The conversion of the existing plant will provide for the retention of a skilled and experienced group of employees, thereby avoiding a plant closing and the loss of well-paid jobs in the Columbus community,
Quotes about well-paid (6 Quotes)
Union jobs in auto (plants) has been one of the most importance sources of well-paid employment for African-Americans since World War II.
If you've got that little gang of people sort of wanting to leave something on their tombstones that's a bit different than, 'I had a nice, well-paid career for 40 years' -- and I think that's what I see in Iowa. These guys are serious.
The whole agent thing hasn't changed since I started in call centers 15 years ago. The pattern stays the same. It's not a long-term career. It's not a well-paid job.
Basic research may seem very expensive. I am a well-paid scientist. My hourly wage is equal to that of a plumber, but sometimes my research remains barren of results for weeks, months or years and my conscience begins to bother me for wasting the taxpayer's money. But in reviewing my life's work, I have to think that the expense was not wasted. Basic research, to which we owe everything, is relatively very cheap when compared with other outlays of modern society. The other day I made a rough calculation which led me to the conclusion that if one were to add up all the money ever spent by man on basic research, one would find it to be just about equal to the money spent by the Pentagon this past year.
Every umpire hired into the major leagues came from the minors. It's like being paid to go to school for the diploma and training you need for the chance at a very well-paid job.