u/DarksideDV

Just tonight I had a young gentleman who he thought was a great idea to vape nicotine in the vehicle when asked don’t do that. Like come on people, stop vaping in the car when my child has to literally smell that odor and have to remove that stench and even though I say it in a stern way you decide to slam my door and rate me a 1 and say I was rude.

I already removed them and ever pairing with these people ever again, but still have some respect and ask if it’s okay to smoke don’t just invite yourself.

How long does onboarding take to set you up after accepted offer to your start date.

I’m curious to find out why, and if a union member crosses the picket line then why do most union members fabricate issues for other union members to get fired. Why make life to have HR believe they have done such a bad thing. Why make lies, to hurt union members and their family.

Honeywell’s recruitment process is highly inefficient and lacks basic transparency. After submitting an application and completing an initial 30-minute screening call, the position was abruptly closed. When I requested feedback, the recruiter offered a generic "business decision" excuse instead of actual transparency. Companies need to stop posting roles they do not have the budget or approval to fill. Job seekers invest significant time into preparation, and ghosting candidates or canceling roles mid-process shows a complete disregard for people's time.

I can’t believe to tell you that tonight or this morning at almost 3:00am picking up two male gentleman from Midwestern bar happy to give them a ride. During the ride, the rear passenger male tried to open the door as I am driving on the freeway for no reason because these two individuals were drunk. I was about 2 miles from there destination I had smelled alcohol that someone in the back seat spilled.

I asked the gentleman sitting behind me on the rear driver side if he had spilt alcohol and denied it. Then the two guys said sorry and the guy that sat behind me removed my floor mat and threw it outside thinking I wasn’t going to know. As I am down the hill about 20 feet away from there house I parked the car and open the door and poof missing floor mat and to add things worst is that they spilled alcohol on the carpet and ran away to there rich houses.

So, what did I do. I called the cops, they showed up, I pointed to the house those two gentlemen hid and was very furious. Cops was asking questions and one gentleman proceeded to lie to the cop with live body camera stating his free had gotten an uber and bounce. I told the cop that was a lie because I was stationed outside their house for more than 10 minutes and did not see an uber driver come pick up anyone. Above all, he lied and I told the cop I wanted to press charges because I use the car to carry my child in and told the cop that this needs to be fixed, so I told the cop I want money but gentleman only gave me $180 bucks since he couldn’t give me $200 for the damages for these two knuckle heads. I told officer this is my only vehicle to provide for my family and is not right and let Lyft know.

These people can care less about if the platform prohibits alcohol but they still do it, without asking.

Don’t let this happen to you guys. Police your care prior to taking off to hold them accountable.

So, last two weeks Friday I was supposed to get an offer letter but none was generated nor manager knows what’s going on except he said “They will make you an offer”.

I feel like this company is shady and lacks transparency. If they didn’t want me then by all means send me an email and say ya’ll don’t want me, it’s that simple. Why concoct something and make changes to the application to under consideration and or not retained when in fact I passed your interview and your assessment test? Why?

Guys, no one should be going thru this BS when applying for a job and waiting for an offer letter then blind side you for them to have a change of heart!

I got my ass lit from the recruiter for wasting her time when they wasted my time dragging their time for an offer letter for them for almost a week. If no offer presents itself the. I want .

I know what you all are thinking, why attack on managers?

I’ve seen in the past that managers think you’ve sold a job for them when in fact isn’t helping your case, it’s more for them.

Managers will use you for there bonuses and will lack transparency to you. I had a manager who some what faked his liking towards me because of jobs I’ve completed in the allotted time frame, I caught the manager and told him “was it for your bonus” and he replied who told you that. Right then and there I caught him in a lie on what I was being used for. But always remember guys and girls, don’t matter what the job is, do it right once and pay attention to details because that matters a lot. Quality over quantity, no short cuts and no bull****.

I don’t know, what do you guys think are you fed up being used and then not appreciating you or value your hard work and show any decent respect!

I have notice that a lot of the young men and women are giving up finding a career and kicking themselves in the butt. Just know it’s not your fault, it’s the economy job market that sucks, right freaking now.

I am 38 year old father and husband, supports his wife and two daughters. Life has taught me to don’t give up.

I’ve seen failures who don’t try in the military for people to succeed and graduate is because there are not trying.

When you’re applying for a job and updating resume always seek advice and never shame yourself on what your are doing is wrong. Always seek improvement in one’s self. In the military we encourage and motivate people to move with a sense of urgency or expeditiously.
We don’t have time to grieve or feel sad, all we know is get up and keep moving.

I saw to you this with confidence and experience because I have been in your shoes making minimum wage, living in my car and surviving on chicken nuggets.

You will at times you will make hard and stressful decisions. You will feel defeated, you will cry, you will feel emotional compromised. But don’t!

Pick yourself up and keep moving. These are my inspirational words of wisdom that for someday or somehow you all will invest and apply in yourself just as my command Sargent Major once told us in his departing ceremony and it doesn’t matter what it is your trying to accomplish. INVEST AND APPLY….GOT IT.

If you guys want to add anything else go for it.

Reason I say is this because I looked at my credit score and dropped 79 points today out of nowhere all because of this “Big Beautiful Bill” 1989 credit scores were created for control.

I had observed other countries who rely on credit score and surprisingly they do not. The job market is tanking people jobs or getting a job is at stake to be able to get anything now a days rely on credit scores which is complete BS. College graduates will have to find a way or form to payback all of those student loans which A I think can be a solution, either

1. file bankruptcy
2. work for a university or company who offer student loan repayment options to stabilize your credit because you need that to ever live in an apartment or get a house.

I want to know options because America 🇺🇸 we have to help each other out and any great resource or loop hole will be appreciated to beat the system. We pay for the rich to stay rich and need to rebel back. This is hurting our families and friends and ourselves and living our lives.

I want to know your guys in out is to how many of you guys men and women are fed up with this crap.

I was given a virtual interview with the information provided and passed 100% it was a direct answer fill in the blank questions, super simple and direct 15 questions. Just waiting for my offer letter to accept.

Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, DAHER, general atomics, Vanderlande, Firefly Aerospace.

Never stop and keep pushing when one door closes another one opens.

Now I know a lot of your people are wondering which is true.

I will start off with Boeing BCA. Ever since Covid had elapsed, life changed and in 2023-2024 I have worked with the greatest, experienced senior veteran workers there at boeing in functional test. At first, you are a fresh newbie with zero or to some experience in the aviation world. You will be put into a group but here is the catch, learn the job, participate in the job, engage into the job as much as possible and stay proactive and build trust.

Pros:
\- work with awesome people
\- put in work and they will have your back
\- supportive team and managers
\-always receive OJT from your lead
\-when you put in work your co-workers will always ask for your help because your a high value worker
\-401k is at 8%
\- Job is depended on labor grade such as for example, if your job is a 34107, the last number 7 is your labor grade, IAM 751 union wage card will tell you what the minimum and maximum pay is because it is hourly.
\- Awesome benefits such as college paid by boeing unless you maintain good grades.
\- Lunch bar is available during the times such as day shift and swing shift.
\-To max out in pay you can do it in 6 years.
\- Always room for improvement

Cons:
\-if you become a union and a strike happens never cross the picket line unless you want to make enemies.
\-If your caught one your phone and clocked to a job not working as you should you will be removed sent to a different department or fired.
\-never back stab people who have trained you.

Now that I have mention the Boeing BCA, next is Boeing BDS.

If you transfer jobs from PNW to the Midwest. Know that the Midwest is a complete different atmosphere and you better learn to read the room quick.

For this is only one pro, but I’ll get to that.

The cons:
\- The Midwest such as hazelwood, St. Louis and Mascoutah hate people who are transfers who are from the PNW.
\- These are young and old people who have zero respect for veterans, mainly 20-27 year olds young punks who treat you like crap, will never give you a time of day of their time.
\- Overall, you’re not there to make friends such people are like union stewards, union employees, managers.
\- You will get harassed by QA, pretty much everyone just to sum it all.
\- IAM 837 gets the lowest underpaid contract like feeding you dog food which is pedigree and complain how PNW gets more and make more.
\- IAM 837 union you have to work 11 years to max out and work you to death.
\-stay away from the MQ-25 program because they have employees who think they know know more than you. The allow drugs work there and hide it and do it in the workplace such as QA’s and mechanics, electricians, etc.
\-Boeing drug policy is dumb, never hold people accountable, people refusing to UA and put the blame on other people.
\-if you get investigated they will bring two dudes for intimidation and find you guilty and will not accept your statement.
\-no one has your back and you are the target that people will try to get you fired.
\-Union members will have the wrong mindset and always accept the bare minimum to get by in 8 hours.
\-Union members complain so much live a miserable life.

Only pros I got out of this is they transferred me paid by Boeing at 95% only 5 percent you have to cover for gas cost. Make sure you keep your receipts for reimbursement and always keep the money if you have left over.

I hope this sheds light for what ever job you apply for at Boeing BDS and stay away from Midwest pay isn’t very good and it sucks.

Why do I say this. 1) Because you yourself know what your worth and what you bring to the table and your experiences 2) Never settle for a low compensation if your single sell yourself and if you have a family think about what’s it going to take to support them 3) Really commit your values to the team and always INVEST and APPLY in yourself is what my Command Sargent Major would say. 4) Get to know about the company its mission and its goals and purpose.

Any job input would be greatly appreciated.

I had my interview back in April 29, 2026 and now in May 7, 2026. From other managers said I did a great job but are interviewing other candidates and would let me know a couple of days. I guess they were needing more people because they are running behind schedule and such, who knows.

How many of you think you should be compensated handsomely based about the number of years of experience?

Companies are becoming comfortable paying people based on experience but offer less of a wage and lean into the direction of cheap labor.

Companies offer wages between $30-$50/hr to mechanics, engineers and such. I don’t know if you guys think if this wage seems fair based on experience. I will say interviews can be taxing and such a cliche redundant scripted questions. Public speaking is the one subject I find it hard amongst talking to people you don’t know and how the will judge you based on your presentation an seem your worth the pay wage that he or she asks.

Let me know your guys input what’s a fair wage vs experience such it be in aviation world?