WV people.....

[Always The Herd]

I read from "time-to-time" that our WV people are an : "uneducated unskilled workforce".

I would like to know exactly how "you" came to that conclusion (fact or opinion).

 

[MichiganHerd]

I believe WV has skilled workers, but likely needs more. The problem is that there's less and less places for the skilled workers to work in WV.

As for being uneducated, the big issue is that there's a nice percentage of WVians that acquire an education, but are forced to leave the state in order to find a job that suits their education and perceived worth. I'm one of those people. Hell, with what I went to school for, there were zero options to work in my field in the entire state of WV. That's changed slightly during the last 20 years, but it's still limited, which begs the question: Why would a WV school of higher learning have programs where there's no industry in the state to feed the graduates?

 

[Walden Pond]

Originally posted by MichiganHerd:
begs the question: Why would a WV school of higher learning have programs where there's no industry in the state to feed the graduates?

There's money in it. Federal money. I guess it works out all right. WV gets federal money. The net paying states get to extract educated West Virginians. They see something in us. Well, either that or the feds forced them to donate and they're just salvaging what they can out of it.

For us, WV is a nice childhood memory, a great national park to visit, and a peaceful retirement home and burial plot.

 

[MichiganHerd]

Originally posted by Walden Pond:

a peaceful retirement home and burial plot.

I'm not even sure about that one yet. I just read where WV is one of the nation's leaders in worst states to go to after retiring. I guess they probably rape you for various taxes when you're old and frail. I doubt if I'll need a burial plot. I've gotten to the point where, like yourself, I don't want nobody around me anymore. I figure in another 10-12 years, most of those still lingering on will finally realize I don't like them and don't want them around. When I die, I probably won't be found by anybody until 2-3 months when the bill collectors come knocking on my door for my social security check. By then, it will just be bones. Might as well just toss them outside and let the dogs eat them or bury them out in the yard.



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This post was edited on 3/9 2:59 PM by MichiganHerd

 

[TwolfHerdfan]

I know my company is looking for a few very experienced CNC machine guys and finding it hard to get someone in the area.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Those with skills and education leave to find work. It isn't a slur against the quality of humans produced by WV.
Posted from Rivals Mobile

 

[Always The Herd]

So going "only" by your statement Raoul Duke MU......it comes across as if you are saying those that are still here are unskillful & uneducated.....true or not?

 

[trailherd]

WV's college attainment rate is generally at the bottom. WV also has one of the highest %'s of low skilled workers of any state. Both of these are true statements.

 

[riflearm2]

Originally posted by Always The Herd:
So going "only" by your statement Raoul Duke MU......it comes across as if you are saying those that are still here are unskillful & uneducated.....true or not?

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Trailherd is right.

Not every person will be highly skilled or educated. And that is fine when there is a strong local economy that supports supporting industries and services.
Posted from Rivals Mobile

 

[ggmike1992]

As Judge Smails would say, the world needs ditch diggers, too,

 

[banker6796]

Never have agreed with the term "unskilled labor". It's just a cheap knock on people with limited education that you don't have to pay very much, not because they don't have a skill, but because they don't know their value.

 

[GeauxHerd]

I left for alabama and louisiana and then came back to WV for a nice pay increase and promotion.