At one time, the engineering talent did very well in supply chain management. Now, it is like asking someone who was trained to be a dentist to fill out endless insurance forms.
This is very, VERY interesting and thank you for posting. The exact same article can be written about the little world of pharmacy. I feel like it’s demographics. We’re losing too much experience too fast, and its becoming painfully obvious.
People who scream “shortage” lack faith in the very life blood of the business world: supply and demand. When the wage for the position rises high enough, the position will get filled. Just like when someone claims there is a water shortage, it is never exactly the case. It is only that they cannot buy enough water at the price they want to pay.
The exact same issue you describe has led me to reconsider my 15 year career in Information Technology. 10 years ago I could churn out about half a dozen projects a year that really impacted bottom line revenue for my company.
Flash forward 10 years - almost 60% of my workload these days is Federal Audit Compliance, Change Management Paperwork, Attestations, etc.
We don’t get to build cool stuff anymore - we mostly just get to fill out audit paperwork and plug up little security holes - endless hours of busy work and no real engineering.
I hate it.
That’s very interesting. The growth of compliance-related jobs could be good for me, when I look for employment after retiring from the Mom business. I have excellent reading comprehension skills and endless patience for tedious detail.
Was voluntarily out of work for 6 months seven years ago & tried like heck for three years to find work. Couldn't get hired.
Don't need the work now, but when I wanted a job I couldn't have gotten one to save my life.
Is that because more of the work is computerized or because 'paperwork' is taking the place of things that need to be done?
We can hire the coyotes and Mexican government. They certainly know how to move a massive amount of illegals and drugs cross country.