America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom

Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by gaindustries on Monday October 13, 2025 @01:31PM (#45571060)

> The business loses employees to Walmart etc. despite the factory having higher pay and significantly better benefits.

Better pay + benefits than the most rock bottom lowest possible pay + benefits is really pathetic.

And based on the vagueness of your claims, we can assume full-time hours are also out of the picture, meaning no health insurance.

On top of that, tyranical small business owners are usually a nightmare to work for.

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Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by thaack on Monday October 13, 2025 @01:42PM (#45571203)

It's all full time 4x10 work with the employer covering 100% of health insurance premiums.

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Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by gaindustries on Monday October 13, 2025 @02:19PM (#45571642)

There's somethhing you're not telling us or not being honest about.

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Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by flybrand on Monday October 13, 2025 @04:54PM (#45573242)

It's common. People would rather work in a Wal-Mart as it is more social and less demanding. The physical space is nicer.

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Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by culll_kuprey on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @09:20AM (#45579707)

It’s probably the hours. A lower middle class income is not worth losing my every waking hour over.

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Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by jordanb on Monday October 13, 2025 @07:34PM (#45574488)

Decent chance given that it's a plastics plant probably not unionized and probably in a red state that the air is not healthy to breathe.

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