Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Let's compare 2 jobs at the Oshawa truck plant

Does anyone see a problem below?


MarlboroLight wrote:
Posted 2008/06/16
at 11:20 AM ET

Let's compare 2 jobs at the Oshawa truck plant.

1/ Lug Nut Tightener, CAW member

Duties = responsible for tightening the lug nuts on the truck wheels

Qualifications = must know how to tighten a bolt

Education = grade 12 (actually I'm not certain he finished high school)

Wage = $33/hr plus comprehensive benefits package including dental


2/ Mechanical Engineer, non-CAW, contract

Duties = performing FEA (finite element analysis) to predict the deflection of the doors and underbody in a side impact accident.

Qualifications = must have intimate knowledge of CAD software, crash simulation analysis and a strong background in metallurgical science.

Education: 4 year bachelor's degree mechanical engineering and a 2 yr masters in metal deformation from the University of Toronto.

Wage = $27/hr, no benefits but has free access to first aid kit

DOES ANYONE SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE NUMBERS ABOVE ???????
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