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There aren't a lack of tradesmen, there is a lack of people willing to cut 20 years off their life for a marginal raise, especially in the US where that will ba
by AngryData 5y ago
There aren't a lack of tradesmen, there is a lack of people willing to cut 20 years off their life for a marginal raise, especially in the US where that will barely cover their increased medical and tool costs. There is a lack of people willing to put themselves financially reliant on a boom-bust industry where workers are regularly fired or layed off on a moments notice.
I know more tradesmen that are leaving the trades than joining, and they are usually the best among their group. Being a skilled framer often nets you nothing over being a barely competent framer. Despite all these claims of trades making huge money, most tradesmen are not. For ever plumber in NYC making $50 an hour, there is a dozen other contractors working for $12 an hour using their own tools and trucks fighting over the scraps of lower class business who can barely afford them.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago"Being a skilled framer often nets you nothing over being a barely competent framer." Every indutry that doesnt reward skill qill eventually go to shit
- mschuster91 5y agoWhich is why Germany had the "Meisterzwang" for a long time in the trades - basically only certified masters of a trade could open up a shop. Unfortunately, EU laws forced Germany to drop that requirement for everything sans a couple of high-risk trade jobs (e.g. electricity, plumbing, meatpacking, roofing and hairdressers).
- sgerenser 5y agoHairdressing is high risk?
- mschuster91 5y agoYes, as hairdressers are dealing with sometimes extremely toxic or allergy-causing/-triggering chemicals on the skins of their customers. Hair color and bleach is nasty stuff.