Chinese-Canadian college students: working in the blue collar and living in the golden collar

Feng, a chinese canadians native, received his bachelor's degree at the age of 24. After graduation, I worked as a forklift in Toyota Motor Factory in Cambridge, wearing tooling all day.

The main reason why he chose the blue-collar life is "money". He said: "I owe a lot of money to go to college, and the salary of working in Toyota car factory is high, so I can make a lot of money in a short time." Two years later, Feng is still satisfied with his choice. He said: "It is precisely because I chose this blue-collar job that I embarked on the road to becoming rich. Now I bought a house with the money I earned, and now I plan to travel. "

Feng said that his family is proud of his choice, but his friends around him don't think so. They look down on this profession, and his colleagues try their best to find other jobs, hoping to get rid of this "shameful" blue-collar life. Feng said: "I also know that many people look down on me because I am a manual worker." But at least I live happily. I plan to work in Toyota Motor Factory for 10 years, and then change careers. You may start a company and join real estate. "

Feng graduated from the University of Windsor in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in sociology. At that time, he didn't know what kind of career to pursue. He first worked in a restaurant, and then worked as a nurse in a disabled group, but these two jobs only earned a few hundred dollars a week. Because Feng's college tuition has always been paid by loans, he must find a job that can make money quickly. By chance, I heard that Toyota Motor Corporation was looking for a job, and 25 yuan left in an hour.

Feng was assigned to the material transportation department, specializing in forking cars to transport goods to the ship. Now Feng earns 3/kloc-0 yuan per hour, works 46 hours a week, plus overtime (at least one and a half hours a night), and the money in his pocket has doubled. This year, Feng Yi earned 1000 USD.

With the money he earned, he bought a car, a house and a school loan (0,000 ~ 0,000). Feng said: "I think this happy life will last at least until I am 35." No matter what others think, money is very important in my life. "

According to the survey of Synovate, there are 654.38+500 million young workers engaged in manual labor in Canada. In other words, nearly half of Canada 18 ~ 25-year-olds choose to be blue-collar.

Historically, the word "blue collar" came from the uniforms of factory workers, usually light blue or dark blue. Today's so-called blue-collar workers, from firefighters, manufacturing workers, construction workers to retailers selling hamburgers, are all blue-collar workers. Employers usually train them at work and pay them by the hour. Of course, some people earn high wages, while others earn low wages, just like Feng, who earns far less money than white-collar workers.

Synovate said that blue-collar jobs can be seen everywhere in Canada, and 70% of blue-collar workers' job advertisements do not require a college degree. Of course, not all young people in their twenties choose to be blue-collar like Feng, huh? Shuo cangue rice? Hey? Mechanical acetylene tree ぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷぷ They stay away from fashion, famous products, clubs and cars. The rest of the blue-collar workers (about 500,000 people) are enjoying the life of a real "golden collar" family. They use the money earned from blue-collar jobs to buy expensive sports cars, the latest mobile phones, whisky ... follow the mainstream culture and associate with various celebrities.

For these people, money is used for consumption, not for saving. Work is just a means to get money, not a kind of enjoyment in life.

Feng's colleague Hergott worked in Toyota Motor Factory in Cambridge for 8 years. She is 37 years old, so she is an old worker in the factory. She said that 80% of the workers in the factory are under 30. She saw many young people working here spend a lot of money. She said: "Many people go to work in factories at the age of 20 or 2 1. They make a lot of money, but they don't know how to invest and manage money and make good use of it. They use the money they earn to buy high-end toys and beautiful clothes, and some even drive sports cars worth 1000 dollars. Another young worker already has a new car, but he told me that he would buy another car after he was paid this week. In fact, this is completely unnecessary. "

Hergott and Feng work in the same department, and their income last year was 1000 dollars. If she usually works overtime, she will earn more. She likes camping and boating, and her family and friends all think that she has found a good job. But Hergott plans to change her job, because her current job is not challenging, and she wants to go to college to be a social worker, although this job doesn't make much money.