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What about wages? No real mention of the wages of the ex-middle class.
by drewcoo 4y ago
What about wages? No real mention of the wages of the ex-middle class.
- kube-system 4y agoThe wages are better than the service industry job many of these workers are leaving
- antisthenes 4y agoThere's no way your average service worker is qualified for factory work like precision machining or assembling moderately electronic devices. Are they getting training on the job as well?
- kube-system 4y agoYes, factories train many of their workers. High skill positions often have vocational training, like welding or machining. Assembly work is learned on the job.
- tenebrisalietum 4y agoSomebody has to put stuff in the box or operate the machine that does it.
- kasey_junk 4y agoThe article quotes an aerospace manufacturer talking about training people with different backgrounds.
- pessimizer 4y agoThey're not, they're worse: https://www.imagebam.com/view/MEE2BB0 https://www.imagebam.com/view/MEE2BB0
- lotsofpulp 4y agoThat graph is for total population to manufacturing population. kube-system is probably referring to the least paying jobs, in service businesses like hotels agents, housekeepers, fast food employees, retail employees, etc.
- kube-system 4y agoYes, $13 service jobs are very common, people hate them, and most factory jobs pay better than that.
- kube-system 4y agoYou’re a little too zoomed out, compare some common occupations: 12.49/hour: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/food-and-beverage-serving-and-related-workers.htm https://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/food-an... 13.22/hour: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/personal-care-and-service/childcare-workers.htm https://www.bls.gov/ooh/personal-care-and-service/childcare-... 13.11/hour: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/sales/cashiers.htm https://www.bls.gov/ooh/sales/cashiers.htm 17.87/hour: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/assemblers-and-fabricators.htm https://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/assemblers-and-fabricator...