Eisboch wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:40:09 -0500, tin cup wrote:

The average wage was around 58,000.00 a year.
That's misleading, benefits add at least another 20,000. That is
pretty good pay for unskiled labor, about 2 or 3 times what most
factory workers get.


I saw a news clip recently of a GM "worker" standing beside a console on
the assembly line, supervising a bunch of robotic arms assembling a car. His
primary job was to hit the red "Emergency Off" button, if something went
screwy or was called to do so.

His "package" (including benefits) was in excess of $85k/year and upon
retirement could look forward to full, GM financed health coverage along
with his pension.

I don't deny anybody the right to hold a good job with decent pay and
benefits, but it really should be in concert with the person's initiative to
prepare him/her self for that career. I am sorry, but standing around
watching an automated assembly line put cars together for that kind of pay
and benefits just doesn't do it for me, especially when I see others who
have worked hard to educate and qualify themselves for a trade making far
less.

Eisboch


That may be what had to be done at the time. Someone had to do it and
also the other things associated with the robots. A Machinist does not
stand at the lathe all day long. He takes the jobs when they get to him.
He is paid for his expertise and to do the job. A "college kid" would
not do it or could not do it. Some College Graduates do work for a
living. They are paid to do the job not for their piece of paper as is
Wall Street.