Job Search

This weekend, I've spent a great amount of time online, uploading my resume, browsing websites, and applying for jobs. At this point, I plan on staying at Chrysler until they tell me I'm done, but if something good comes along before then, I'm history. I suppose I've learned quite a bit in my time there. I put far too much faith in an international institution that has absolutely no accountability to its members. I've learned that although historically, unions have been highly beneficial to the working class, in the end, these are bureaucratic organizations where the leadership is far more interested in self-preservation than in the preservation of their membership. They've created a situation in that plant where the good worker isn't rewarded for being good, nor is the bad worker punished for being bad. Instead, layoffs and cutbacks are based solely on seniority, and where seniority doesn't exist, cutbacks are determined by social security number. The whole system is absurd. I'm not saying I'll never work there again, but at this point, I'm somewhat relieved that my time there is short.