Is it more than minimum wage, or could you make as much staying at home collecting benefits? Or, are today's workers just too lazy?
I think a shortage of workers is good for most of us, but could this lead to inflation?
I'm old enough to remember the hyper inflation of the late 70s and that truly sucked. People on fixed incomes took it in the cheeks.
Still, I want to see more people working and getting paid, which, incidently, pays back the deficit and adds much needed $ to Social Security coffers, for example.
Sorry, missed the link:
Have no fear, the “Repubicans” are working on a “Solution!”
Millions are unemployed and not counted in the workforce.
Many are incapable of getting a job due to drug use. poor edication or just plain laziness.
Get rid of welfare for the able-bodied and that will change.
There is no such thing as a shortage of workers and anyone who ever tells you that is a fool or a liar.
There is only insufficient wages. You offer enough money you can get someone to do anything you need to do.
All these “shortage of workers” articles are really bids to suppress wages, which are finally starting to rise after decades of stagnation.
They had to invent a new word to describe how truly bad that was: stagflation, which meant that wages and jobs were stagnant, but inflation was through the roof. At the same, interest rates were rising to 20% or more. It also coincided with the collapse of some of the heavy industry, such as steel. It affected everyone.
Bull.
Time to start upping those salaries or sweetening the benifits.
That’s part of the dance of capitalism.
“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.” ― Benjamin Franklin
Bottom line: Decline to take employment without a valid reason and have your bennies cut off. Sounds like that employer will train applicants and pay fairly to increase his business.
I visited one such company on Monday. Although the need to grow is being felt after nearly 10 years of being stagnant, there are no capable workers in a small city with many small industrial companies.
It might also be noted that if the known illegals were sent home, the labor deficit would be near mortal to the city. People already drive in excess of 40 miles from a large city for jobs.
As the economy picks up, that source will also dry up.
BS. They just want H-1B foreign cheapo workers.
It’s far easier to pan handle a few hours a day, collect welfare, select your groceries from food banks, camp outdoors in national parks, and get free cell phones and other stuff from the government. Why work?
Raise the offering price Mike, the workers will show up is the price is right.
Eliminate the minimum wage and let the free market dictate the going rate for a job.
Lots of “safety sensitive” positions (e.g., rail transportation) go wanting due to people not being able to pass required drug tests.
As states “legalize” recreational marijuana use, this situation will only get worse.
Don’t believe a word of it.
Our next challenge is to get our own population off of the Obama couch.
I’ve talked to hiring managers with jobs like this who said something like 60% of applicants were failing their drug test.
We need more migrant workers or our indigenous workers will have to come off welfare.
So much BS. What they can’t do is find them at illegal worker rates. Offer competitive American citizen salary and there will be a line at the door.
Yep, how much is he paying is the key and what does he require to get hire. Probably 15 dollars an hour and needs 15 years experience running that machine.
Sounds like CNBC wants democrats illegals to work there plantation owners have unlimited supply.