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How much do they want to pay? My son has a 2 year Associate of Science degree in technology with a very high grade point average. He’s a talented machinist and TIG welder with 3 years of job experience. He can do manual machining or set up, program and run a CNC mill. He can lay out parts in CAD and run them through the CAM system. Makes $18. an hour. If it weren’t for mandatory overtime, he wouldn’t be able to make ends meet.
Where does he want to work?
That is really pathetic for someone with those skills. I was a skilled tradesman making a little more than $18/hr.,but it was on a commission basis & wasn’t kept busy or cheated in other ways,so that was not only not paying off,but was getting worse all the time. It wasn’t that wages are so poor,it’s just that they are not commensurate with the prices we all have to pay.