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| A $100,000 factory job. What's uncool about that? | |
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| Stoney | Feb 28 2012, 09:57 AM Post #1 |
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| Chris | Feb 28 2012, 10:20 AM Post #2 |
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Kind of high end, but not all that unlikely considering many factories are robotic and you need a highly skilled tech to set up and program the machines. You might be interested in Adam Davidson on Manufacturing who recently wrote Making It in America: "In the past decade, the flow of goods emerging from U.S. factories has risen by about a third. Factory employment has fallen by roughly the same fraction. The story of Standard Motor Products, a 92-year-old, family-run manufacturer based in Queens, sheds light on both phenomena. It’s a story of hustle, ingenuity, competitive success, and promise for America’s economy. It also illuminates why the jobs crisis will be so difficult to solve." |
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| Deleted User | Feb 28 2012, 10:35 AM Post #3 |
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I was a tool and diemaker, served an apprenticeship and specialized in precious metal electronics stampings. We were the company that was ahead of its time. I left in 1989 and was making $20 and hour as a A diemaker (top). Now 22 years later they are making 28 an hour |
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| Deleted User | Feb 28 2012, 10:35 AM Post #4 |
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All I heard was how we were gonna write our on ticket. We were the elite of the elite in diemaking. many diemakers came and left in short order. Very difficult, demanding work that took skill. Micro electronics were no picnic So my point is $28 an hour? Who can feed, house, cloth and educate a family of 4 on $28 an hour in a metropolitan setting? No one, its pauper money, Try doing that in NYC or LA on $28 an hour |
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| Chris | Feb 28 2012, 09:39 PM Post #5 |
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Why choose to have a family when you couldn't afford it? |
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| Stoney | Feb 28 2012, 10:41 PM Post #6 |
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Since $28/hour is pauper money we need to provide people who aren't valued more in the market with an appropriate income. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 28 2012, 10:58 PM Post #7 |
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If you have no clue as to what skill level it takes to build and maintain high speed progressive dies stamping micro miniature electronic contacts and connectors in copper, gold etc, maybe you should not comment. |
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| tomdrobin | Feb 28 2012, 11:30 PM Post #8 |
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Maybe it's a regional thing. But, if you listed a job here for $28 an hour you would be deluged with applicants. And, yes you could support a family on that kind of income in my area. Many do it on much less. Not living the good life of course, but getting by. I'm not sure about the statement that young people don't want those jobs. I suspect it's more a case of them not having the apptitude for developing technical skills. Unfortunately many young people today are looking for an easy way. And, that is why the skills that aren't easy to develope are in demand and pay more. |
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