How about the movie theatre and that monstrosity that they built there that seems to be sitting idle. I read someplace that they are just abandoning projects like this because of there financial stuff

ET head no more...

You must be a landlord

No, I said Hampden is and the Berkshires isn’t….. reread that bud

There are those that believe in being accountable for their own feelings and actions...and there are those like you who choose to be a victim angry and sad . I choose to feel sorry for you and those like you. But I also choose to do nothing for you. Enjoy that uncomfortable seat you sit in.

State jobs are mostly union/ union-covered even if you don't join, benefits are decent:

https://massanf.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobsearch.ftl

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Is is supposed to be an open to the public facility, many of them are delivery only.

Other stores like stoppy just have the scanner you scan and bag as you go though, checkout takes literally 45 seconds, you just scan the scanner and pay.

Exactly! And trying to find what you want is chaos, the store is set up super weird, and they stock shelves so if they are out of something they cover up its label and fill the empty spot with something else, it’s absolute madness

To each their own. It's a beautiful thing that pursuit of happiness.

I’ve found both the Hudson and Maynard ones to be jam packed both sundays and mondays, and the way they stock their shelves has taken me ages to get used to

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None of that matters in this case - you're using resources by browsing reddit which reddit pays Amazon for. Reddit hypothetically is losing money here, not amazon, they get paid for providing the resources no matter what.

Amazon Fresh isn't working out so they stopped doing it... this is, amazingly, quite normal. They're probably paying rent on the vacant buildings so it's not like they're doing it for fun.

Good to know I'll check it out!

Mbta has 2000 jobs available..most of them union.. with the new pension plan rolling out, It would be hard to pass up if offered.

10 years to be fully vested.. eligibility at 55.

Well, you said w.mass isn't friendly, only Hampshire county is. My understanding is obviously Hampshire county is, and Franklin/Hampden counties also are, although to a somewhat lesser extent, probably in that order. I didn't say anything about Berkshire county.

They likely just re-sold your roof job to their subcontractors who do the roofing for bottom dollar prices with slave like labor. The financing is just a company called Hearth of similar that allows contractors to offer financing on their jobs to homeowners. You could have gotten financing from a credit union or something. The warranty is something they can weasel out of if they want.

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Any company that says 'We have done 10,000 roofs in MA' means they just re-sell your job to smaller roofers as subcontractors who you could just hire yourself. So find a small roofing company that doesn't re-sell the job to subcontractors.

There’s a good one on Barker Road in Pittsfield during the summer. I forget the name of it, it’s about a mile past the airport if you’re headed towards Lenox.

Yup. They confirmed they were shutting down 5 operating warehouses last summer and paused the Amazon fresh expansion nationwide in February.

Going to pile in with either Umass or any state university like Westfield State. Both my parents were maintainers there because they didn't know a trade, pay was only like $35,000 but the benefits are so good. My dad retired from there and has no regrets with his 80% pay each month.