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Re:The job no one wants: young people won't work in logging by intothev01d on Thursday August 24, 2017 @02:51PM (#15092890)
I don't blame people for not flocking to an extremely dangerous and grueling job only to be underpaid. There's plenty of other options. I get tired of older generations somehow trying to guilt trip us into continuing in their line of work when in reality those jobs weren't very good to begin with. Work smarter not harder. Maybe they never heard of that.
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Re:The job no one wants: young people won't work in logging by hardlianotion on Thursday August 24, 2017 @03:01PM (#15092988)
It's not an "older generation" thing. It is a "shitty employers try to have their cake and eat it" thing.
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Re:The job no one wants: young people won't work in logging by dclowd9901 on Thursday August 24, 2017 @04:53PM (#15093964)
They got greedy during the downturn and don't want to give up the sweet milking of the labor supply.

I wonder how we recovered from this after The Great Depression...

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Re:The job no one wants: young people won't work in logging by georgeecollins on Thursday August 24, 2017 @06:35PM (#15094656)
Unions
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Re:The job no one wants: young people won't work in logging by cowsandmilk on Thursday August 24, 2017 @03:11PM (#15093071)
half the article is basically about working smarter. new machinery that can do the work of 8 men and is much safer than the old manual methods... And the crews using these machines do attract young people. It sounds like the young people joining the industry are just decided to join crews that have greater safety and the latest technology, which means their jobs are less likely to disappear as the technology spreads; in fact, they'll be those with the most experience with new methods rather than those with the least experience with old methods.
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