If I were a 14 year old there I'd be jumping at those positions - not for the pay but because it is my best bet to be in a job where my boss can and will protect me from being called up for war (meat assault). If you work for a generic "insurance agency" they won't have options to protect someone from getting called up, but by producing war equipment I'm now valuable enough to the military that they might leave me alone. Fortunately I don't live in Russia and so don't have to consider the above.

[–] thatKamGuy 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ideally, yes - but if you’re a conscript you really don’t have an option of where you are going to get assigned to. If your commander deems you necessary for the front lines - that’s where you’ll go.

The factory manager isn’t going to protect you like some modern-day Schindler, they’ll likely pocket a bribe for turning you over. This is just how things are done in current-day Russia.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Ukraine has been going after these factories with drones and sabotage. Factory manager can't protect workers from that.