[Sylvanfan]

I work in the drafting/engineering office of a steel fabricator. It seems to me that we have a really, really old office. Especially with the way software has completely changed the way the job is done.

In our office there are 9 people over the age of 55, 5 of them are 60 or older, 3 of them 66 or older. There are 7 people between 25 and 28. There are three of us between the ages of 30 to 35...two of us can speak English! Than we have one guy in his 40's although he has 5 years less experience at the job than I do. Although there are 3 guys 55 or older who have spent less time in the line of work than I have.

This seems to indicate that there is going to be a huge shift in the work place in the coming years. The Companies corporate office which is in the same building seems to be much younger, only a couple of old dodgers, and a few friends and family of the owner who are late 30's to early 40's, and a couple token under 30's. IT which has 5 people are all under 40.

I'm a bit surprised the drafting office is so old. Last couple places I worked, I was one of the older guys...now I'm one of the youngest again. I suspect there are so few 40 year olds in this line of work, because they got sick of the poverty line pay cheque and went back to school to get a job that pays better. Another thing which I told the general manager back in June was that the people who have been there 6 years, do the job at a lower level than 3 year employees did at past places I worked.

There is also an office in Saskatoon that is far younger, and that branch is far and away the most profitable of the 6 operations under the corporations umbrella.