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Yeah us poor MBA graduates going on to work at Fortune 500 companies with fresh hires making six figure salaries with massive bonuses. I make more $ than any employed trade worker.
And lets not even go into the army of MD, CPAs, PEs, JDs, etc that all earn more than tradesmen. However, if you are sub 120 IQ I wouldn't recommend going for a professional track, it's not going to work. If you have 90 IQ and low aptitude being a tradesman and unclogging toilets all day is definitely the way to go.
See what I mean? All that (if I even believed you) and you have to pay someone to fix your craper or you wash machine. Your MBA and 6 figures wouldn't qualify to do my job.....
True but if you injure yourself your pretty much up a creek plus the whole no work life balance. Trades are great for some people but they are not all sunshine and roses and the money comes at a cost your health.
You believe physically active jobs are less healthy?
Yes we have a brother in law who is an electrician in Toronto and boom/bust is real. When the economy is good -- lots of work, overtime and you take it -- when there is a bust...you sit at home waiting for things to pick up.
In this area of all the trades, Electricians are one of the most sought after...
True but if you injure yourself your pretty much up a creek plus the whole no work life balance. Trades are great for some people but they are not all sunshine and roses and the money comes at a cost your health.
I would greatly disagree with your position. Every organization I have worked for offers short/long term disability insurance for their employees above and beyond work comp. vacation and retirement. We work hard at work life balance. How can you maintain a work force without that?
It won't help... There will always be a segment of society that looks down their nose at the guy they call to fix their toilets. At the same time lamenting their MBA in basket weaving won't help them get a job ....
The guy fixing those toilets is probably better paid then the people with toilets needing fixing.
I would greatly disagree with your position. Every organization I have worked for offers short/long term disability insurance for their employees above and beyond work comp. vacation and retirement. We work hard at work life balance. How can you maintain a work force without that?
Most jobs offer that your still taking a risk and personally I would rather work less hours and make less compared to a tradesmen and not risk being disabled if I injure myself.
Most jobs offer that your still taking a risk and personally I would rather work less hours and make less compared to a tradesmen and not risk being disabled if I injure myself.
Each to his own
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) and you have to pay someone to fix your craper or you wash machine. Your MBA and 6 figures wouldn't qualify to do my job.....
