The current jobs narrative in a nutshell
by Supergameplayer
The current jobs narrative in a nutshell
by Supergameplayer
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What they tell us when we want to learn the skill vs when we actually finish learning the skill 😭
idk welders get bank from what I hear
Easy was never in the argument. It’s common knowledge most tradesmen sacrifice their body for money. Trades can be a great way to earn a good living, but hard work is hard work no matter how you slice it.
It can be… if you can find clients who are able and willing to pay you what your work is worth.
Most of the time you’ll find prospective clients who will look at a personal project you’ve done on your own property that cost you in excess of $100,000 with all the materials, the value of your own labor and other costs, then expect to get it done on their own property for under $2000.
lol. What a shitty meme.
Become an adult. Then *try* to find a plumber, carpenter or electrician that will do a job for anything at rates you “think” are reasonable.
You’re going to become very sad very quickly.
Established tradesmen with a customer base get to pick and choose the jobs they do and do not want to take on.
Big stable money, yes. Easy…not always.
everybody online: trades are the golden ticket.
actual tradespeople: welcome to back pain and 60 hour weeks
It may not be office work but its definitely stable and available.
“The U.S. is facing a severe skilled trades shortage, with over 1 million, and up to 1.4 million, trade jobs projected to go unfilled by 2030, including critical roles in electrician, HVAC, and plumbing sectors. This crisis is driven by an aging workforce, with 5 workers retiring for every 2 entering, and a societal push toward college over vocational education.”
https://readerprecision.com/bridging-the-gap-addressing-the-skilled-trades-labor-shortage-in-manufacturing/#:~:text=Bridging%20the%20Gap:%20Addressing%20the,professionals%20to%20enter%20the%20industry.
easy & rewarding is rarely profitable…
It’s not really that you can make a lot of money but you will always be able to work. You will always have job oportunities
When the job market calls for specific training to fill the gaps in a job, it’s already too late to start school for that. You need to look well ahead to finish schooling as the need for that skill starts. When I was in highschool, welding was the “guaranteed job” but I knew so many people who went to school for that and by the time they were done, the job market was over saturated. They either had to move or find a different career. The next thing I remember that happened with was nursing. Now if you do get a job in nursing, you are getting next to nothing compared to what you end up doing. That’s IF you get a job. Now the big things is carpentry. I would put good money in the next 3 years, that market will be over saturated too.
And now watch as the narrative suddenly shifts to shaming this generation of kids for going into the trades and expecting instant stable success like they did to the generation told to go to college.
It was less about trades and more about access to a union
I dunno. My union ass is pretty content.
Generations we were told go to college now its go to trades. Now people in trades are telling stay away. Like wtf. We supposed to work 4 fast food jobs?
Okay I am going to throw my two cents in here.
Anytime you hear that x is where the money is at. It’s already oversaturated and the money is pitiful.
Both college and trades are valid career paths. The problem lies in that over-saturation is the name of the game. These billionaires and people in media will tell you that college is a waste of time and that you should go into a trade. When what they really want is for people to go into a field, have it be over saturated, so that it pays you little and it’s easier replace you.
They demonize college yet they will stick their kids into college regardless.
If you are going into college think long and hard about whay you want out of your education and plan your finances accordingly. Community college, scholarships, etc.
If you are going into a trade. You have to realized that yoy’re still going to some type of school, the job is going to be taxing on your body, and ensure you are in a union. (That goes for college graduates as well)
Buddy of mine did hvac for a few years. Made about $25k more than me. Also told me he worked about 30 hours more than me a week
You can make bank, but you will not see your life, family or friends. But you will have a 125k truck that helps keep you away from all of that. The overtime pay is great. But you are away from anything that you might care about.
Union pipe welder here- sure the moneys great, insurance is good, but my back and knees are already fucked, I’m 40. I’ve spent weeks straight in the past on my knees bending funny to see what I was welding, shit sucks
Just started working 7 12s this week, sure the moneys great but I miss my kids… trying to sock a bunch of money away before the depression hits so I’m telling myself to keep going. Some people may look down on strippers, but everyone in the trades is selling their body as well when you think about it
Easy, no.
Stable, yes.
Also make sure you work a union job. At will employers suck ass when it comes to trades. I was fired from one place and their reason was “you don’t seem to have enough passion for the job.” This happened a month after I had just pulled 4 weeks of 10 hour days not including the 4 hours of driving back and forth to the job site.
Well this feels wild.
Alive long enough to see the White and then Blue collar promise shattered.
Starting think there is no reliable route to make a sustainable amount of money
I’m a licensed electrician in Seattle and work is so slow I’m doing hvac and plumbing on the side.
Today in construction I listened to a coworker ramble on about the Holocaust being deserved and how the recent moon mission was fake for an hour. Then I went to piss someone had jizzed on the door handle.
Stay in school.
Easy? What’s easy?
Nothing that makes big money is easy or stress free.
Trades will get you paid, but you’ll have to bust your ass.
Sales will get you paid but you’ll have to bust your ass.
Do you get it?
Skilled people in skilled trades make big stable money.
Easy no, well paying yes
my everything hurts really bad every day, people won’t stop yelling at me over dumb stuff, enjoy your office job please please please
It definitely is a lie. Mostly for anyone not in upper management or ownership. And just because you have years in the field doesn’t mean you can just own your own business. That shit is stressful.