. Not uncommon for a stack of 300 cash for 3-4 hours of work.
150/hr
Makes 300 for 3-4 hours

Hughwotm8?
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Working with family can be a pain in the ass, but if you really think about it, no matter what job you do you will take chit from someone and have to deal with your co-workers bullchit, so it might as well be your blood, especially your father.

Also, there’s nothing like being your own boss.
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