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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Guess what!
There's a whole generation of old men about to pass away, most of them tradesmen. And in my experience, crotchety and unwilling to teach.

Because this generation generally has less interest in trades, likely from being viewed down upon (see above), there is going to be a severe shortage of people working in the trades.

This will possibly mean two things:
Companies are going to scramble desperately to get new apprentices, so -good news- more jobs. But, expect a startling lack of quality in the years to come.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

There's a startling lack of quality a lot of the time now, it's gonna get hella bad when the trades-boomers go.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

True enough. I can only hear "NoBoDy WaNtS tO WoRk AnYmOrE" so many times before i figure who's to blame for that

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Exactly. Nobody wants to work for unliveable wages. It's a wage shortage, not a labour shortage.

Or, after being tired of being lowballed for work and offers to be paid in exposure, "fuck you, pay me."

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A local (and very well off) welding company wanted me to pay for my own courses and equipment when I applied. It would have been hundreds of dollars out of my pocket, for MAYBE a chance to be taken on as an apprentice, if I withstand being the shop bítch for long enough.
PART TIME.

yea,

FUCK OFF

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Unreal. What do they expect you to live off?

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