2006-12-06 13:41:49 · 25 answers · asked by camille m 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
A white collar who knows how to get his hands dirty
2006-12-06 13:43:28 · answer #1 · answered by blondie 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
He i susually considered a white collar worker as he's involved in dicision making processes. Rarely does an engineer put on tools and go to work. He designs, draws plans, buys, orders supplies ect.
Most successful engineers are now into management to make the bucks. Some are glorified maintentaince men incharge of a maint. crew. But the successful ones in companies usually are in managemnt.
Blue collar workers are usually the hands on employees like on an asmbley line. The white collar workers are the ones in charge.
Some companies have so many engineers they don't know what the do. (this is often true). Management hires engineers ot cover for them and run the actual business. Any trouble and the engineeers take blame, any improvement and the management takes credit. It's company policy. So i fyou are interested in becomiong an engineer go for the gold. Get a degree in business also.
Most of our engineers amount ot supervisors in one form or the other. and they have to move from one ocmpany to another regular to acheive pay increases.
2006-12-06 13:55:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A railroad engineer would be blue collar , a chemical engineer would be white collar. An operating engineer is blue collar an electrical engineer would be white collar. What type of engineer are you asking about
2006-12-06 13:45:26 · answer #3 · answered by spicoli 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
White collar.
2006-12-06 13:43:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Engineers are the bridge between blue and white collar.
2006-12-06 13:43:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The term engineer is used very loosely. Forklift operators call themselves operating engineers (they are blue collar). Computer science majors (previously called computer programers) now call themselves computer engineers (typically white collar). Train engineers (operators) are blue collar.
Real engineers go to college and complete a rigorous educational curiculum, including advanced mathematics, science and of course engineering courses. These "Real" engineers are typically Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical and some other specialties and are all white collar.
Hope this helped.
2006-12-06 13:51:11 · answer #6 · answered by TheElectrician 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They can be both. An Engineer who works in manufacturing for example could be a Blue Collar job. Working around dirt and filth and babysitting union workers. Other Engineer jobs could be product development for example working in a nice office or clean environment.
2006-12-06 13:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the type of engineer...if you're talking train engineer, then blue collar, most any other type of engineer would be white collar
2006-12-06 13:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by coasterjen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither.An engineer is whats commonly referred to as an employee.Maybe one day his shirt has a blue collar and the next a white one .Who cares??????
2006-12-06 13:45:28 · answer #9 · answered by Mr Bellows 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
one of my mothers mona avis was a train engineer, like
on railroad tracks and stuff, she said it was blue collar.
i had a wife for awhile who was a space scientist
and physicist, she said it was white collar.
but she got sick of it, and did something else.
i've had a lotta mothers. everyone is everyone's
mother. and the family of man, is not classless
it can be ring around the collar too. catholic priests are
white collar too. i'm a fuller brush inc. salesman so
i help people keep their clothes clean. but if you
insist on having a blue collar, its cool.lolol.
2006-12-06 13:46:31 · answer #10 · answered by joe snidegrass 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋