The future for Ford workers: literacy will be key

[Lotte]

Why.... are completely different professions even being compared for monetary worth and smarts?

I mean, the rivalry amongst us grads at work can be a little competitive ("structural engineering is better than piping" "NO IT'SNOT WITHOUT US YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BUILD STRUCTURES FOR!!"), but it's all in good fun. And when it comes to the guys who are building what we work on in the office? We're a team, engineers need construction workers, fitters, turners, assemblers, the works. We also need a plethora of other professional people to get us where we are. The whole "engineers know more therefore are worth more" tone is ********. Not one grad, or engineer for that matter, on the project I'm on would say they should get paid more than the guys on site, whether it's onshore or offshore. Comparing teachers to assemblers is even more ridiculous.

I'm actually really annoyed that my other half gets paid less than me. I've been out of uni just over a year, and I get paid - at a guess - 30-40% more than he does as a mechanic. He's been doing it 12 years. I may be able to do pipe stress calcs, determine valve requirements and write specifications (oh yay), but I got nothing on what he can do with a car. For now anyway ;)