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Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:59:33 GMT
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John Kelly wrote:
> She had contacted me about salary range but I was worried about getting someone
> in trouble. If you're really interested I can tell you what the model builders
> in Enfield made before they closed the shop last month. I started at
> $7.50/hour and advanced to $9.03/hour in what they told me were two of the
> biggest raises ever given (at that time) to a model builder. (In other words,
> keep you day job.)
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> -john
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> In lugnet.general, Steve Chuck writes:
> > In Monday's Los Angeles Times, they had a work and career section
> > describing some out of the ordinary careers. How about being one of those • Lego
> > builders? Now about the salary...
> >
> > http://www.latimes.com/HOME/BUSINESS/WORK/t000073102.html
> >
> > Enjoy
From what I remember reading, of the 35 model builders in Enfield, all but 9 got
dismissed with this years downsizing. Can you imagine being a model builder for 20
years, and suddenly have to go out and get a real job? What else are you qualified
to do?
Too bad TLG doesn't freelance. I'd almost do it for free (if they provided me with
the bricks to build models with). But I couldn't bring myself to glue them
together.
Gary Istok
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 | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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| (...) I actually got a chance to be a model builder for a couple of hours when I visited Enfield with John Kelly. Yea, it was fun, but I don't think I'd want to do it for long. Building several hundred (or more) copies of the exact same model gets (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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| Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37BABC45.D033E4A@umich.edu>... (...) but 9 got (...) builder for 20 (...) qualified (...) provided me with (...) them (...) Be careful what you wish for Gary. Sometimes working in a business where you (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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| She had contacted me about salary range but I was worried about getting someone in trouble. If you're really interested I can tell you what the model builders in Enfield made before they closed the shop last month. I started at $7.50/hour and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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