In My Own Shop

Things are slow and uncertain but not nearly as bad as they were last Summer. We are now working pretty much full time, but still missing a couple of hours or so most weeks and occassionally a day. It is hard financially but not unsurvivable.

Actually I consider us to be somewhat fortunate. Our lower but adequate pay allows our employer to be more competitive than some of the "good paying jobs", which in turn improves the chances of my employer surviving this business-wide shakeup. I would like make more but in the auto industry today, it just may not be possible to make a whole lot more. Sadly, the days of good paying factory jobs for unskilled or partially skilled labor is gone, probably forever.