06-21-2017, 07:44 PM
(06-21-2017, 05:54 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, the article talked about machinists. I'll give what I believe to be a fair analogy. A skilled machinist in small town Midwest can provide the same quality of life as an engineer in a metropolitan suburb. How do I come up with this? I have experience in a machine shop, and I currently work with many engineers in a firm in a small metro area.
If you were a machinist in that area and the companies profiled in the article offered a better job, would you take it or would you stand pat?
I know that's a hypothetical you can't really answer without being in that situation and weighing the pros and cons of each. But, I would guess most people would opt for the job which is better. So it makes me wonder how good those "good" jobs are.
If the jobs are as good as described and the companies can't even pay candidates to go to school to become machinists, I think that indicates another problem with manufacturing jobs. The manufacturing jobs have disappeared due to automation or shipped overseas. Potential employees may have lost confidence in the long term outlook for manufacturing jobs based upon the last half century.
