@JohnEDeaton1@MACommonSnsDad And folks are going to rinse and repeat electing Wu and Healey like nothing is wrong with what they’ve done. There’s not a crane in the sky over the city of Boston and that is a terrifying prospect for the future of the state.
Right now you can upgrade your workforce.
Fill critical roles with people who weren't available six months ago.
Build retention through stability while others are frozen.
The question: are you moving or waiting?
What's your take?
Most manufacturers obsess over production costs and output.
But there's a hidden metric that quietly dictates long-term success: employee retention cost.
Ignoring this figure leads to a costly cycle of hiring and training.
The safest move comes with its own risk.
Not because being conservative is wrong.
But because synchronized caution creates synchronized competition.
And that's when retention costs spike and talent options vanish.
If you run tours that flip perceptions, I want to hear what works for you.
Drop a comment with your best tour moment or question about getting started.
And if this thread helped, give it a like so more manufacturing leaders see it.
The factory tour that flips minds
Parents expect grease and danger.
They walk out asking about benefits packages.
I have watched this transformation dozens of times.
Here is how to build a tour that turns skeptics into applicants:
The talent crisis is partly a visibility crisis.
Kids who love building things do not connect that passion to manufacturing because they have never seen modern manufacturing.
Your facility is the proof that changes minds.
Open the doors.