Delamination

rbpru wrote:
A lot of the TTs in Elkhart are built by fine Amish craftsmen. As long as they can pound out the same number of TTs a day, like their non-Amish co-workers.

It is a wage and piece work bonus system with an expected daily volume. The wages relative to the other jobs in the area are rather good, which is why they work hard and work fast.

If anybody want to try it the TT manufacturer are almost always looking for good help.

Unemploymwet is zip in Elkhart County. If it has a pulse and can pass a pee test, it's working. That don't mean skilled or good work ethic either....

Last summer I was over at Palomino in Colon, Michigan (just north of Elkhart) to get some items for my TC and instead of just dropping in the factory I went in the main office and a gal immediately asked me if I wanted to fill out an employment app. I said no, I was retired and the commute was a bit far, Colon is 60 miles from here, Elkhart is 89.

Most of the builder than employ the 'Amish Craftsmen' operate like this... You have a day's quota to get out and if you get that quota, you can go home earlier so the work ethic is wham-bam get it done asap and go home... quality goes south, fit and finish goes south, attention to detail go south so the 'boys' can go home earlier, probablt to work in their home shops, turning out the 'handmade Amish trinkets and furniture' they peddle at Shipshewanna.

Why I always chuckle about Forrest River and their 'Quality Amish Craftsmen' built RV's. What a joke. Anyone want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge.... I'll give you a deal....:B

I've had plenty of dealings with the Amish. My wife for years, raised and sold Percheron Draft horses and the Amish bought most of them. To this day, I don't trust any, any farther than I can throw them.