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Bartlett vs Clinton Hopefuls
Tech A:
Your missing the point RG, the question is who does Bartlett take care of the faithful returnees or the "numanco" techs. Clinton has always been a good place to go because it always starts at the beginning of the year (Jan 8th). While the others start in Feb. and March (Salem). So now If I was an old returnee I would be a little heated that I could be losing the first outage of the year and the highest paid outage Bartlett has to offer. If companies have their way all the outages will be on a circuit and it will be like the "Core group" of Duke. And we all know how well those techs are paid. By the way SGR's are no longer guaranteed two months of work. Techs have been getting laid off after one month of work at SGR's. 40% of the outages dont start in Jan.
Joe Ferguson:
You guys are getting all rapped around the axel here. Just let go of the 'Numanco' and the 'Bartlett faithful' stuff. With all that work going on this spring, the upper hand goes to the tech's - not the comany(s).
It gets even easier yet - if you want to work and make the money, then 'GO'. If not, call your buddy at Clinton, or Byron, or Braidwood, or LaSalle, or even DresneyLand and ask them if they can float you $50.00 until your unemployment check gets in.
Get a kleenex and get back to work.
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Dave Warren:
Sounds like you guys need a union.......roflmao
Just kidding. Just kidding.
Beer Court could not be more correct.
I'm a former self-proclaimed King of the Exelon circuit, remembering old-school companies like DNI, PSESI, Numanco, and eventually Bartlett.
I did not have a week off from 1987 until late 89, when I first started in the Commonwealth Edison ratholes. That would be as a Control Point and a Junior HP. Life was good back then. You would be body counting (laying down back then) and they would ask you to go to another Illinois plant. No joke. Oh, how times change.
It still can be good in Illinois. If the timing is right, your job performance is right, and you are enough of a glutton to want to work all the union houses. Not to mention, you shouldn't piss off Denise (Hi, Denise..).
I know you probably want to go certain places at certain times, but if you just suck it up and go get your money someplace where you don't want to go, it will all come back around. Kinda like karma.
TECH A: I have never worked east of the Ohio / Pennsylvania border in 21 years in this business. Guess what? I was given an opportunity near Philadelphia, doing safety and not Rad Pro. I took it and I had never been here for work or pleasure. It all worked out just fine and now I am headed back to the house to eat some turkey in a few days. I went with a brand new company, at a brand new site in a brand new field and I feel great about it. Don't tie yourself down to a rock that doesn't move. Branch out my friend and diversify.
Tech A:
Thanks Mr. Warren for your input, and I agree with diversification, but why did it take you 21 years to finally diversify? My question is whats Bartlett going to do if they are truely going to "Package Clinton"? Returnees of Clinton or the "old numanco" to fill the rest of the exelon outages. And if they give it to the "old numanco" chain how will the returnees feel? Again Mr. Warren thanks for your input, but for me branching out happen a long time ago.
Already Gone:
--- Quote from: Tech A on Nov 14, 2007, 05:20 ---Thanks Mr. Warren for your input, and I agree with diversification, but why did it take you 21 years to finally diversify? My question is whats Bartlett going to do if they are truely going to "Package Clinton"? Returnees of Clinton or the "old numanco" to fill the rest of the exelon outages. And if they give it to the "old numanco" chain how will the returnees feel? Again Mr. Warren thanks for your input, but for me branching out happen a long time ago.
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First, the "old numanco" or "returnees" you keep referring to are groups of people. Bartlett doesn't hire groups of people - they hire individual technicians (sometimes in pairs, but that is another mistake to be addressed in another time and place) to fill open positions. My guess is that they are going to staff all these outages with the first techs to say yes. Naturally, they'll call people in a certain order. They will probably start with the techs who have worked at Illinois Exelon/AmerGen in the past and won't have to go beyond that to find enough takers.
If you haven't noticed, Bartlett has had the other Exelon plants for quite some time now. They have staffed them without having to stamp the word "numanco" on anyone's forehead. The only segregation among Bartlett employees seems to be happening in your mind. If you are counting on Bartlett to discriminate against its own employees because they used to work for the other guy several years ago, you are going to get disappointed. There isn't room in this business for employers to carry grudges or prejudice against their own techs because they used to work for a company that they bought. The two factions that you have created here for the sake of this dicussion - "old numanco" vs. "returnees" do not exist. There are Bartlett techs and Bartlett techs. The company is going to give these jobs to the Bartlett techs. There will certainly be techs from both groups on the list.
In case you haven't figured this out already ( I bet you have.) Bartlett pretty much has to follow a set of rules which doesn't include appeasing or offending any particular groups:
Rule 1: Staff the job
Rule 2: Use the most qualified people
Rule 3: Take care of your people first
Rule 4: Hire whoever you can get to fill the remaining slots - treat them like part of the team
Rule 5: The customer's needs come first - following rules 1-4 will take care of rule 5
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