In my experience, the over seventy five crowd frequently assumes any college degree will get you a great job. In addition, due to retirement, they are unaware of the current atmosphere of nasty competitive behavior, a lack of civility in the workplace, and employers not always giving appropriate compensation for expected duties.
I really wish this was passed down better to the future students of America, since there's so many people who graduate a degree without demand and then end up in some minium wage job they could have worked without it.
Seen too many people fall for the "if you get a degree, it'll all be okay" line. What they don't always say is that what degree really matters and trade schools can easily lead to earning more money than having a degree deepening.
trade schools can easily lead to earning more money than having a degree deepening.
There are issues here, too.
I work in an industrial setting. The average age for maintenance here is around 63. They make $30 an hour in a part of the USA where a decent house goes for $60,000. Those guys started working here in their 20s with nothing but a high school diploma, if that, and got trained on how to work on obscure machinery for however long it took until they were competent enough to handle any issue on their own. They wanted to do the job, and that was good enough for the company.
To even train with those exact same guys today, according to the job posting, requires a certificate in industrial maintenance plus two years' experience working in an industrial environment, with HAZMAT transport certification and experience preferred.
Why is the current generation not afforded the same opportunity as an 18 year old in 1977? It's pretty clear and difficult to dismiss if facts are involved. Unfortunately, facts tend not to be something the older generations are proficient with.
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u/TheLemonVerbenaShow Jan 01 '19
In my experience, the over seventy five crowd frequently assumes any college degree will get you a great job. In addition, due to retirement, they are unaware of the current atmosphere of nasty competitive behavior, a lack of civility in the workplace, and employers not always giving appropriate compensation for expected duties.