Manufacturers - How Do You Answer This

cjoseph wrote:
I understand it is tough to get quality people. Heck, the RV has every system of a house and then some. Anybody skilled enough to know the ins and outs of an RV probably won't work for peanuts and that is probably what the dealers and manufacturers want to pay.

A job working in one of these plants needs to compensate better than minimum wage. You don't need someone with a degree - just people that are willing to learn and do good work, and then train them. It's called Performance Management. I worked as a supervisor for a major automotive company in their national service parts distribution warehouse. Me and a fellow coworker were put in charge of the night shift - a ragtag bunch of dirt farmers who would crash wire guided equipment. We applied some simple management principles and training, didn't outright fire people when they made a mistake, introduced fun competitions, and bought them pizza dinners when they succeeded. Didn't take long for them to be outperforming the other 2 shifts. If a company isn't invested in the people it hires, then everyone looses. Lots of companies are not and it shows. If a guy is drilling holes in the stress points of a joint, it's not his fault - it's the manufacturer not caring about anything but piece count.