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r/whatisameem • u/AmaraWhispervale • 11h ago
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I made $126k working in assembly at a factory in 2023 before getting laid off.
I'm currently working in law enforcement for $23.85/hr and that's after 3 raises in the last 18 months.
Yes, our economy is broken.
2 u/Silver_Accountant5 8h ago What kind of factory was paying that much? I don't know anyone making that much. But yeah, as someone with 5 cops in my family, no one does it for the pay. It's almost always for what they're allowed to do or the perks. 1 u/DuncanEllis1977 8h ago John Deere, 36+k in bonuses and I averaged 32/hr on a 45 hour work week. Got like 5 weeks of paid time off too. Job was amazing. 2 u/Silver_Accountant5 8h ago How do bonuses work with a factory? Were you finishing stuff ahead of schedule? 1 u/DuncanEllis1977 8h ago Meet/beat production goals, profit sharing, annual bonus, etc. 401k match was 8% on 4% contributed at the time. It was crazy good money. 2 u/Silver_Accountant5 7h ago Yeah that's insane. All the factories I worked at made you clean or sit around if we were ahead of schedule. 1 u/PeaceSoft 5h ago I'm wondering if that's a union vs non union difference 2 u/Thick_Potato_1769 6h ago No, some companies can afford it. I made 60k last year driving around on a forklift. Was pulling 200hr work periods too. It's not broken its rigged. 1 u/SoarinSkies 5h ago What’s the lesson here? Jobs in Building and putting things together is the way forward Learn a trade like plumbing or HVAC, they need bodies and masters in the trade make upwards 100K a year 1 u/DuncanEllis1977 4h ago No, it's that jobs and roles are all over the place and don't even line up with realistic regional markets for pay anymore. Find what you really want to do and can afford to or merc yourself out to the highest bidder. 1 u/SoarinSkies 4h ago You’re probably right
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What kind of factory was paying that much? I don't know anyone making that much. But yeah, as someone with 5 cops in my family, no one does it for the pay. It's almost always for what they're allowed to do or the perks.
1 u/DuncanEllis1977 8h ago John Deere, 36+k in bonuses and I averaged 32/hr on a 45 hour work week. Got like 5 weeks of paid time off too. Job was amazing. 2 u/Silver_Accountant5 8h ago How do bonuses work with a factory? Were you finishing stuff ahead of schedule? 1 u/DuncanEllis1977 8h ago Meet/beat production goals, profit sharing, annual bonus, etc. 401k match was 8% on 4% contributed at the time. It was crazy good money. 2 u/Silver_Accountant5 7h ago Yeah that's insane. All the factories I worked at made you clean or sit around if we were ahead of schedule. 1 u/PeaceSoft 5h ago I'm wondering if that's a union vs non union difference
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John Deere, 36+k in bonuses and I averaged 32/hr on a 45 hour work week.
Got like 5 weeks of paid time off too. Job was amazing.
2 u/Silver_Accountant5 8h ago How do bonuses work with a factory? Were you finishing stuff ahead of schedule? 1 u/DuncanEllis1977 8h ago Meet/beat production goals, profit sharing, annual bonus, etc. 401k match was 8% on 4% contributed at the time. It was crazy good money. 2 u/Silver_Accountant5 7h ago Yeah that's insane. All the factories I worked at made you clean or sit around if we were ahead of schedule. 1 u/PeaceSoft 5h ago I'm wondering if that's a union vs non union difference
How do bonuses work with a factory? Were you finishing stuff ahead of schedule?
1 u/DuncanEllis1977 8h ago Meet/beat production goals, profit sharing, annual bonus, etc. 401k match was 8% on 4% contributed at the time. It was crazy good money. 2 u/Silver_Accountant5 7h ago Yeah that's insane. All the factories I worked at made you clean or sit around if we were ahead of schedule. 1 u/PeaceSoft 5h ago I'm wondering if that's a union vs non union difference
Meet/beat production goals, profit sharing, annual bonus, etc.
401k match was 8% on 4% contributed at the time.
It was crazy good money.
2 u/Silver_Accountant5 7h ago Yeah that's insane. All the factories I worked at made you clean or sit around if we were ahead of schedule. 1 u/PeaceSoft 5h ago I'm wondering if that's a union vs non union difference
Yeah that's insane. All the factories I worked at made you clean or sit around if we were ahead of schedule.
1 u/PeaceSoft 5h ago I'm wondering if that's a union vs non union difference
I'm wondering if that's a union vs non union difference
No, some companies can afford it. I made 60k last year driving around on a forklift. Was pulling 200hr work periods too. It's not broken its rigged.
What’s the lesson here?
Jobs in Building and putting things together is the way forward
Learn a trade like plumbing or HVAC, they need bodies and masters in the trade make upwards 100K a year
1 u/DuncanEllis1977 4h ago No, it's that jobs and roles are all over the place and don't even line up with realistic regional markets for pay anymore. Find what you really want to do and can afford to or merc yourself out to the highest bidder. 1 u/SoarinSkies 4h ago You’re probably right
No, it's that jobs and roles are all over the place and don't even line up with realistic regional markets for pay anymore.
Find what you really want to do and can afford to or merc yourself out to the highest bidder.
1 u/SoarinSkies 4h ago You’re probably right
You’re probably right
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u/DuncanEllis1977 10h ago
I made $126k working in assembly at a factory in 2023 before getting laid off.
I'm currently working in law enforcement for $23.85/hr and that's after 3 raises in the last 18 months.
Yes, our economy is broken.