Why would he leave, yes the work is physically hard, and mentally monotonous, but the reward and pay is great - thats the tradeoff - they go in work their 20 years, and come out beat up and somewhat broken, and get a decent pension out of it.<p>Would he have stayed on without the great pay, benefits and pension? probably not, not enough financial reward for the work, he&#x27;s smart enough to do anything he decides he wants to. That on some level is the price of doing business - or was at least for a long time - the UAW gave concessions to save the Big Three in the form of a two tier wage structure, which the big three appear to be willing to gradually eliminate the two tier structure - or at least bring them closer together now that they are financially healthier.<p>The thing is, I&#x27;d bet money though, if if I looked into it, you&#x27;d find autoworkers in each company (or anyone doing heavy assembly like that to be similarly well paid, relative to their local wage).