Laid off?

[koolwhipman 10+ year member]

Well, maybe someone will figure this out in our lifetime...

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Well, maybe someone will figure this out in our lifetime...

That's why economists are important...to find solutions to these issues.

 

[koolwhipman 10+ year member]

That's why economists are important...to find solutions to these issues.

right right

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

That's why economists are important...to find solutions to these issues.

Meh...

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Meh...

lols

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

I suppose that means accounting and financial services. Real corporate finance I wouldn't think we be taught at vocational schools. It takes more than an undergraduate degree to wrap your head around the complexities.

im not at a vocational school. im attending the local community college. but yes im getting an associates in accounting as well as financial services(theres only a 2 extra classes i gotta take to get both). quickly realizing its not really something i want to do but why change now? im getting paid for it. ill take my free associates and apply it to something i want to do.

im really the minority in our group that got laid off though. most guys just went into another manufacturing job, took an apprenticeship somewhere, or retired. i think only 5 of the 120 of us that lost our job took advantage of "educational training" which is what they refer to going to college.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Would you say the occupations I used from the GAO report (truck driving, electrician, HVAC repair, computer operation, and health care) are out of line?

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

Would you say the occupations I used from the GAO report (truck driving, electrician, HVAC repair, computer operation, and health care) are out of line?

id say itd be highly dependent on demographics. at 23 i was the youngest of most of the guys by at least 10 years and the majority of guys were 50+ (considered rednecks so computer operation and healthcare might not be high on their list of options) and have been in manufacturing since they were 18. thats all they know and thats all they wanna know. not many are willing to consider a new career path. truck driving, electrician, hvac repair i could see. but most of them didnt take advantage of the programs and just went to another manufacturing plant.

 

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

I have been laid off for the last month now because american axel went on strike....sucks but oh well.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

Would you say the occupations I used from the GAO report (truck driving, electrician, HVAC repair, computer operation, and health care) are out of line?

Out of line as far as? I dont see many law-offs at all in health care or computer operations in the future but I could be wrong or misinterpreting what you are saying. Or are you saying these are good industries to retrain to? That would make sense but how many people working in a factory for 20-25 years are going to retrain in the first place. I may be wrong. Just throwing it out there.

Also part of the whole picture I believe you may not be taking into account is how much smaller our workforce is going to be in 10 years. If you are than please excuse me. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Out of line as far as? I dont see many law-offs at all in health care or computer operations in the future but I could be wrong or misinterpreting what you are saying. Or are you saying these are good industries to retrain to? That would make sense but how many people working in a factory for 20-25 years are going to retrain in the first place. I may be wrong. Just throwing it out there.
Also part of the whole picture I believe you may not be taking into account is how much smaller our workforce is going to be in 10 years. If you are than please excuse me. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

The initial question was for me to get an idea of what industries factory workers would retrain to if their current employer headed overseas. I understand that oftentimes the employees are rather unwilling to retrain. For instance, textile was very big in Mississippi during the 1970s, when it vanished to Asia, there were no other manufacturing jobs. In this case, towns and cities essentially died.

It could be that this issue is not as big as I think it is. From the looks of it, only a small percentage of those laid off actually chose to reskill. It makes me wonder what these people are doing in cases when there are no manufacturing alternatives. I am open to the possibility that I am making a mountain out of a molehill.

Why is it going to be smaller? The millenial generation is just a bit smaller than the baby boomers. The millenials are entering the workforce in droves. If Gen X is staying in the workforce longer due to lacking medical benefits, among other things, millions immigrate each year, etc. Why would it be smaller?

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

Why is it going to be smaller? The millenial generation is just a bit smaller than the baby boomers. The millenials are entering the workforce in droves. If Gen X is staying in the workforce longer due to lacking medical benefits, among other things, millions immigrate each year, etc. Why would it be smaller?

I have heard our generations were quite a bit smaller here in the us. Maybe I was giving incorrect information. I guess it may not have taken immigration into account as well.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I have heard our generations were quite a bit smaller here in the us. Maybe I was giving incorrect information. I guess it may not have taken immigration into account as well.

Ehh....who knows really. That stats aren't very clear or standardized anyway.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

My dad re-skilled twice with GM. Fist time he was trained for CAD work and came back to the plant working in the standards room. Second time he took trade education for electrician and is now doing that job.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

That actually seems like the best occupation to chose.