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0 pointsipaddr1y ago0 comments

A welder making double outside of the government would take a chance the more experience they have. Similiar to how many people here would rather get a job at Amazon vs the government. Chances are you are out in a year or two compared to a government job where you can survive longer for half of the pay.

Remember we are talking about experienced aircraft welders. They are not available for 20 an hour when industry is paying so much more.

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toomuchtodo1y ago

Collins Aerospace is offering $19/hr for third shift welding work on aircraft. It was referred to me by someone in the labor community, and I spoke with HR under the guise of a prospective candidate to confirm. They do $26B/year in revenue.

lifeisstillgood1y ago

This should be a top level comment - it kind of reinforces the point of the whole article. I understand that 15/hr is the (planned) US minimum wage?

notabee1y ago

People have been talking about raising the minimum wage to $15 for so long now (the "Fight for 15" movement started in 2012) that the inflation-adjusted value of that would now have to be almost $21/hr. However, the minimum wage is still $7.25 and seems to be likely to remain so.

consteval1y ago

To put into perspective how abysmal 19 an hour is, I used to make 22 an hour working at a gas station. Second shift, not third. And I'm not in a high COL area.

mrguyorama1y ago

The federal minimum wage has zero chance of increasing unless we get a supermajority of Democrats in both wings of congress and the presidency. Republicans, voters included, largely do not want the minimum wage to go up.

bratwurst30001y ago

excuse me but what is third shift welding? is this the security lvl of the welding job?thank you

CDRdude1y ago

Third shift is the overnight shift at a 24-hour workplace. Usually that means midnight to 8 AM.

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