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re: Any of you baws ever work in manufacturing?
Posted on 3/31/25 at 9:50 am to fareplay
Posted on 3/31/25 at 9:50 am to fareplay
E&I technician in a chemical plant. It was probably that or become a car mechanic based on my personal skill set. I make more money in shitty plants than I ever would being a mechanic.
No, I don’t particularly care for working in this industry, but truthfully I wouldn’t know what else someone like me could do to earn an equal living without owning my own business.
No, I don’t particularly care for working in this industry, but truthfully I wouldn’t know what else someone like me could do to earn an equal living without owning my own business.
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Posted on 3/31/25 at 9:50 am to fareplay
I am a Mechanical Engineer and worked five years in a manufacturing plant. I really enjoyed it. You have the office environment and the plant environment. It is a nice combination. When I would get bored sitting at my desk, I would take a walk through the plant to check on things and see what is being built.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 9:51 am to TexasTiger89
My first job was in MFG while in college.
I quickly learned the office was air conditioned and went into the engineering department as draftsman and QC person.
I quickly learned the office was air conditioned and went into the engineering department as draftsman and QC person.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 9:53 am to RogerTheShrubber
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My first job was in MFG while in college. I quickly learned the office was air conditioned and went into the engineering department as draftsman and QC person.
We let our college part time workers decide what they want to do after they’ve been here for a couple weeks too
Posted on 3/31/25 at 9:55 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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We let our college part time workers decide what they want to do
I doubt many of your metrosexuals have industrial backgrounds to draw upon in order to move into engineering.
They shuffle papers.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 9:59 am to RogerTheShrubber
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I doubt many of your metrosexuals have industrial backgrounds to draw upon in order to move into engineering.
You allegedly have the same college degree as many of the “mertosexuals” we hire
Which story you going with this morning?
Posted on 3/31/25 at 10:00 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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You allegedly have the same college degree as many of the “mertosexuals” we hire
Yet had tech/industrial experience prior.
It helps to have choices.
This post was edited on 3/31/25 at 10:01 am
Posted on 3/31/25 at 10:08 am to fareplay
Yes. Worked in PDC drill bit manufacturing. Wasn't bad, I just appreciate a change of scenery rather than the same shop day in and day out. Some people love it, some don't.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 10:10 am to fareplay
I work for a company that makes and tests widgets. We then sell them to defense, aerospace and commercial customers. The manufacturing team is the heart of our company.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 10:12 am to fareplay
I own a manufacturing business. We manufacture glass products for the glazing industry. For the guys on the floor, you can make good money if you know how to operate the more complex machines (CNC, Tempering ovens, IGU line, etc) or know how to fix machines. Basic labor guys don't make much.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 10:43 am to fareplay
The hype about manufacturing jobs isn't that they are always the most wonderful jobs but that many provide the type salary that allows one to take care of their families well, set there kids up to be better educated and have a little extra spending money that circulates through the non-major city communities they live in.
Americans were hoodwinked into believing that "cutting costs" helps the overall economic welfare of the country when it usually just means concentration of wealth into fewer hands and a few major cities.
The current government efficiency craze is a good example. The waste that's bad for everyday people is not as much 5 government employees making a good salary in Pascagoula as it is a sweetheart deal with a company providing fuel sensors for military equipment being manufactured overseas.
Even if those Pascagoula jobs are not the most efficient they still circulate that money back through a local economy instead of our taxes just getting sucked into bank accounts of a handful of billionaire investors in NYC and not helping decaying smaller towns.
The hype about US manufacturing is about circulating capital on more local and minute levels, though I'm skeptical that anyone in any position of influence actually wants that to really happen.
Americans were hoodwinked into believing that "cutting costs" helps the overall economic welfare of the country when it usually just means concentration of wealth into fewer hands and a few major cities.
The current government efficiency craze is a good example. The waste that's bad for everyday people is not as much 5 government employees making a good salary in Pascagoula as it is a sweetheart deal with a company providing fuel sensors for military equipment being manufactured overseas.
Even if those Pascagoula jobs are not the most efficient they still circulate that money back through a local economy instead of our taxes just getting sucked into bank accounts of a handful of billionaire investors in NYC and not helping decaying smaller towns.
The hype about US manufacturing is about circulating capital on more local and minute levels, though I'm skeptical that anyone in any position of influence actually wants that to really happen.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 11:37 am to CitizenK
Tell your client to give me a call. I'll run one of those lines by my damn self.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 11:38 am to Pendulum
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Someone has to make everything you use. I'm not aware of any magic that would just allow everyone to be influencers and money movers and we all still have stuff.
I'm always perplexed on why people are so ignorant about how the economy works. You see it a lot in real life and online.
People aren't smart enough to realize that flooding one occupation typically lowers wages and decreases demand for that position and causes others to inflate their prices.
This post was edited on 3/31/25 at 11:41 am
Posted on 3/31/25 at 11:55 am to fareplay
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What’s the hype about the job? I’m assuming most of us work in some sort of service related industry, who the hell wants to work in a manufacturing plant? The manufacturing baws of the past worked hard so their kids wouldn’t have to do this shite.
i mean i technically work in chemical manufacturing/refining but im an engineer and can pivot easily if i wanted. I love working here though, its great pay, low stress and a great overall job.
yes i would want my kids to do this but i hope they continue to grow with higher aspirations but i will be honest....my kids would be lucky to be able to make what i make and have the life i currently provide them. I pray everyday they do much much better but it will not be easy.
as far as the operators...its a really good job especially for the amount of school it requires. You are talking 2 years of tech college to make 100k easily just with built in overtime, 6% or so match on low end for 401k plus great health benefits and thats all on lower end. There are not many jobs that can give that. the full time maintenance guys with the plants are similar to that, they dont make as much as operations though.
same with the construction jobs in the plants...guys doing 2-3 TA a year knocking down over a 100 grand as a pipe fitter. sure its hard work and its a lot of hours but its damn good money for the education level
not everyone can be an engineer like myself, not everyone can go into finance like mingo and not everyone can be a social media influencer..
but manufacturing jobs in the past and even now make up the backbone of the middle class.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 11:58 am to fareplay
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What’s the hype about the job? I’m assuming most of us work in some sort of service related industry, who the hell wants to work in a manufacturing plant? The manufacturing baws of the past worked hard so their kids wouldn’t have to do this shite.
Manufacturing IT is where the big bucks(not like OT but 100-150k) are in my field and for a lot less coding or travelling compared to application development/architect. But clearly you don't know shite about frick when it comes to manufacturing these days.
This post was edited on 3/31/25 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 3/31/25 at 12:45 pm to 2Dueces
Nylon compounding
Posted on 3/31/25 at 2:12 pm to CitizenK
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A client of mine has a plant in Tennessee which is having to shutdown profitable manufacturing lines with orders because they cannot find workers at $100k+ a year.
What kind of manufacturing? Because this doesn’t add up. I know the labor force is weak now, but 110k plus and they can’t fill spots ?
Posted on 3/31/25 at 2:30 pm to Dire Wolf
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beats the hell out of being some excel jocky
Don't poopoo the Excel mines, we working all the live long day over here
Posted on 3/31/25 at 2:32 pm to Dire Wolf
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turning a wrench and bull shitting with co-workers is good for the soul
beats the hell out of being some excel jocky
I've done both, currently an Excel jockey. I prefer Excel.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 3:30 pm to Ponchy Tiger
Much of their labor is from Memphis 50 miles or so away. Their nylon compounding is for car parts not just the USA. They have a big chunk of the nylon market in Europe.
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