Middle Class Jobs-mechanics

[SansSouci]

Also, anyone that says that the kids coming into the workforce have a poor work ethic are hirering kids with poor work ethics. The guys under me with thirty years in can't handle the new philosophy of staying busy, paying out of your ass for insurance, documenting their work for the day and losing vacation time. My best workers are between their late twenties and early forties. Every step has to count these days and the old timers don't like it. Who doesn't like cameras in the work place? Old dudes.

Just like John Deere, the young workers are working for half of what the old dudes are making and understand that times have changed. They're working 7/12s/365 days a year with no complaints.

I'll take a 27 year old kid before a 50 something any day. Bunch of whiners.

 

[Chewback]

We are always on the look out for technicians with this kind of background. Starting wages are in the $25-$26 an hour range.

If you have any PLC programming ability beyond that add $5-$8.

Just asking here because I don't know what business you're in, but are you paying that hourly rate for clock hours or booked flat rate hours?

 

[Chewback]

A school like UNI could build themselves a nice niche by offering four year degrees that give you mechanic certifications and some basic business/management skills.

I would think you would be set up damn well with a resume like that.

Kirkwood has been doing that for at least 20 years, maybe more. I know some of their graduates. They do OK.

 

[22*43*51]

Just asking here because I don't know what business you're in, but are you paying that hourly rate for clock hours or booked flat rate hours?

Manufacturing. Clock hours.

OT still possible.

 

[Chewback]

Manufacturing. Clock hours.

OT still possible.

OK, gotcha.