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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna
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To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (40078)5/19/1999 8:34:00 PM
From: Clever Nick Name  Read Replies (3) of 94695
 
-- OT -- sorry thread

Having worked both in auto factories for several years and being in the final stages of a 10 year journey to a doctorate in engineering I feel compelled to respond to this.

AUTO WORKERS ARE NOT OVERPAID!! The average line worker has 45 seconds to complete all his operations on a vehicle. These operations are always 'balanced' so that 45 seconds is what is required to complete these tasks after several weeks of learning. The people on the line work like dogs, with no say over even the smallest facets of their work days, in a noisy, hot and polluted environment for around 45k/year base salary. With overtime it can be substantially more, but any auto worker working 10 hour days does little other than sleep eat and work. Having worked these jobs many times I can honestly say they are underpaid. If you haven't done time in one of these places I suggest you shut up about it, because you have no idea what it is like.

If you want to point fingers at over paid auto workers, take a hard look at professional athletes. They are largely paid through the auto companies outrageous advertising budgets.

I don't envy a dime the average auto worker gets compared to the meager compensation I will get for years of education. I do resent the NBA tax that is included in the price of every new car on the market.
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