The lame excuses re so called higher than expected unemployment and lower than expected new hires bs are getting very old.
Since Memorial Day, I have been asking everyone, who I come in contact with and who is in the position of hiring in person, on the phone or on the internet if they are hiring “new” full time people for new positions in their company as the economy “recovers”!
This unofficial polling has run from 3 people asked a week to as high as 20.
I have yet to hear from a single person that they have hired a new full time employee to because the economy or their business has improved. A few have replaced a critical/needed employee, who left the company, retired, died or whatever, even those actions are rare. The contacts run from the East Coast to the West Coast and include Alaska and Hawaii.
The pattern has been if an employee leaves, the workload is absorbed by the remaining employees or a part timer is hired.
The main reasons behind not hiring new full timers or even replacing a full timer are:
1. The sales/income is not there to justify hiring new people or replacing a full timer.
2. The unknown cost of health care for employees with Obozo Care.
3. The anti business actions of rhetoric of the rats in political offices/power at the local levels to the state and federal levels discourage owners and managers from hiring new full time people.
If an old 71 year Grampa can do the above research and be on target, why can’t the great know it all economists of the left and the mediots be on target?
forgot what happens if Oblockhead federally eliminates right to work.
what if everyone and I mean everyone is forced to join their respective guild?
I was going to replace an employee who left. No way will I do this before November and, assuming Republicans take control, the adjournment of this congress before more ecconomic damage is done.
The fact Obama eliminated Romer only speaks volumes to the corruption. She is going to take over one of the printing presses of money.
I suspect it is because the 71 year old Grandpa is looking for the truth and the leftist economists and mediots are trying to figure out how to continue with their lies for a little while longer. I like the way Rush puts it: "These people wake up each day and ask themselves "How do we fool them today?""
By the way, my findings, by way of business contacts, match yours.
I hope somebody from Fox News or the Wall Street Journal reads your post. Excellent.
At my company in the past 15 months there have been two layoffs, one voluntary separation program (completed today) and a few people who left for other jobs. We are now at a skeleton crew, having gone from 80 employees to just under 60, and corporate will probably order another layoff in a couple of weeks. I’ve been looking over a year for a new position with no offers. There are simply very few jobs out there.
My mom works as office manager for a HVAC/plumbing contractor. At the height of employment, the office had 18 workers, including the boss/owner. They are now down to 7 (also including the boss). They only work M-Th. Although business has picked up due to the heat this summer (this is in Indianapolis), he is only hiring one more field tech at this time. The future is just too uncertain for more hires.
My stepdad owns a 32 unit apartment complex, and he has said that it’s amazing how many people who don’t have a job expect him to go ahead and give them a place to live. Fortunately he’s got 30 of the units rented (plus a few houses he owns), so obviously there are still some people with paying jobs out there.