Quantact Wrote:"Only" take home $40 an hour + $15 an hour for benefits?! Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't 40 dollars + benefits a fuucking LOT? College graduates don't even make that much coming out of school, and (again correct me if I am wrong,) I was under the impression that you don't need a college degree to work at the Ford assembly lines.
I agree that it is a lot, but it's not as much as it is made out to be. The workers do not get paid $70 an hour. That is the total cost for employees, retirees, and all their benefits broken down to an hourly rate.
I think they are getting paid way too much though. My uncle, who currently works for GM, lied on his application about having a high school diploma (which he still does not have). All he does is get drunk and do whatever it is he is paid to do at GM (drinking contest with other employees I assume), so I don't think him or any other employee deserves that kind of pay. I think they should be paid $22 an hour tops with benefits... they should also do some work too and not get drunk on the job.