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Re:Ford can't find mechanics for $120K: It takes math to lea... by pbnjeh on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @07:28PM (#45974234)
Mechanics are a "cost center". Modern "Management" does not like paying for "cost centers".

The rest is atmospherics.

(The US has, in general, taken a similar attitude towards public education, while simultaneously making it responsible for "everything" regarding children's upbringing. Compounding the problem.)

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Re:Ford can't find mechanics for $120K: It takes math to lea... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @07:51PM (#45974444)
> Modern "Management" does not like paying for "cost centers"

Nobody likes paying for cost centers.

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Re:Ford can't find mechanics for $120K: It takes math to lea... by tarsinge on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @02:42AM (#45976870)
I think what the parent is critical about is the "cost center" labeling, because yes once it’s wrongly labeled like this nobody wants to pay for it.
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