I was laid off earlier this month from my job as an HVAC service tech due to lack of work, a first in the 8 years I’ve been in the industry. I’m looking for work but the mild winter in California has made my job obsolete until it gets hot and I’m feeling ROUGH.
My wife became pregnant with our second child last month, and my hours have been slashed since last October, so money is tight, and our relationship is strained.
I’m considering a career change but I have a couple thousand dollars worth of specialized tools and experience that I’m loathe to put aside. I’m feeling hopeless and I just wanted to reach out to other dads to vent and see if there’s other ideas out there.
See if you can teach HVAC? Down times are seasonal. Try putting a HVAC course in when downtimes are going to occur?
Other options are trying to see where demand is during your downtime and going there, like Washington or East to Vegas?