A good part of the US population has simply dropped out. I know firms that simply can not find enough young people who can read, don’t do drugs, are willing to learn something new, and will show up on time. Its surprising the amount of people who can’t manage even that.
When you have to work to eat is when that will change.
The new machines for CNC are so sophisticated that Mechanical engineers receive top dollar pay to run them at Honeywell in Kansas. And they are picky about where the engineers come from - local talent is best they have said on more than one occasion. Preferably Kansas and Missouri graduates do best. And they get top dollar. But they (the engineers) aren’t in a design or a career track so there is that tradeoff. But the future is extremely bright for anyone who knows how to run any kind of manufacturing equipment.
And just WHY are they looking for YOUNG people?
They'll work for LESS than the older ones!
I am amazed at the work ethic of the young college grads I have hired. They really feel a job is simply an unnecessary requirement to their providing themselves liesure time.
Getting in before 8 and staying past 5 is a major inconvenience to them.
Pings for later.
It takes about ten years to become a journeyman machinist and the work is stressful, demanding and not many people are successful at it.
Most successful machinists start at an earlier age, as it requires a high level of discipline which needs to be forced into a younger man's ego.
It goes even further....MGD's company just fired an engineer, a fairly young, but established recent hire within the last 9 months. The guy is married, just bought a house. Failed his random "whiz quiz".
This guy should have known better than to be so stupid.