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To reduce dependence on China, more of us need to work in factories (www.politico.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I make decent money working freelance from home.

I might consider working in a factory if they payed me like 150,000 a year and offered on the job training and promotions and pay raises yearly that beat inflation.

I don’t make anywhere close to 150,000, but I’m not willing to drive to a factory, work in a place that may be bad for my health, and give up the experience I’m gaining each day in my current field of work.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, the jobs would probably fill at 75-100k/y

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not worth it, it’s more than I’m earning now, but then you have to figure in the commute and the hour lunch break that I have to be there for but not get paid for.

It’s a tough sell.