ok, there 's been a few threads on this one.
but here i am, just been anounced that the mighty company i work for does not need our site in their books anymore. so it's 110 french people and 1 scot out of their jobs.
thing is, in my field, there is 1 chance in 50 million that i will find something again within 6 month, within a 500km radius (excluding paris.. cant bear the place, will NEVER live there)
and if i did find such a job, such companies a dropping like flies at the moment, so it might not be a steady job.
overall, i cant complain, pay has been good for the 2 years i have been there, and it got me back to France, in normandy, with a completely new life style compared to the life in Leeds.
but what now ?
i have been toying with the idea of setting up a wood working business.
however:
i am not a qualified carpenter. i do a few things for my own gratification and my living room, but it is not professional grade. besides, i take ages.
so cabinet making is not really on the cards for now.
BUT. there are things i can do.
I can plan ahead, i can have visions (not like i hear voices or anything), i can use brain power and given enough time i can make something sellable out of wood.
so here is the current vision:
one plan out of this is to setup a woodworking business that makes only a handfull of products, but "mass" produce them. dedicated to a specific market. The idea is to produce {and hopefully} sell loads, rather than wait for customer orders. So far, i have not seen anywhere obvious doing just that (apart from ikea). over here, we tend to find BIG branches selling mostly crap. sometimes, you'll find some decent furniture shop, with a 2-3 weeks waiting time for delivery (basically made to order or in china).
of course, you will also find proper cabinet makers who would make anything (again on order).
Maybe it's a question of advertising, maybe it just doesnt exist, but if tomorow, i wanted a solid oak bed to buy and take away with me, i'd struggle.
but here i am, just been anounced that the mighty company i work for does not need our site in their books anymore. so it's 110 french people and 1 scot out of their jobs.
thing is, in my field, there is 1 chance in 50 million that i will find something again within 6 month, within a 500km radius (excluding paris.. cant bear the place, will NEVER live there)
and if i did find such a job, such companies a dropping like flies at the moment, so it might not be a steady job.
overall, i cant complain, pay has been good for the 2 years i have been there, and it got me back to France, in normandy, with a completely new life style compared to the life in Leeds.
but what now ?
i have been toying with the idea of setting up a wood working business.
however:
i am not a qualified carpenter. i do a few things for my own gratification and my living room, but it is not professional grade. besides, i take ages.
so cabinet making is not really on the cards for now.
BUT. there are things i can do.
I can plan ahead, i can have visions (not like i hear voices or anything), i can use brain power and given enough time i can make something sellable out of wood.
so here is the current vision:
one plan out of this is to setup a woodworking business that makes only a handfull of products, but "mass" produce them. dedicated to a specific market. The idea is to produce {and hopefully} sell loads, rather than wait for customer orders. So far, i have not seen anywhere obvious doing just that (apart from ikea). over here, we tend to find BIG branches selling mostly crap. sometimes, you'll find some decent furniture shop, with a 2-3 weeks waiting time for delivery (basically made to order or in china).
of course, you will also find proper cabinet makers who would make anything (again on order).
Maybe it's a question of advertising, maybe it just doesnt exist, but if tomorow, i wanted a solid oak bed to buy and take away with me, i'd struggle.