# To The Union I Go
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 14, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792 "2007-08-14T09:18:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/1 "2007-08-14T09:18:10Z")
Went downtown for an interview today with the Union Railroad…i barely got 3 back to my car which was only 2 blocks away before they called making an offer. Car Control Clerk…mostly clerical work but i will have to get dirty sometimes. Pay is above and beyond what i ever expected and i now have a job that i can stay with for my working lifetime(Unlike this shotty jobs i had before). 19, Single, Damn good job…couldn’t ask for more! Looks like pittspeed will be the only place i’m seen now though because of the crazy hours
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### Author:  [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/2 "2007-08-14T09:27:56Z")
congrats
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### Author:  [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/3 "2007-08-14T09:29:28Z")
congrats
did you have to take the civil service test
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### Author:  [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/4 "2007-08-14T09:29:28Z")
congrats & goodluck!
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### Author:  [@mustang03gt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mustang03gt)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/5 "2007-08-14T09:30:03Z")
no one wants to see you anyhow mike! haha jk. congrats on the job!
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### Author:  [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/6 "2007-08-14T09:36:54Z")
> [@what is needed when surrendering license plates at DMV?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-is-needed-when-surrendering-license-plates-at-dmv/31901/13):
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> did you have to take the civil service test
yea it was damn easy too. i took that last week during the “testing session”.
and tara don’t worry i’ll still make some time for you when you come home :hitit:
jeff i’m sending you a PM now
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### Author:  [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/7 "2007-08-14T09:48:19Z")
Is that a Union job?
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### Author:  [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/8 "2007-08-14T09:52:36Z")
^ Yes sir
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### Author:  [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/9 "2007-08-14T09:54:48Z")
congrats
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### Author:  [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/10 "2007-08-14T09:59:58Z")
congrats, what exactly does the job entail? Just wondering, as it’s a pretty nondescript title.
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### Author:  [@claymanSRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/claymanSRT)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/11 "2007-08-14T10:00:24Z")
congrats, just out of curiosity, what is the rate of this ‘above what you expected’ pay? if ya don’t mind. I want out of this hell hole of a office
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### Author:  [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/12 "2007-08-14T10:05:30Z")
> [@demonoid.com](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/demonoid-com/31856/19):
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> congrats, what exactly does the job entail? Just wondering, as it’s a pretty nondescript title.
Well with being a car control clerk i pretty much am in charge of whatever paperwork trails any specific cars coming in and leaving the mills we have left in the mon valley(only 4 of them…two being less than 10 minutes from my house)Small things from making sure the maintenance records are right to weighing in cars…putting them in the correct yards…finding “lost” ones(how the hell do you lose something the size of 2 elephants). I work out of Edgar Thompson Works(Braddock…right down the bottom of where i stay), Duquense Works, Irwin Works, and Clairton Works. There are 3 possible shifts, 11pm-7am/7am-3pm/3pm-11pm and i can work any of those sometimes even back to back(ouch!!) but time in a half is pretty much and everyday situation from what i have been told by HR reps and my next door neighbor who is currently employed by them for some odd 11 years now.
> [@Your swear word of choice](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-swear-word-of-choice/31870/32):
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> congrats, just out of curiosity, what is the rate of this ‘above what you expected’ pay? if ya don’t mind. I want out of this hell hole of a office
sixteen and a dime is what my position starts out at pm me if you want the companies website to put in an app, all the old guys are retiring now and for a few years to come…get in now if you want to be set
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### Author:  [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/13 "2007-08-14T10:37:35Z")
How much does the Union take out of your ass…I mean pay?
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### Author:  [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/14 "2007-08-14T10:58:11Z")
good deal, congrats. glad to see young kid w/ his head on straight.
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### Author:  [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/15 "2007-08-14T10:59:08Z")
Congrats, very cool.
> work out of Edgar Thompson Works
My now-deceased grandfather worked at Edgar Thompson for 40 years, from after WWII until the mid-80s.
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### Author:  [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/16 "2007-08-14T11:07:09Z")
[quote=“Swarzkopf,post:11,topic:31897"”]
Congrats, very cool.
My now-deceased grandfather worked at Edgar Thompson for 40 years, from after WWII until the mid-80s.
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## I’ve heard some pretty good guys have come out of there
Thanks everyone :D!!!
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### Author:  [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/17 "2007-08-14T11:11:05Z")
> [@S13 now SCRAPPED - \*\*update\*\* Bought a Kouki???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-now-scrapped-update-bought-a-kouki/31489/36):
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> congrats
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### Author:  [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/18 "2007-08-14T12:10:51Z")
> [@Pool Drain Pulls Small Intestine Out Of Young Girl](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pool-drain-pulls-small-intestine-out-of-young-girl/31896/38):
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> sixteen and a dime is what my position starts out at pm me if you want the companies website to put in an app, all the old guys are retiring now and for a few years to come…get in now if you want to be set
They hiring anything for maint. type jobs?
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### Author:  [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/19 "2007-08-14T12:56:13Z")
Congrats bud! Hope you like it.
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### Author:  [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-the-union-i-go/191792/20 "2007-08-14T13:00:12Z")
i go down to E.T. when they need engineering work done. I know a couple people down there.
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