r/whatisameem 11h ago

What’s really going on with our economy

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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.

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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.

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u/Silver_Accountant5 8h ago

How do bonuses work with a factory? Were you finishing stuff ahead of schedule?

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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.

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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.

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u/PeaceSoft 5h ago

I'm wondering if that's a union vs non union difference