Good Article...

[eastendlu]

Originally Posted by ProfessorM

I have been saying that exact thing for the last 15 years. I haven't met a single young person who is in my trade in a decade. I feel like a dinosaur. I have always luved to get my hands dirty. The sad part is my trade was a very high paying job 30 to 40 years ago. Now it is sad that my wife makes 3 times an hour what I do pushing a pencil, going to meetings and talking on her blackberry. It's caught up with us. A whole generation of a skilled, mechanically inclined, workforce has gone by the boards and it will take 20 years to train people to get their hands dirty again. You don't learn these skilled trades over nite and the people left doing it are dying, retiring, and getting older so their go your mentors and teachers. Very sad situation. Get used to made in China.

Me too

[BigBo]

That is exactly what's wrong. The manufacturing jobs we've let go in this country are jobs that we can never get back.
Right now as we speak, I'm in jeopardy of losing my job next year because our parent company feels it's in our best interest to ship all of our equipment and manufacturing capabilities overseas. This company sent us e-mails before the presidential elections urging us to vote Democrat. Their fear was that there would be higher taxes imposed by the Republican Party on goods maunfactured by "US" companies outside of the US. In that e-mail they boast how 70% of their profits came from overseas manufacturing and they wanted to increase that percentage rate in the next few years. I'm supposed to believe that it's in my best interest to go along with a 30% US based work force reduction (of which I'll most likely be a part of) to make them more profitable.

[Striperknight]

USA = Tourist destination. thats about it.
oh yea we make weapons.

[Nebe]

I totally agree.. Im pretty sure most of you know what I do for a living and i am finding that lately people have lost much appreciation for the kind of work I make. Most would rather have an Ipod than a vase.

I made this on monday..Its a sample for a lamp base. Hopefully the lighting company who asked for the sample will approve it and they will order from me as opposed to an over seas factory. its tough to compete with a chinese factory that pays their employees $5 a day

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Nebe

I totally agree.. Im pretty sure most of you know what I do for a living and i am finding that lately people have lost much appreciation for the kind of work I make. Most would rather have an Ipod than a vase.

I made this on monday..Its a sample for a lamp base. Hopefully the lighting company who asked for the sample will approve it and they will order from me as opposed to an over seas factory. its tough to compete with a chinese factory that pays their employees $5 a day

Duuuuude...pretty amazing work as always, Nebe

Good luck on landing the new account