Pros
Purchasing power declines with each new agreement adjusted for inflation, but it beats most other trade job options.
Cons
Broad market and industry specific volatility will likely result in low seniority employees dealing with furloughs. Probably not worth leaving where you currently live to find employment. You work on call, so nobody can ever rely on you to be somewhere at a certain time. The hours you work can be long, but the hours that you were awake prior to the call and the hours that you may have to drive to and from a terminal will probably make driving home dangerous from the exhaustion. There are no snow days, so expect to drive and work in every winters vehicle pileup on the news. You’re going to become fat, most likely, and experience all the related increased risks of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes from all the extended sitting, sleep deprivation, and gas station food eating - kwiktrip is now a second home. (If you meal plan all day, and then find yourself getting a call at night as you lay down to bed, you’re going to eat.) You’re going nowhere in this career, and that’s fine. Not everything is a stepping stone to an illusive “somewhere.” This is it. This is your life. Not a lot of women. They’ve tried hiring pushes for diversity in this regard, I believe, but because they were low seniority dealing with furloughs and/or worried about how they could manage being a mother with this job, most who have worked here no longer work here. This is a con for anyone hoping for a diverse work environment.
