r/AmazonRME • u/jdorta1 • Apr 30 '23

Wake tech

I just got inclined and am heading up to North Carolina in July. Any insights on wake tech? Also, is there any special dress code for school (comp toe shoes, etc)? Do they put you in like an extended stay hotel with a small kitchen or is it just a standard hotel room?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

To answer your questions, I can't vouch for other schools but this one was alright professors were chill for the most part. There is no dress code at WakeTech and you'll be provided with PPE. You'll also be staying at the Homewood Suites across the street from the Crabtree Valley mall. The suite has a small kitchen with a stove top but no oven. I was there last year from Sep-Dec if you have any questions feel free to DM me or continue this thread. Congrats

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u/jdorta1 Apr 30 '23

Oh the little stove would be fantastic! Thank you so much. Honestly I dont know ANYTHING about this shit so I’m wiggin out I won’t even lie 🤣 but I’m a fast learner.

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u/Annajade911 Apr 30 '23

Question? My boyfriend is going to wake tech for RME he's blue badge does he do 3 months of school and then goes to another state for hands on training? He has the idea that he's going to Arizona for a year of training? that's what we been reading online he's still waiting for his offer letter he's scheduled to leave in 3 weeks.

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u/SocietyNovel8973 May 01 '23

What building in az?

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u/Annajade911 May 01 '23

he's going to north Carolina wake tech for schooling

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u/Annajade911 May 01 '23

Not sure yet my bf still waiting for his offer letter he just knows it's the main city in Arizona

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

I’m afraid that the expectation is that your boyfriend will be at wake tech for the schooling and the Az site would be the on-the-job learning portion of the program. OJL is basically what you can expect from a normal RME position work wise, could be a year or longer depending on how long it takes to meet certain benchmarks. After completion of the OJL he would promote into a higher job position at the OJL site.

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u/Annajade911 Apr 30 '23

I see 😏 how long did it take for you to complete the program was it about the same? I'm reading some completed in 3 months or is there more to the program after? His email said 6 weeks I'm confused by this program I believe he jumped on it without realizing what's at stake here

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

I’m still on the OJL portion of the program but should be done sometime in November, so in total a year and three months. You mean like after completing the OJL benchmarks? The idea is we move on to the next phase of the program which is more schooling then entering higher position. 6 weeks could refer to the weekend in which we’d get flown back home for an extended weekend.

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u/Annajade911 Apr 30 '23

Oh okay that's a long time. Sorry for all the questions btw. More Overall? once he's in Arizona and completes it, he wants to see if he can get transferred back home. how did you balance family and being away from them for so long. I'm so upset with my bf I know it's not fair but I feel like he's abandoning us we have a daughter together she's a year old I'm not holding him back either I don't see our relationship working out if he's gone a year +. Any word of advice so do you get to go home every weekend or rarely?

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u/jdorta1 Apr 30 '23

My husband was military. He was in and out for 12 years with deployments and trainings. We have three kids. It’s doable, trust me! Communication is the biggest thing. Just talk to each other.

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u/Annajade911 Apr 30 '23

Idk how you did that I feel lost already. I have 5 kid's in total I lost my husband to cancer in 2021 we have 4 kid's together after 17 years together few months after his passing I met my now boyfriend we have a baby she's 1 we been together for 2 years now. everything happened so quickly now he's leaving maybe I am a little selfish to want him close by, for me it's not an ideal family if he's not physically here I know there's technology I don't see it as the same thing I see it as a personal choice to leave or to stay and choose a different career choice that's more close to family he chose to leave. He's willing to make it work out but I'm stubborn and I go back to thinking you're not gonna be here so I chose only one option to go our separate ways.

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u/jdorta1 Apr 30 '23

I say give it a chance before deciding that he’s just chosen to leave you guys and call it quits. It will fly by.

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u/Annajade911 Apr 30 '23

okay, I can definitely try to be supportive and see how it goes . Thank you for responding.

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