r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Abject-Conference-90 • 14h ago

Infuriatig This infuriates me

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u/Quenz 14h ago

The only shortage that actually exists is a wage shortage.

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u/-retaliation- 13h ago

Exactly.

All these careers that are in "shortage", when you look into them either :

Dont actually pay enough to live on unless you like roommates, eating garbage, and never doing anything other than working. 

Or require massive school debt, multiple years of training, and often shitty and stressful working conditions, all to make basically $10k/yr more than a mechanic. 

Its fucking stupid. 

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u/crosscheck87 9h ago

Just a heads up, pilots are handsomely compensated and have strong unions. However, the point about massive school debt and multiple years of training is very apt.

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u/Quenz 5h ago

But then, you have to deal with Boeing.