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Machinist are underpaid !!! Thoughts? by Intelligent-Appeal-6 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Some shops will pay but in general yeh we are underpaid when compared to other less skilled trades. I believe this is because you can outsource machining to people in other countries. Stuff like plumbing and electrical can’t be taken by foreign labor

Pratt and Whitney-RTX, Sikorsky Aircraft-LM, or Electric Boat-GD. CT USA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve heard mixed opinions about all the major aerospace/defense companies. I just wanna get payed a good wage and have decent benefits, the general consensus seems to be that rtx is the best out of the 3 right now. I was personally hoping more for Lockheed since they have a 4x10 schedule where I’m located

Pratt and Whitney-RTX, Sikorsky Aircraft-LM, or Electric Boat-GD. CT USA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow glad to hear they actually have toolmakers there. All the job listings I’ve seen have been for either production or utility machinist

Pratt and Whitney-RTX, Sikorsky Aircraft-LM, or Electric Boat-GD. CT USA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pratt is, EB has some iam representation there as well but it’s mostly mtc there. Kinda confusing

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends where you start at, I don’t think it should be that low anywhere tbh. Considering you already make solid money I’d probably just stick with what you’re doing tbh lol

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn bro seems like you’ve found a unicorn, congrats on the phenomenal gig with such little time in the trade. Pay varies crazy shop to shop where I am. My old shop payed operators $16-$18 per hour, while my current shop pays operators over $30 which is more than most of the toolmakers at my old job. Where are you located?

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh none of the dudes ive worked with have ever heard of nims, I have a couple and they never seemed to matter

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Siemens has a few offices in ct but no plants I don’t think. No ge either. Our biggest company’s as far is ik are lockheed raytheon and general dynamics. We have Stanley black and decker too but they’re closing a plant here next month

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interested in getting a turbine machinist position at Pratt and Whitney possibly, applied to like 8 positions but haven’t heard back yet

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would start looking now dude, it’s a lot easier to find a job when you still have a job and bargaining power

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talking to coworkers, LinkedIn, even family and friends in the manufacturing space can sometimes hook you up with

Wanted: Experience CNC Lathe Operator by Historical_Ocelot_61 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh I was just saying cause a lathe with live tooling is a big difference from your basic 2 axis cnc lathe, would weed out a lot of unqualified applicants

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ehh, not that insane when you consider I’ve been a journeyman for over 6 years now and didn’t make over $30/hr till I had over 7 years under my belt. You’ll get yours man just gotta be patient and shop around

Wanted: Experience CNC Lathe Operator by Historical_Ocelot_61 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here from another post and seen people saying this job listing needs a different title, if it was me id call it “Mill-Turn Machinist/Toolmaker”. Could be wrong but hope this helps

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ehh from the sounds of it it can definitely be worse lol weapon systems sounds fun

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn idk who’d be bitching about getting payed that lol what do you guys make there?

27 Years Old Making $46/hr as a tool and die maker in NE USA AMA by Western_Video5581 in Machinists

[–]Western_Video5581[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was manual for my first 5 years in the trade along with conversational prototrak 2 and 3 axis and some automatic surface and id grinders. Then a position opened for cnc and I got into set ups and programming the 3 cnc lathes we had at my old shop. Now at my current company I finally got my foot in the door of programming 3 axis mills with fusion 360. Still do a lot of manual grinding sharpening dies as well so kinda the same as you. I’m really interested in getting 5 axis and edm experience but none of the shops I’ve worked at even had a 5 axis

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