Do you feel that there are fewer new technical staff?
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Recently, the proportion of people seeking technical help on the platform has been very small. Those who have just graduated and started working in the chemical industry, and are truly interested in it, show a sense of inexperience and eagerness to learn from their posts. This phenomenon is rare these days; perhaps few graduates enter this field these days. It’s been almost 11 years since I finished my first job, and I still remember many things clearly. Back then, I truly had a passion for the chemical industry; I used F-ratchets for inspections, went up into towers and climbed along pipe racks, and was eager to quickly understand the production processes and learn how to operate them. I remember that the factory used coal as raw material, and through processes such as gas generation, purification, compression, synthesis, and distillation, it produced methanol; this methanol was then used to synthesize dimethyl ether, a clean fuel in liquid form. The section I work in uses low-temperature methanol to wash and purify gas, along with cycles for detergent regeneration and refrigerant ammonia regeneration. This section involves 8 towers, 23 heat exchangers, dozens of pumps, multiple DCS operation screens, and reports of 4 pages that need to be compiled once per hour. Back then, I didn’t win any scholarships while studying, but at least I knew what my major was and had a basic understanding of the relevant knowledge. Recruiting employees these days is very different from when I just graduated. It’s hard to find undergraduates from schools of the same level; those who can be hired come from obscure institutions ranked around 300, and they know nothing about professional knowledge when questioned
I’ve always disliked this. Civil servants do not fall under the primary or secondary industries; at most, they belong to the tertiary industry. Hiring so many highly educated individuals is a tremendous waste of resources
First of all, we are all leeks. Civil servants can be considered a good target for exploitation; there’s little waste, so it’s quite good
Now the forum is ruined by some worthless posts full of pointless complaints, meaningless content, and silly titles that don’t match the actual content!
Since the stigmatization of the chemical industry in previous years, it has been on a downward trend; it’s normal that there is little interest in it
It’s good; the chemical industry too needs to move towards automation. By learning from the West, there are fewer people in the chemical industry, and those who choose to stay see an increase in their incomes. Chemical engineers in the United States earn second only to lawyers and doctors. On the other hand, it also stimulates self-control and the development of the sensor industry.
I hope so, but reality is quite cruel. Before the chemical industry, the steel industry served as a reference sector, and its situation was extremely poor. Both are moving down the path of automation, both offer high salaries abroad, and both stimulate the automation industry. But then what? The salary left remains half, and workshop workers all start with a bachelor’s degree. With the domestic demographic dividend and nearly ten million graduates each year, competition in these industries is so fierce that it’s like \"you can choose whether to work there or not – there are plenty of people willing to take the job.\" Moreover, a certain expert professor recently argued that \"the company provides you with a job position, so you should pay money to the company\"!
How many people are willing to stay up late playing games or drinking and boasting, to work through the night without sleeping, or to conduct inspections at fixed times and along set routes and keep records? Large factories have a high degree of automation, and their facilities are mostly framed structures; inspections still need to be carried out even in rainy or windy weather. How many people are willing to go through such hardships? I want to work in the control room, stay up late, use the computer to monitor operating conditions – can I take on this role if I’m not familiar with the site? The higher the level of automation, the greater the requirements for employees’ skills and capabilities. How many graduates are willing to go through such hardships? Furthermore, how much salary can many factories offer these days? 3000-7000, how much is the difference compared to civil servants and similar jobs? If there’s no need to go to work and weekends are free, who would want to work shifts? The original poster should also stop talking about wasted resources. If local government employees earn 3,000 and shift workers earn 3,500, then when it comes to choosing a career path for one’s child, I don’t think anyone would send their child to work in a factory on shifts just for 500 yuan; most people would choose to have their children become government employees earning 3,000.
The professor just told the truth. :'(
The compensation is far too low; experienced engineers who have graduated from 985 or 211 universities after ten years still earn less than those who graduate from popular majors at the starting point of their careers. If I were a graduate, I would change careers as well: L:L:L