11 hours ago5 points(+0/-0/+5Score on mirror)1 child
# For context, $60k/year is Ivy League money!
And the automotive field is LOSING techs because greedy dealerships won't pay them enough. Ford's CEO has practically admitted it. The only guys making $100k+ are master techs, managers and guys working for commercial operations where their machines are mission critical. Nobody's earning $100k changing oil and brakes. And more to my point, we DO NOT need any more plumbers or mechanics. We need bankers and lawyers. They're the ones that in position to make institutional changes. We need administrators to infiltrate this damn system.
Why are we being told to be content with changing the oil on enemy's Bentley or installing his air conditioner?
There’s no way $60k/year is Ivy League money in today’s economy. Hell, the median income in the US is $61k/yr as of 2024.
That said, I have a “trade” job (Paramedic) and make about $82k/yr base and will end up well north of $100k this year with OT. This is with an Associates degree, but that isn’t even doing anything for my pay as medic is just a technical diploma by itself and my employer doesn’t require or incentivize the degree at all.
10 hours ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)1 child
> in a factory
Like I said, the only guys making real money are working for commercial operations with "mission critical" infrastructure. These are the guy who keep the lights on, the trucks and trains running, etc. The guys doing consumer/ residential work aren't making any real money. Their employers are, but the guys doing the real work aren't.
I say "mission critical" in so far as operations. A factory without proper wiring or no power is a very expensive thing. Not shipping out whatever your factory makes and holding up all those trucks is a very expensive thing. Fucking up your clients production lines is a very expensive thing.
So yeah, I'm sure your employer thinks keeping the lights on and the power flowing is "mission critical" to them.
And the automotive field is LOSING techs because greedy dealerships won't pay them enough. Ford's CEO has practically admitted it. The only guys making $100k+ are master techs, managers and guys working for commercial operations where their machines are mission critical. Nobody's earning $100k changing oil and brakes. And more to my point, we DO NOT need any more plumbers or mechanics. We need bankers and lawyers. They're the ones that in position to make institutional changes. We need administrators to infiltrate this damn system.
Why are we being told to be content with changing the oil on enemy's Bentley or installing his air conditioner?
That said, I have a “trade” job (Paramedic) and make about $82k/yr base and will end up well north of $100k this year with OT. This is with an Associates degree, but that isn’t even doing anything for my pay as medic is just a technical diploma by itself and my employer doesn’t require or incentivize the degree at all.