JB66money
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I just recently transferred jobs from one state to another within the same company. While working withn the first state, I noticed the high regard that was shown for engineers working within the company, especially those who were licensed. In fact having a P.E. license was a definate way for an engineer to have improve their chances for upward mobility. Howevere since transferring to the other state, it has been like working in a different company. Many employees especially those who work within the field do not respect or value engineers. In fact many people hold positions in which on a licensed professional engineer would be allowed to hold in the other state. Since working here I have noticed how the term engineer is loosely tossed around. There is a group of employees called estimators in the former state that are called "engineers / field engneers" in the second state. Many of these people have never gone to college and if the have they do not have engineering degrees. In fact I know of one particular case in which there is a licensed P.E. who's boss wass an estimator. In fact his boss, along with several other supervisors have technology degrees and not engineering degrees seem to have a chip on there shoulders against engineers. Also many of these people have great influence on the engineering decisions made in the company within this state. The result is that the electrical system in this state is poorly designed and primative compared to the electrical system in the other state which values engineers. The thing that pisses me off the most is how they loosely toss around the title engineer. There are many people with only a high school diploma who believe that they are engineers. People did not work their behinds off for four years to earn a BS degree in engineering from an ABET accredited college or university, study and passed the FE exam, work four years and later study hard for and pass the rigourous P.E. exam to be legally classified as a Professional Engineer, for someone who only received on the job training to do a few routine tasks to call themselves engineers. I would like to know how do those who have their P.E. license feel about this kind of disrespect of our profession.