DrRusty Wrote:that was his hourly pay though. Not including benefits or anything. I went to school for 2 years to learn how to work on cars, I make $13 an hour. That idiot without a diploma or anything, was almost making double as me to mop floors. Getting a job at an auto plant was like winning the lottery. All you have to do on an assembly line is screw in a tail light all day and you take home 70 grand a year. It's complete bull shiet
Funny thing that. My Aunt worked in a Visteon auto supplies plant. She made about $25 on the line before benefits, with ~20 years seniority. Ironically, it's a good thing she filed for medical retirement when she did. Pink slips are not fun when you're in your 50's. Base pay right now I believe is $14 starting wage. What they've been doing recently is offering retirement packages, and hiring new folks in to cut costs while still giving a handjob to the UAW.
Anyway, working on a line isn't quite as easy as one would think. Imagine picking up a bottlecap and bottle. Now imagine fastening the cap onto the bottle. Next, take the completed bottle to the next room from where you are now. Come back, and repeat this mind numbing process for 3-4 hours until break. Did I mention in total they weigh 50 Lbs? Oh, and make sure you bring water. It gets up to 120 Farenheit in there thanks to the bottle machines.
Congratulations. You are making DOORS! Wow!
Also the unemployment rate is horrible around here. I can't even get a job cleaning Burger King toilets. Personally I'm for this bailout as long as a competent person/staff oversees the restructuring and union negotiations.