Anyone work at a fishery in Alaska before?

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knawlejj

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So me and a couple friends looked into some information about going someplace to work together over summer.

One of my friend's had another friend go to Alaska for a month and made over $4k working at a fishery. The company he worked for Alaska General Seafoods. We looked at the website Here and it doesn't seem to awful.

I've worked in a fairly labor intensive manufacturing plant the last two summers between semesters and I figure this cant be as bad. The shifts are 12-14 hours, but the weather is supposed to be pretty nice during the working time (June, July, some of August).

Anybody have any experience or thoughts on this?

Additional Note: I do have anosmia so I'm not really affected by the smell of fish guts.

Cliffs:
$4k for a month of work.
12-14 hours a day.
They provide 3 meals a day and bunking, along with transportation there and back. (Coming from Iowa).
Good idea?

 
moshquerade

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Originally posted by: knawlejj
So me and a couple friends looked into some information about going someplace to work together over summer.

One of my friend's had another friend go to Alaska for a month and made over $4k working at a fishery. The company he worked for Alaska General Seafoods. We looked at the website Here and it doesn't seem to awful.

I've worked in a fairly labor intensive manufacturing plant the last two summers between semesters and I figure this cant be as bad. The shifts are 12-14 hours, but the weather is supposed to be pretty nice during the working time (June, July, some of August).

Anybody have any experience or thoughts on this?

Additional Note: I do have anosmia so I'm not really affected by the smell of fish guts.

Cliffs:
$4k for a month of work.
12-14 hours a day.
They provide 3 meals and bunking, along with transportation there and back. (Coming from Iowa).
Good idea?
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It sounds like an adventure, an interesting life experience. Do it. :)
 
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smokeyjoe

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If you are looking for a different experience, I say go for it.. I spent 2 weeks on Wrangell Island which is just South (I believe) of Ketchikan; I wasn't working though :p

I can tell you the weather when I was there in May was awesome.. we did a lot of drinking, fishing and hiking which was about all there was to do on that island, but I do know that Ketchikan is a bit more populated or touristy since some of the Alaskan cruises head out from there.
 
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Fiat1

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Remember when sleeping with your bunk mate follow these 3 rules.
1. Pole to pole = ok
2. Hole to hole = ok
3. Pole to Hole = not in a million years
 
effowe

effowe

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Knife goes in, guts come out, Knife goes in, guts come out.
 
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DeadByDawn

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I knew a girl in college that did this once.

Long tedious nasty work, but she made money.

Also said that if you quit you have to find your own way home, which cost $$$
 
Demon-Xanth

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From what I've heard, if you took a scale of 1-10 of the most glamorous, rewarding, and fun jobs and graded them on a curve, picking up garbage would be bumped up to a 5 because of this one.
 
GasX

GasX

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I think you would find this to be a rewarding experience. It will be hard work in vile conditions (fish guts + summer = you will be throwing out all of your clothes). But I think that you will come out of it a much better person for the experience and the money will be nice. Everyone needs a bit of hard manual labor in their lives.
 
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rasczak

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Originally posted by: knawlejj
So me and a couple friends looked into some information about going someplace to work together over summer.

One of my friend's had another friend go to Alaska for a month and made over $4k working at a fishery. The company he worked for Alaska General Seafoods. We looked at the website Here and it doesn't seem to awful.

I've worked in a fairly labor intensive manufacturing plant the last two summers between semesters and I figure this cant be as bad. The shifts are 12-14 hours, but the weather is supposed to be pretty nice during the working time (June, July, some of August).

Anybody have any experience or thoughts on this?

Additional Note: I do have anosmia so I'm not really affected by the smell of fish guts.

Cliffs:
$4k for a month of work.
12-14 hours a day.
They provide 3 meals a day and bunking, along with transportation there and back. (Coming from Iowa).
Good idea?
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i spent six months on a boat trawling for pollock. A season. it was tough work. the worst month was january. the storms were pretty rough and our boat almost capsized during one particularly rough storm with waves at least 60 to 80ft (our boat was only 85ft long from bow to stern). my wife and i were thrown out of our bunk, it was a pretty scary ordeal. we later found out that the boat didn't have enough survival suits for everyone.

let me stress that it is a LOT of tedious mind numbing boring work. our shifts were six on six off with 3 hour kick shifts ever other shift. i hated the kick shifts.

good luck if you decide to do it. it can be a very rewarding experience, i saw a lot of cool stuff things i will probably never see again in my lifetime.

 
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Old Hippie

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It'll be a great time and opportunity to let yourself grow.

This is the kind of adventure that will open your mind and let you see and do things that will shape the rest of your outlook on life. :thumbsup:

 
scott916

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Seems interesting, too bad I just moved into a new apartment, I'd love a shake-up experience like that.
 
Capt Caveman

Capt Caveman

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It's going to be back-breaking work and you'll more than likely just want to sleep/rest when you're not working. And you'll smell like fish the whole time.
 
Dr. Detroit

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Is this 7-days a week - 12hrs a day?

How in the hell do you plan to see anything? Between meals, sleep, and showering you will have zero free time to explore the landscape.

For the money - yes its sounds like a great plan!


 
squirrel dog

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if my math is right that comes out to $10.76 an hour.(12X31=372/4000=10.76)
Just to let you know.Before tax/expenses.
 
QueBert

QueBert

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Originally posted by: squirrel dog
if my math is right that comes out to $10.76 an hour.(12X31=372/4000=10.76)
Just to let you know.Before tax/expenses.
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they provide meals and boarding. You gotta factor those in, hell I probably spend 1k a month on food alone :D
 
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