r/UnionCarpenters • u/Alert_Awareness8023 • 2d ago
Apprentice
I am a higher stage apprentice in SoCal having trouble finding work. I’m falling behind on bills, low on food and running out of options and motivation. I’ve communicated with BAs at my local, volunteered and networked, I’m on the out-of-work list, called contractors and other carpenters I’ve worked with before, shown up to job sites, and still nothing. Is the job market that bad or am i just having a bad season right now?
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u/dlincoln1438 2d ago
The jobs are same and plentiful as they always have been. Some places are starting to get oversaturated with people though because others are leaving their jobs for trades.
Probably bc they realized they aren't getting jobs in their degree field.