Posted on 09/15/2018 8:57:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If you want to have several months off each year, working in Alaska as a fisherman ... until your body gives out
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Or you are killed. Commercial fishing can be deadly.
Death comes unbidden on swift feet.
As a crew member, you need to know who your skipper is, what his track record is, how well the boat is maintained, the frequency of shipyard and so on. Greenhorns need to believe they are immortal or turn off thinking about possible consequences.
If you want to actually make money instead of owing the boat money, you need to know the skipper’s markets, the price per pound/ton, the boat’s quota - if applicable, and the size of the share you will potentially receive. Greenhorns can count on being screwed over financially because they have no knowledge of the fishing finances or what is fair or even the going rates for their work.
The skippers on Deadliest Catch are good guys but they represent only a tiny portion of the AK fleet.
If you actually want to follow the profession, you must start young but if you are older find work in a cannery - the pay is low, the work boring, and the hours long. Living conditions are harsh. The upside is that you will learn the ins and outs as well as the boats and skippers in the fisheries in that part of AK. Jobs on tenders are also possible but they are mostly consigned to family and friends of the owners; once in a while, some skipper will beach a crew member and offer the position to some kid on a tender.
Best jobs are on tug boats - the pay is excellent but you must hang out in union halls for a long time before you can expect to be hired and then earn the AB rating.
All of the above hiring changes if you already know the right people before hand.
Unfortunately the social media assistants that I am aware of are all leftists and so are their companies.
There doesn’t seem to be any jobs for conservatives in that field.
Social media contractors dont get a lot of hours
I’ve heard many people say it’s the company that makes the money off the slave hours of the drivers.
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If you haven’t noticed that seems to be the aim of the world wide elite. Virtual slavery.
Years ago I said, The elite of the US have two options. The slower route which was to bring the world population standard of living up to US levels or to drop the standard of living in the US to third world levels.
Now we know what they chose.
Years ago I said, The elite of the US have two options. The slower route which was to bring the world population standard of living up to US levels or to drop the standard of living in the US to third world levels.
Now we know what they chose.
You are *so* right! And it's been going on longer than you think.
(Vanity) A Falling Tide Grounds All Boats
Note the date...
That is not a typo. That is a new feature.
I have been saying this for years also.
We are in the hands of an elite wanna be slave owners. Life will become very cheap.
Sad recently CMS had dictated that all the supplemental plans follow the stair step protocols of medications, including now Chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy is usually prescribed according to the kind of cancer, not in a stair step from least effective to most effective. and less expensive to more expensive.
Since the supplemental are usually for healthy people, this is a way to thin the herd.
You are right. The tutors I know that have solid clientele have subject area masters degrees (ie chemistry, not education degree) and taught for at least five years. While it’s possible to get that kind of money, they generally start out helping families with whom they built a relationship while teaching.
“And you don’t even have to walk as you are bodily carried out of you venues.”
...as you are carried out of your venues bodily.
Hey, I could do the content editing thing.
Adjunct professor may not necessarily pay $31K per year. The school may expect the adjunct’s other employer to pay the adjunct’s salary, with the adjunct getting nothing more than fringe benefits from the school.
On which planet? And when such a gig does open up, it averages two paid hours a week. :)
Teaching Engrish?
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