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If you're willing to do the dirty work in the 2020s & 2030s, you might just get PAID.🫰💸

Here's why.👇

We're starting to see more manual labor, manufacturing, & industrial jobs get BIG pay bumps. The most popular example right now is UPS drivers making $170k. Some work-from-home computer warriors may be upset, but prepare for this trend to potentially continue.🤷

Over the past few decades, the incentives in the U.S. have led to an increasing percentage of talent & human capital moving toward software, healthcare & the financial sector. When we zoom out, this is (at least in part) due to American manufacturing & industry becoming less profitable as a result of a perpetually (and artificially) strong $USD — the downstream consequence of a fiat monetary system & USD hegemony (but I digress).

Couple this with the fact that people seem to be startlingly & increasingly lazy. Society was soft before COVID, and the pandemic added even more down feathers to the workforce pillow🪶. Seems like everyone & their cousin's mother wants to sit at home in front of a computer...drinking smoothies, petting their Aussiedoodle, and doing yoga throughout the work day. Nobody wants to get their hands dirty.🛠️

"The MBA graduate from a mid tier school that's making excel spreadsheets that get read by 2 people and don't do anything....they aren't necessarily providing value."

—@jimmysong

To use firefighting as a labor example, 10 years ago our department had literally 10x as many applicants as are interested today🤯

There is a shortage of real labor, especially skilled labor, and with US industry & manufacturing desperately trying to reshore & catch up as the world starts to de-globalize, those willing to step up are going to get compensated for it.

Demand for labor is high.

Supply of labor is low.

In today's environment, those who get off their ass may be increasingly rewarded. And in our view, there's a real chance that amidst this low labor supply, unions may actually strengthen considerably. Although computer warriors might b*tch & moan about it...this jealousy from the confines of home offices is likely to continue until the work force improves.

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The Ben Gunn 2y ago

This is AI bringing proof of stake professions down to their marginal cost of production.

Aaron 2y ago

The $170k is often misconstrued or not evaluated in context. That $170k includes healthcare, employer taxes and other fringe benefits. They’re not getting gross payroll checks of $170k.

Nonetheless, I agree with your point.

Ambitioushumanbeing 2y ago

Followed #plebchain

plebeian ewok 2y ago

All of my yuppie wfh friends thought the ups news was cool and are pro union, who the hell is salty about hard working strangers getting paid??

It’s good people are getting paid but coming from family with many laborers in it, I’ll never forget advice my dad gave me: don’t work for a company that pays you to ruin your body. These jobs may be good when you’re strong in your 20s and 30s, but if you need to work into 40s and beyond and haven’t moved into a desk job (or started your own company), it can be brutal.

Ava appreciate Calm & Wisdom. 2y ago

Il avait raison votre papa si vous savez le taux de salariés devenus inaptes à l'exercise de leur emploi en France avant 40 ans et qui se retrouvent dans nos structures puisque ne pouvant être reclassés en internes de grandes entreprises même avec des mesures d'aides techniques et humaines pour l'aménager les postes c'est énormes . Autant de risques psychosociaux non pris dans certaines sociétés ..qui augmentent le nombre de personnes au chômage souvent lié au fait qu'aucun suivi n'est fait par les Ressources humaines notamment sur des arrêts maladies ou accidents du travail et chez les femmes c'est pire après un congé maternité elles sont infini contraintes de faire un bilan de compétences voire de se former en plus ou de changer de métiers d'entreprises et la plupart du temps elles mettent du temps pour retrouver du travail. Certaines grandes boîtes types Total créent des crèches pour accueillir en interne à même pas 4 mois l'enfant se retrouve en crèche une forte probabilité des troubles de dissociation chez ces petits êtres + tard . Puisque aucun médecin ne sensibilise aux parents de l'importance de la conception à 3ans. Merci pour le sujet . Bizarrement j'ai évoqué votre structure avec un lien il y a quelles heures avec nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u entre minage bitcoin et apport d'énergie électrique sur l'Afrique où le besoin est réel pour les locaux. Ces types de structures se doivent d'être soutenues pour qu'il en ait plus .Bien à vous

Michael Matulef 2y ago

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A workforce crisis looms in construction as well.

The construction industry faces an impending labor shortage as a generation of experienced journeymen retire without a robust pipeline of new talent to take their place. Companies will be vying for workers from a shrinking pool of qualified candidates to meet project demand. Proactive steps must be taken now to recruit and train the next generation of skilled tradespeople.

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Erik Hersman 2y ago

This is an interesting conversation to have with your kids, especially when they’re just leaving high school and weighing the options of a college degree or a trade school.