The following is a reply from the anonymous original poster
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Originally Posted by Iceman-19
Dude. You have worked there for 3 years and literally only done 2 hands on mechanical jobs? WHY ARE YOU STILL THERE?
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Originally Posted by BoostedBB6
I do not believe there is a legal definition of what an apprentichip consists of other than to teach.
I don't think that you will get any EI if you quit as it will be hard for you to prove anything and no legal leg to stand on.
If you are third year and you have been there 3 years and are still doing lube jobs you seem to lack motivation or common sense.
Within the first year you should have been moving onto jobs better than an oil change.
Time to go out and find another job.
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I was dangled with the carrot of "with time, I (the tower operator),will give you more challenging work. With the lack of jobs, I stuck it out, getting a few alignments and mostly accessories that did nothing for mechanical experience except for ripping apart underneath dashboards and one set of (rare) lowering springs. I was eager to learn and have asked repeatedly for harder work, but our control freak tower operator still sees me as "green". I have yet to do any mechanical work I've personally diagnosed and had correctly checked by a tech. It would get passed on despite me knowing I was capable of doing it.
Our shop runs 10 techs at, 4 apprentices, the two apprentices going full tech within the next six months, when we have a full house. There's a lack of effort up front to pull in work, yet management fails to see this despite the constant complaint of lack of hours.
I have the motivation to do the work, but common sense said to stick it out for the money, which is what I came into the trade for
second. The former falls on deaf ears that cannot be stopped because the gravy is controlled completely by the tower operator, and if he's crossed, you won't make money.