I am 27 and have worked on the spanners and within sales for 3 forklift companies, i started on the spanners when i was 16 and left the industry this year, The reason i left was pay,
They dont pay young staff what they should be getting even if they are out performing the older team members i was earning 8k less but selling more equipment. These companies think that just because your young they can pay you less, This shouldn't be the case they should be investing in the future not the past before long no young blood will want to work within the industry and prospects will have to buy there machines online. I now work out of the industry and i am very happy but i had 9 years of experiance within the industry and my last company were happy to lose this to save a pound or two.