American Auto Industry: Why Can't We Recruit Engineers to Detroit?

Kinja'd!!! by "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
Published 08/12/2017 at 10:55

Tags: Detroit ; Nazis ; Red Wings ; Hockey
STARS: 2


Kinja'd!!!

Engineers looking for work:  you can’t see why?


Replies (29)

Kinja'd!!! "Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24)
08/12/2017 at 11:03, STARS: 0

Wait what...

Kinja'd!!! "DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/12/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 2

You’d think Detroit nazis would use a Robocop head. Also, who’s worse, Illinois nazis or Michigan nazis?

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
08/12/2017 at 11:06, STARS: 0

Michigan, obviously. Hard to imagine Nazis using the Blackhawks logo.

Kinja'd!!! "dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
08/12/2017 at 11:06, STARS: 1

They can, just not for H1b wages. There’s no skill shortage, just a pay shortage. There’s also the famously poor Detroit management.

Red Wing shoes are cool tho :p

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
08/12/2017 at 11:08, STARS: 4

In a terrible naming coincidence for this discussion, White’s make a better shoe.

Kinja'd!!! "DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/12/2017 at 11:18, STARS: 4

Yeah, it’s pretty hard to imagine nazis using native american symbolism.

Kinja'd!!!

Ah shit!

Kinja'd!!! "Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
08/12/2017 at 11:24, STARS: 6

H1B wages are low when the H1B visa is sponsored by an indentured servant Indian company.

These companies get folks from India (and other places), and the deal is basically, “we’ll sponsor your H1B, now you’re our consultant, we’ll pay you $40k and you have to go wherever in the US we’re able to find a subcontracting assignment for you, and you’ll share an apartment with 4 other people doing the same thing.”

Then the indentured servant Indian company spams the hell out of every staffing company they can find around the country talking about “here’s our hotlist of available consultants for your direct client requirements!” The staffing companies, when they have a client who wants a certain kind of skillset but is paying a shitty bill rate that there’s no way for the staffing company to find an American with that skillset for that rate, submits resumes of these H1B consultants, places them as contractors, and then the person picks up and moves to that city for the duration of the contract assignment. When that contract is up, the cycle repeats.

When a regular company wants to hire someone directly as their own employee, and that person needs H1B sponsorship, generally the pay is the same as if that person were a US citizen.

Kinja'd!!! "crowmolly" (crowmolly)
08/12/2017 at 11:57, STARS: 0

Sports logos have been co-opted for a long time.

Kinja'd!!! "yamahog" (yamahog)
08/12/2017 at 12:04, STARS: 3

Don’t act like there aren’t racist shit heels in every corner of the US.

-engineer who was born in NY, lived in LA, left for Michigan, just finished a five month assignment south of the Mason-Dixon and getting sent back again this fall

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
08/12/2017 at 12:06, STARS: 0

But are the all Wings fans? Or Flyers fans?

Kinja'd!!! "yamahog" (yamahog)
08/12/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 2

Lotta BAHSTON fans tbh

Kinja'd!!! "Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
08/12/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 0

I’ve spent years living and working in Philadelphia and I’ve never once met a Flyers fan.

Well, at least, not in Philadelphia. I did once go out on a date with a woman who seemed perfectly stereotypically Jewish in every way, but was super into ice hockey and the Flyers. After about 20 minutes of trying to engage in conversation about it, I figured out there would not be a second date.

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
08/12/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 0

True facts: all bruins are bad.

Kinja'd!!! "diplodicus forgot his password" (diplodicusforgothispassword)
08/12/2017 at 12:17, STARS: 0

Huh apparently they call themselves the Detroit right wings. Can a trademark Trump free speech?

Kinja'd!!! "Milky" (jordanmielke)
08/12/2017 at 12:35, STARS: 2

Holy shit, I thought the image was just photoshop. Turns out, nope.

Kinja'd!!! "DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/12/2017 at 13:46, STARS: 2

When I was in Portland there was a Red Wing shoe store selling clothing marketed at hipsters. I couldn’t believe it. Worker-chic

Kinja'd!!! "DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/12/2017 at 13:51, STARS: 0

At least the rest of the country only has to worry about their nazis holding signs. Meanwhile in Arizona...

Kinja'd!!!

This was at a protest outside a mosque btw.

Kinja'd!!! "DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/12/2017 at 14:08, STARS: 0

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "DrJohannVegas" (drjohannvegas)
08/12/2017 at 15:40, STARS: 0

THIS x1500.

Signed: A kid who grew up in the white supremacist part of NJ, but rooted for Boston sports.

Kinja'd!!! "Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24)
08/12/2017 at 15:54, STARS: 0

i dont want to live on this planet anymore

Kinja'd!!! "Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24)
08/12/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 0

the real red wings are looking into their legal options against these nutjobs

Kinja'd!!! "gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
08/12/2017 at 20:49, STARS: 1

Carhartt started opening stores in outdoor shopping malls. I was hanging out with a couple friends and saw one and thought “wtf is this doing next to a Coach store”  

Kinja'd!!! "DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/12/2017 at 21:05, STARS: 1

“how the hell did I end up in RealTree camo and Carhartts?”

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

Kinja'd!!! "gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
08/12/2017 at 21:09, STARS: 1

Its why when people say a diamond edition 80k f150 would never sell i think, “yes, yes it would”

Kinja'd!!! "DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/12/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 0

Yeah, but those guys are rocking either Tommy Bahama or Affliction wardrobes depending on their age.

Kinja'd!!! "Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
08/13/2017 at 11:33, STARS: 0

There’s a guy near my work (I live in a blue county, work in the deep red county next door) who loves flying combinations of the Cubs flag or the Blackhawks flag paired with either a Don’t Tread On Me flag, a MAGA flag, a Confederate flag, or a NRA flag.

There are probably 100x more Confederate flags flown in that county than there are McDonald’s and gun stores. I’m surprised they don’t have white pride marches.

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
08/15/2017 at 20:56, STARS: 0

Carhartt makes amazing stuff though.

Kinja'd!!! "gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
08/15/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 0

Oh i like their stuff. Their workpants are fantastic. Their store is really out of place and interesting who I’ve seen go into shop. When you see somene hop out of a new Range Rover or Escalade it becomes a bit “who do you think you’re fooling?”

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
08/15/2017 at 21:24, STARS: 0

Tricki Niki