Gen Zers are steadily abandoning the college-to-corporate pipeline, opting for trade school and blue-collar jobs instead. They’re suiting up as electricians, plumbers, and carpenters for six-figure salaries—but there’s one thriving industry they’re still turning their nose up at.
Manufacturing is one of America’s hottest growing professions, with 3.8 million new jobs expected to open up by 2033, according to research last year fromDeloitte and the Manufacturing Institute.
Yet half of those roles are predicted to go unfilled. Just 14% of Gen Z say they’d consider industrial work as a career, according to a separate study from Soter Analytics.
Not only rock bottom pay, but crazy long hours.
10-12 hour shifts plus overtime. Thats straight bullshit.
I can understand it in hospitals (although nurses and {most} doctors need to be taken better care of then we do now.) Because it takes a while to safely switch care providers, but industrial work and long hours is just raping workers for profit.