The good paying factory jobs of the past are deal. They’ve been replaced by information technology.
You obviously don’t understand the service sector. I doubt you’ve ever seen the direct bill rate for an entry level technical professional.
One of the problems is that not everyone that worked in one of those good paying factory jobs has the temperament or skill set to work a technical professional job in the service sector. That is a legitimate issue the U.S. economy faces as we continue to shift more towards service rather than production.
Couple that with the increased costs to manufacture in the states vs. overseas, an oversupply of undergraduates with general degrees, tens of thousands of dollars of debt, and slim pickings for well-paid service sector jobs and you’ve got serious problems.
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Seriously. A lot of guys including me would be completely uncontrollable in that sector. I’ve tried a couple different fields and found them to be mind numbing and entirely unfulfilling.
My wife, on the other hand, manages a sales and service program for a large Midwestern energy provider and she’s great at it, loves it.
Bis assumes too much.
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also reflects early retirement/retirees … basically an exodus from the workforce for whatever reason