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re: Question about Manufacturing Jobs. (This isn't about me).
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:17 pm to volod
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:17 pm to volod
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If it's so easy to get, why arent more people doing it versus the service industry.
I worked in the service industry for 6 years while in college.
The answer to this is two-fold
1) drug tests. No explanation needed.
2) Time constraints. Many people I worked with got jobs in plants. Then realized that they actually had to be there when they were supposed to be there, that they had to work while they were there, and that they couldn't just call in "sick" when they decided to get hammered the night before.
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:18 pm to volod
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Many people are glad manufacturing is coming back.
They are coming back. Important distinction from assuming that there are manufacturing jobs essentially everywhere, ready for the taking.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:29 pm to tigerinthebueche
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you'd be happy with $60K? Forever?
Depending on a person's lifestyle, this is okay. And to be fair it's better than the income of the average American.
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you have to get these same people to want to work. That's a tough sell when the guvahment is paying them welfare, food stamps, unemployment, etc. Many of these poverty dwellers dwell there cause they don't want to work enough to get off their arse and go do it when they can get most of their basic needs for free.
It's TRUE we will always have slackers. But I honestly believe most people will work if they knew the job paid relatively well. Many of the people welfare actually are working adults, the jobs dont pay enough to make ends meet.
Automation is ironically a split issue on this board. Some of us are willing to accept robotics will ultimately replace most of low entry work of yesteryear. Others say that Automation will simple create different jobs.
It will create new jobs, but those jobs often required skilled labor.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:34 pm to baseballmind1212
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drug tests. No explanation needed.
Is this issue really THAT BAD. Seriously?
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2) Time constraints. Many people I worked with got jobs in plants. Then realized that they actually had to be there when they were supposed to be there, that they had to work while they were there, and that they couldn't just call in "sick" when they decided to get hammered the night before.
If you pay me well enough I'll work the time. Some people are flat out lazy.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 4:12 pm to volod
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Some people are flat out lazy.
Yes.
If you are working service industry in a run of the mill restaurants around BR hou are either in school, a felon, can't pass a drug test, or lazy.
I'm talking waiting tables at applebees. Not manager position.
It's ridiculous how much money someone can make in service industry if you show up on time and put in a tiny bit of effort.
I made about 40-45 a year my last 3 years bartending, and probably 50-60% was cash under the table.
All I did was show up on time, not hit anyone, and put in half arse effort.
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