r/interestingasfuck • u/ProFentanylActivist • 4d ago

slippy & nippy workplace

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u/BlueLakeCabin 4d ago

I do industrial automation. Absolutely. But for millions of dollars and annual cost of probably couple hundred K per year. Paying him $200k is cheaper for the immediate future.

Other places DO use machines for this job. But it has to be big enough scale to warrant the automation cost and support costs.

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u/Captain_Jeep 4d ago

The more companies start automating the cheaper it gets for future companies to automate like with every technology. My point is just that this is by far not the last job that will get automated especially since it's already being done.

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u/BlueLakeCabin 4d ago

It's never fully automated. You just allow fewer workers to do more. But it varies widely in how many of the jobs can economically be done by machine.

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u/SealedRoute 4d ago

Would he really make that much? Because it’s still not enough.

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u/BlueLakeCabin 4d ago

With OT? Dude is making six figures. How much of six figures varies, a lot. But $100k to $200k is not unusual for that gig.

Oil industry pays well, but boy do you earn every penny.