C J Murray wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:15 am I suggest that everybody that posted on this thread get a 6 month suspension from Talk.
Ah, where to start?C J Murray wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:02 am I have spent 55 years directly working in the automotive and power sports industry. 38 of those years I have spent as a business owner. Mechanics/technicians are the most difficult positions to fill. Our underperforming educational system is a major factor. Students that would like to be in a hands on profession are demeaned and it is strongly suggested that technical training is for the stupid kids. College is for the smart kids. College is the route to the corporate penthouse, the mansion, and the country club membership. Government encourages you to borrow incredible amounts for a college education with majors in completely worthless subjects. Only a very few receive an education that results in financial reward. The student that wanted a technical education but was brainwashed into going to college is now sitting in a cubicle taking antidepressants. That is the government and the teacher's unions at work.
The mechanics at my dealership are the highest paid employees in the building. There is no shortage of repair work. The work is different than it was when I was a mechanic in the early 1970s but there is every bit as much work available. After all look how many more cars there are today.
Machine shops are somewhat different because modern cars don't often need machine work before they go to the crusher however their market has changed to a more sophisticated type of work that requires greater skill. There is more of that work than there are qualified machinists to do that work. Do you think that educators and government let young people know that fact? "Only the dumb kids become machinists."
Carpenters, plumbers, electricians, HVAC, and other technical trades are not promoted to our young people either. Let the illegal aliens do those menial tasks. Very sad.