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<blockquote data-quote="hypocrisy" data-source="post: 930599" data-attributes="member: 9500"><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd">Witness the not-quite-senior preloader complaining about his low starting wage in another thread. Reminds me when I was in high-school busting my butt for a tire shop for 50 cents above minimum wage. This new hire went in to the boss on his second day and demanded a raise. The showed him the door. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Part of it is generational, part of it is Corporations reaping what they sowed. Corporations wanted to remove seniority, end employer provided health care, kill your pension by getting you to buy into a 401k plan, and sell you a bill of goods that you are replaceable and expendable. So people today do not feel any loyalty to their employer and expect to have many jobs until they retire (if they retire). So you have lazy workers always looking for the next easy street instead of remaining loyal to an employer that rewards their loyalty after 30-40 years of work. Was this good for America? </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">As for off-shoring of jobs, sure you have the Global Marketplace and all that and sometimes it may be necessary to have some parts made off-shore so companies can compete. But I can swallow that easier if final assembly is done in the U.S. or if the companies maintain a high U.S. presence. The trade off probably isn't worth it. Try to find a mechanic that uses cheap chinese tools in his tool box. Sure, they might be work a few times, but 'good enough' isn't really when his livelihood depends on reliable tools to get that job done fast enough so he can make money.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sometimes I wonder if we had to re-fight WWII today, how companies today would react to having their entire operation retooled and re-purposed to supply a war machine out of a sense of duty instead of profit. I pray we never have to find out the answer to that question. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hypocrisy, post: 930599, member: 9500"] [COLOR=#0000cd] Witness the not-quite-senior preloader complaining about his low starting wage in another thread. Reminds me when I was in high-school busting my butt for a tire shop for 50 cents above minimum wage. This new hire went in to the boss on his second day and demanded a raise. The showed him the door. [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff] Part of it is generational, part of it is Corporations reaping what they sowed. Corporations wanted to remove seniority, end employer provided health care, kill your pension by getting you to buy into a 401k plan, and sell you a bill of goods that you are replaceable and expendable. So people today do not feel any loyalty to their employer and expect to have many jobs until they retire (if they retire). So you have lazy workers always looking for the next easy street instead of remaining loyal to an employer that rewards their loyalty after 30-40 years of work. Was this good for America? [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff] As for off-shoring of jobs, sure you have the Global Marketplace and all that and sometimes it may be necessary to have some parts made off-shore so companies can compete. But I can swallow that easier if final assembly is done in the U.S. or if the companies maintain a high U.S. presence. The trade off probably isn't worth it. Try to find a mechanic that uses cheap chinese tools in his tool box. Sure, they might be work a few times, but 'good enough' isn't really when his livelihood depends on reliable tools to get that job done fast enough so he can make money. Sometimes I wonder if we had to re-fight WWII today, how companies today would react to having their entire operation retooled and re-purposed to supply a war machine out of a sense of duty instead of profit. I pray we never have to find out the answer to that question. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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