▲ 116 ▼ Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs (www.nytimes.com) submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/46747422 Archive article: https://archive.ph/YX7on
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago (4 children) That's a real posting from a large mfg. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago Work 12 hour days AND every other weekend for poverty wages? Wow sign me up! permalink fedilink source parent [–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) I live in a rural area outside of a small town in the southern USA. The local electrician, basically the guy almost everybody calls if they need basic residential electrical work, earns almost twice the high end of what that job listing is paying. Granted, he's basically on call 7 days a week and I'm sure his job isn't always unicorn farts and leprechaun rainbows, but he's his own boss and works his own hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Just having a job where you can say No to unreasonable demands makes life a lot easier. That's probably the best benefit of being self-employed - nobody forcing you to do stuff you hate. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago* In oregon an electrician makes $100k/yr, a controls electrician $160k, and an electrical engineer 200-300k. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Yeah, let's parse that out in real terms: Need to have completed trade school or 2 years of apprenticeship, neither of which they are willing to pay for. 12 hour days, including many weekends. SAP experience for an electrician? Extreme physical danger from being an electrician, especially in a commercial environment that is more likely to have high voltage work. Pay tops out at $67k... Let's repeat: pay tops out at $67k for an experienced person working a dangerous job with long hours and weekends. I'm shocked they are having trouble finding people!! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago Work 12 hour days AND every other weekend for poverty wages? Wow sign me up! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) I live in a rural area outside of a small town in the southern USA. The local electrician, basically the guy almost everybody calls if they need basic residential electrical work, earns almost twice the high end of what that job listing is paying. Granted, he's basically on call 7 days a week and I'm sure his job isn't always unicorn farts and leprechaun rainbows, but he's his own boss and works his own hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Just having a job where you can say No to unreasonable demands makes life a lot easier. That's probably the best benefit of being self-employed - nobody forcing you to do stuff you hate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Just having a job where you can say No to unreasonable demands makes life a lot easier. That's probably the best benefit of being self-employed - nobody forcing you to do stuff you hate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago* In oregon an electrician makes $100k/yr, a controls electrician $160k, and an electrical engineer 200-300k. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Yeah, let's parse that out in real terms: Need to have completed trade school or 2 years of apprenticeship, neither of which they are willing to pay for. 12 hour days, including many weekends. SAP experience for an electrician? Extreme physical danger from being an electrician, especially in a commercial environment that is more likely to have high voltage work. Pay tops out at $67k... Let's repeat: pay tops out at $67k for an experienced person working a dangerous job with long hours and weekends. I'm shocked they are having trouble finding people!! permalink fedilink source parent
