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re: Any of you baws ever work in manufacturing?
Posted on 3/31/25 at 3:32 pm to Loup
Posted on 3/31/25 at 3:32 pm to Loup
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I've done both, currently an Excel jockey. I prefer Excel.
me too...turning a wrench and BSing all day is cool and all until its 95 with 90% humidity or its 28 with a 25 mph wind and you have to climb a tower...frick that
also cool until the paycheck comes. paycheck for the excel jockey in manufacturing is way way better
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Posted on 3/31/25 at 4:37 pm to fareplay
25 years in manufacturing and the time off and money is freaking fabulous. Don't hate the players Hate the game. 
Posted on 3/31/25 at 4:51 pm to fareplay
I did for about a year right out of high school. I worked the 2nd shift for a company pouring epoxy table tops. 3PM-11:30 Mon - Fri and every other Saturday. I also worked 6AM - 2:30 PM Mon - Fri and every other Saturday installing satellites, antennas, mobile phones (bag phones), and surround sound systems.
That was in '94 and '95. I stacked up a lot of cash that year.
Pouring the epoxy table tops kind of sucked. There were a lot of fumes and those ovens were hot as hell.
That was in '94 and '95. I stacked up a lot of cash that year.
Pouring the epoxy table tops kind of sucked. There were a lot of fumes and those ovens were hot as hell.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 5:49 pm to fareplay
You are one ignorant fool
Posted on 3/31/25 at 5:53 pm to lsu777
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me too...turning a wrench and BSing all day is cool and all until its 95 with 90% humidity or its 28 with a 25 mph wind and you have to climb a tower...frick that
Yeah the romance for my wrench turning days quickly fades come July
I don’t mind hopping on a forklift from time to time when needed.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 8:28 pm to fareplay
Yes. I work in a clandestine meth lab manufacturing ice
Posted on 3/31/25 at 8:45 pm to fareplay
Last manufacturing plant I walked through was a John Deere one when we toured it and met with the engineers on how to solve an issue with small tractors we use on pto driven pond aerators. The new EPA regs that led to regen on tractors caused them to run the PTO too fast on the equipment causing gearbox failures.
From what I saw, them baws ain’t working hard on the floor. You’d think of a plant as a place where it’s hot, crowded, and lines of people working pouring sweat over a constantly moving assembly line.
Nah. Place was spaced out, clean, and work was done at snails pace. You’d see a section with partially put together equipment and one guy might turn a few bolts or one with a checklist look something over. Then they’d have a break. I remember thinking, wow these guys get paid all that money with benefits for this joke of a job?
fricking unions. No wonder American cars, tractors, etc are so expensive. They probably had 4x the people necessary in order to cover the slack.
From what I saw, them baws ain’t working hard on the floor. You’d think of a plant as a place where it’s hot, crowded, and lines of people working pouring sweat over a constantly moving assembly line.
Nah. Place was spaced out, clean, and work was done at snails pace. You’d see a section with partially put together equipment and one guy might turn a few bolts or one with a checklist look something over. Then they’d have a break. I remember thinking, wow these guys get paid all that money with benefits for this joke of a job?
fricking unions. No wonder American cars, tractors, etc are so expensive. They probably had 4x the people necessary in order to cover the slack.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 8:47 pm to CitizenK
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refinery/chemical plant will make more money than you with better benefits.
I will say these are a different animal than what I just described. Those baws, especially maintenance crews and such, work hard.
I was referring to unionized manufacturing plants that make cars, machinery, etc. Some are a fricking joke
Posted on 3/31/25 at 9:25 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.
I do wonder what Trumps solution is to this considering deportations and stricter immigration along with tariffs to encourage more American manufacturing investment. Where will the workers for that new manufacturing come from?
Us in the catfish industry want less imports and more sales of domestically produced catfish, but even if we had more sales the plants can’t find the labor to process more. They have anywhere from 50-80 people not show up for work every day at the processor I sell to. Can’t fire them, because there’s nobody to replace them. So they run the show and management just has to deal with it.
Until fedgov cuts down welfare and snap benefits, it will continue. People will have to go hungry in order to go to work. Too many getting entitlements that just sit at home
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:16 am to deltaland
The majority of refining and petrochemical is unionized.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:21 am to fareplay
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Any of you baws ever work in manufacturing?
Being from atm you’re probably looking for a job in a meat packing plant.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:26 am to fareplay
33 years in a Fab shop stamping parts to build ranges. Last 6 of those I've been in a Efficiency Planner role
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 8:48 am
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