My experience has been the same. I was called a management want a be because I did the job I was hired for. I quite and started working for myself at 4 times the pay I received at the union job.
My experience has been the same. I was called a management want a be because I did the job I was hired for. I quite and started working for myself at 4 times the pay I received at the union job. I know what you mean. The company then offered very generous education benefits. I took advantage of it and after 5 years of night school (hard work) earned my degree, got out of the union environment and actually went into management... the hardest damn jobs I ever had --- but well worth it.