A good problem to have

[SunsetBengal]

(06-21-2017, 07:44 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: 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.

A lot of people just simply won't move from where they live.  When my tradesman business went down with the recession, I was one of the few that I can speak of that moved on.  I still know guys that haven't bounced back, or have reluctantly taken lesser jobs on crews, because they won't move from where they live.  As far as machining goes, it does take some skills, as well as a personality and mindset to follow a project through, overcome obstacles, with great attention to detail.  Not everyone can do it well, but the basic intelligence and education required really isn't that much. 

As far as long term outlook?  Do you see any decline in demand for orthopedic devices in the near future?