They had a plantwide meeting Monday at Peterbilt. They told us that due to the new federal 2007 heavy truck emissions regulations that production would be cut from 68 trucks per day to 30 trucks effective Jan 29. . I watch my 80,000.00+ job go down in flames. Feeling rather numb , I drove home in a stunned silence and proceeded a rather pathetic attempt at sleep . Of course , with the state of things , that didn't work very well . I then made 30 minutes worth of phone calls , called in a few favors and lo & behold, scored an interview with a musclecar restoration company as the head of parts dept. Went yesterday after only getting two hours of sleep and scored it! The money will stay about the same as Peterbilt but the totally insane work hours will cease and no more turning of wrenches except on MY cars. I actually have a new job that will be exciting to go to instead of this zombie state with fat paychecks as the only plus.
Moral of the story: Never sweat the small stuff and DON'T panic!
