If it works out for all of you then sign me up lol. One of my friends got lucky and was recruited right out of high school to service fleet vehicles. 6 years later he's never touched a fleet vehicle and now does equipment operation, Welding and other general duties. Other 2 friends got in through family who are also apart of the company. They simply don't have any open positions. Or they only open them for family members.I have buddy that was making $76k a year working as a cop in Tampa. He did say he worked a lot of detail. He just quit cause he's moving to NC to work drilling/laying pipe for an oil company. A co-worker of his hooked him up with the job cause he's leaving to work there too. He said he's going to be making $130k... I told him to let me know if it works out and i'll join him in NC for that kind of money.
How did your buddies get the equipment operator jobs? They can't put in a good word for you? Most of the people i know with high paying jobs got that job because of people they know.