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re: Is anyone else not pushing their kids to attend college?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:30 am to bbarras85
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:30 am to bbarras85
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I have a sister who is 37 (no pics) still paying on college loans. I would never want that for my kids.
All depends on how much she makes post graduation.
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It is getting to expensive to justify when you can go to a trade school and become an electrician, or HVAC specialist and make tons of money right out the gate
What about PTO and vacations? Quality of life? Ability to work from home or remotely? Retirement packages and 401K matches? Health insurance options that includes things like free or discounted gym memberships? HSA's? Working in the A/C? What about long term vertical growth? Abilty to work with the same company but move to a different state or country?
"tons of money right out of the gate" is a HORRIBLE reason to make a career choice.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:33 am to LSUfan4444
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"tons of money right out of the gate" is a HORRIBLE reason to make a career choice.
Especially when it’s not actually “tons of money.”
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:42 am to LSUfan4444
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What about PTO and vacations? 2 Weeks as soon as you start and that increases with longer you're with the company.
Quality of life? Such an objective question that only each person can determine for themselves.
Ability to work from home or remotely? You obviously can't do that if you're required to be in the field. But you get a gas card, plus company truck or a truck allowance.
Retirement packages and 401K matches? Fidelity up to 5% match.
Health insurance options that includes things like free or discounted gym memberships? Yep.
HSA's? Yep.
Working in the A/C? Nope but our foreman aren't working foreman so they just literally supervise.
What about long term vertical growth? Yep. Will pay for you to be trained to get your license and our first look for PM's or estimating starts with field personnel.
Abilty to work with the same company but move to a different state or country? You can't with our company but you can with a lot of national/regional subcontractors.
"tons of money right out of the gate" is a HORRIBLE reason to make a career choice.
Commercial Construction Subcontractor here. Just sharing that commercial is better than Residential if you're not an owner in residential.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:44 am to LSUfan4444
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All depends on how much she makes post graduation.
She makes 70k before taxes.
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What about PTO and vacations? Quality of life? Ability to work from home or remotely? Retirement packages and 401K matches? Health insurance options that includes things like free or discounted gym memberships? HSA's? Working in the A/C? What about long term vertical growth? Abilty to work with the same company but move to a different state or country?
"tons of money right out of the gate" is a HORRIBLE reason to make a career choice.
My father in law in the last years before he retired was netting 400-500k running his own hvac business. It is a decent living. I would not have a problem with either of my boys following in his footsteps.
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