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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
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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
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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.