I believe that starting soon, people who know how to do/fix/build things will find their wages increasing, whereas “desk occupants” in offices will find their wages decreasing. It really annoys me that tradespeople snd skilled workers don’t seem to get any respect.
For whatever reason, our society and culture has the idea that all young people should go to college, and have an office job of some sort, rather than a “dirty job” such as Mike Rowe talks about on his TV show.
If the wages for various desk jobs decline vs. wages for skilled workers who build/fix buildings and equipment, it would be a reflection of the shortages of skilled workers in building trades and “blue collar” jobs we keep hearing about.
I try to hire craftsmen all the time, but I can’t find any good ones who can pass a piss test. Those we do find stick around for a short period of time before the retire. 5 -6 years tops.
Average age where I work is 58 for a work force of just under 300. Long gone are the places where a guy could come out of high school, apprentice and work for 20, 30 or even 40 years and never leave. Steel and Paper Mills are about the last bastions of generational employment with exception of the government.
I’m a white collar guy who sometimes does blue collar work to relax. Yeah, I know that sounds weird, but I totally get how the 24/7 drumbeat of “college for everybody” and open borders, especially for those that do blue collar work has totally shifted the attitudes and expectations of our young.
Trades people and blue collar people are seen as “anti-intellectuals and people who put Trump in office”