It’s a Bad Business Model That Tanks America’s Factory Revival [PowerShift #4]

Stop the great manufacturing lie - it's not a Skills Gap Problem

Meet Jake (pseudonym for privacy reasons). He’s a 32-year-old high school graduate with 8 years of advanced manufacturing experience.

Six months ago, Jake quit what Washington politicians would call a “dream job”: a production role at a brand-new, multi-billion-dollar EV battery plant. The job checked every box on paper: it was billed as “manufacturing b…