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0 pointskamaal11mo ago0 comments

Would interesting to know what percentage themselves or their own children wanted to work at a factory. Can tell with a huge degree of confidence for all practical purposes thats 0.

Its always easy to expect other people to make sacrifices working these jobs, while imagining you and your kids working office desk jobs.

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fleek11mo ago

Is everyone on hacker news so entitled and privileged they cannot even imagine an American citizen wanting to work for a living?

I absolutely would work a factory job if it paid 100k+ and meant owning a home someday.

Instead I got 100k student loans and make 60k at a desk and I'll never have a life outside of work because I simply can't afford it.

I'll be 35 this year after 12 years of working and just starting to have a positive net worth.

American dream my ass.

y-curious11mo ago

A 100k factory job and you're calling others entitled? This is the equivalent of the famous Arrested Development skit, "what does a banana cost, $10?"

fleek11mo ago

Every tradesman I know makes north of 80k, granted it's backbreaking work. I assume working in a factory such as semiconductors pays 6 figs, as an engineer or foreman of some kind.

If they are literally stamping parts together on an assembly line then I guess yeah it's not going to pay 100k.

BriggyDwiggs4211mo ago

Bringing back factory jobs isn’t bringing back the American dream. It’s just replacing the shitty gig work you have to do to barely get by with a shitty factory job that you have to do to barely get by. If they pay well, it’ll drive up the cost of goods a ton and still be unhelpful for people.

jghn11mo ago

> if it paid 100k+ and meant owning a home someday

That is not going to happen.

nemomarx11mo ago

how would a 40k a year manufacturing job help though? (real salary of someone I know in the field right now)

StackRanker300011mo ago

You would be able to afford a lot less if everything you bought was made in factories where every worker was paid north of $100k. That includes your home, by the way.

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fleek11mo ago

Is everyone on hacker news so entitled and privileged they cannot even imagine an American citizen wanting to work for a living?

I absolutely would work a factory job if it paid 100k+ and meant owning a home someday.

Instead I got 100k student loans and make 60k at a desk and I'll never have a life outside of work because I simply can't afford it.

I'll be 35 this year after 12 years of working and just starting to have a positive net worth.

American dream my ass.

y-curious11mo ago

A 100k factory job and you're calling others entitled? This is the equivalent of the famous Arrested Development skit, "what does a banana cost, $10?"

fleek11mo ago

Every tradesman I know makes north of 80k, granted it's backbreaking work. I assume working in a factory such as semiconductors pays 6 figs, as an engineer or foreman of some kind.

If they are literally stamping parts together on an assembly line then I guess yeah it's not going to pay 100k.

BriggyDwiggs4211mo ago

jghn11mo ago

> if it paid 100k+ and meant owning a home someday

That is not going to happen.

nemomarx11mo ago

how would a 40k a year manufacturing job help though? (real salary of someone I know in the field right now)

StackRanker300011mo ago

You would be able to afford a lot less if everything you bought was made in factories where every worker was paid north of $100k. That includes your home, by the way.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse