Lots of manufacturing operations are terrible to work for, but there is a general gap in the manufacturing labor pool in the US. I’ve worked at a handful of different shops over the years, and most places I’ve been have offered decent bonuses for recruitment referrals because they struggled to find people. Even the places that paid decent and were aright to work at.

Trades did well for me, and financially nearly all my close friends who went trades are doing better than nearly all my close friends who went to college.

“Freak”