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re: The workforce shortage is real and ridiculous
Posted on 7/17/21 at 8:31 am to NoSaint
Posted on 7/17/21 at 8:31 am to NoSaint
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So where are the vast higher paying jobs all these minimum wage people are supposed to be growing into?
Management, supervisory.
Its what people have done forever. The competition is non existent, and with minimal work ethic you can rise through ranks.
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Posted on 7/17/21 at 8:32 am to NPComb
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I’m no economics expert but my 401K is 18% higher than it was 5 years ago.
Holy shite that's horrible lmao
Posted on 7/17/21 at 8:36 am to thadcastle
Local Hancock Whitney branch lobby was closed yesterday. It was drive through only.
They did have security open the door for us so my 18 yr old could start a checking account.
They explained that one person was on vacation and another was out sick so they had to make schedule adjustments.
The assistant manager told us that they were uncertain as to whether another local branch, 10 miles away where I work, was fully open. However, they knew that a larger branch 30 miles away was completely open.
The workers were very busy, very accommodating, and absolutely great in working with my son.
They did have security open the door for us so my 18 yr old could start a checking account.
They explained that one person was on vacation and another was out sick so they had to make schedule adjustments.
The assistant manager told us that they were uncertain as to whether another local branch, 10 miles away where I work, was fully open. However, they knew that a larger branch 30 miles away was completely open.
The workers were very busy, very accommodating, and absolutely great in working with my son.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 8:41 am to Turbo_Buffalo
Minimum wage was designed for a single FT job to raise a family and have a decent life. That was FDRs vision. They didn't tie it to inflation or any other metric, and that's been the downfall. Now, over the decades, it's been twisted into what you said. People think it's only for kids.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 8:43 am to Hulkklogan
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That was FDRs vision.
That was 80 years ago.
Since then, high barriers to entry, excessive regulation, foreign competition and we have allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country, which puts downward pressure on wages.
Its a government created situation.
FDR also froze wages, which led to employers offering health care as an alternative.
This post was edited on 7/17/21 at 8:45 am
Posted on 7/17/21 at 8:44 am to NPComb
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I’m no economics expert but my 401K is 18% higher than it was 5 years ago. It’s also worth 50% less than it was 5 years go and dwindling. Why is that?
I guess because you have the worst 401k in the history of man kind
Posted on 7/17/21 at 9:39 am to CitizenK
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Steel fab shops have had that problem for over a decades with finding welders even at up to $280 per hour
There’s only so many welders out there who are worth that…
Posted on 7/17/21 at 9:45 am to Hulkklogan
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Minimum wage was designed for a single FT job to raise a family and have a decent life. That was FDRs vision. They didn't tie it to inflation or any other metric, and that's been the downfall. Now, over the decades, it's been twisted into what you said. People think it's only for kids.
So every single job out there should start at this? What? All HS kids, part time workers, etc. should have this pay? None lower?
Min wage has become nothing more than a political tool of the left to get votes by offering to raise it. It’s horrible politics and pandering.
If the politicians would stop and move to showing all the positions that one can move into after only a couple of months of training or experience, this entire debacle would change. But it won’t.
No economy can survive being forced to pay cart guys, grocery baggers, etc a min wage to raise a family on. There has to be jobs that high school kids and part timers can work to support any industry.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 9:55 am to baldona
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Min wage has become nothing more than a political tool of the left to get votes by offering to raise it. It’s horrible politics and pandering.
I always see people saying on this board "it has become a political tool for the left". Can we all admit that when something become a political tool, both sides use it when its convenient?
The right tells its people that the left wants to make businesses have to pay their employees more and that they left wants to raise it to some ridiculous rates which will cause price hikes (which I guess is true to some degree), but politicians are politicians, it doesn't matter what side they are on.
The only reason at least half of them are the party they are in is because that's the party they have to be to get elected, which is their main goal. They want to be in office to have the power that comes with it, they will play whatever side they have to.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 9:56 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Management, supervisory.
Yeah but then you have to babysit all the people too stupid to rise through the ranks...
Posted on 7/17/21 at 9:57 am to thadcastle
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They are going to homeless shelters and no one is willing work. Apparently when you can make a decent living without working, people won’t work.
Lacking basic understand of what's going on right now.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 10:01 am to Odysseus32
Pretty much considering a lot of homeless people have mental issues.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 10:03 am to OweO
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Pretty much considering a lot of homeless people have mental issues.
yeah they are homeless because they are senseless....they have mental issues....we dont need more homeless shelters...we need to open up more mental hospitals
Posted on 7/17/21 at 10:11 am to tgrbaitn08
And then ole boy can go to the mental health facilities to try to find workers.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 10:19 am to OweO
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And then ole boy can go to the mental health facilities to try to find workers.
Wal Mart greeters shouldnt be that hard to find..
Seriously though.....I think the best and very important jobs that the mentally ill can do is bag groceries, collect shopping carts, sweep floors, wash windows,...there are jobs for those people but they cant get jobs bc they dont have an address, or dont knwo their SS#, or have clothes or transportation......if the country really wants to fix the labor shortage they need to fix the issues that are holding some people back from getting these jobs and stop worrying about raising the pay scale.....that is what is killing the labor pool and businesses
The problems are the increase in the prices of material and the lack of labor plus the labor you do get you have to pay them more than they are worth
Posted on 7/17/21 at 10:54 am to tgrbaitn08
quote:I'm not shopping at a store that has legitimately insane people working there.
Seriously though.....I think the best and very important jobs that the mentally ill can do is bag groceries, collect shopping carts, sweep floors, wash windows,...there are jobs for those people but they cant get jobs bc they dont have an address, or dont knwo their SS#, or have clothes or transportation......if the country really wants to fix the labor shortage they need to fix the issues that are holding some people back from getting these jobs and stop worrying about raising the pay scale.....that is what is killing the labor pool and businesses
Posted on 7/17/21 at 10:56 am to johnnydrama
That’s why I haven’t been to a Walmart in over 20 years
Posted on 7/17/21 at 10:57 am to johnnydrama
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I'm not shopping at a store that has legitimately insane people working there.
I promise you that you already have.
If you shop at any store that employs trannys then you have
Posted on 7/17/21 at 10:58 am to OweO
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Pretty much considering a lot of homeless people have mental issues.
Mental illness is not the primary reason for homelessness. Drug abuse is the primary reason.
Roughly 1/3rd are mentally ill to the point of it being serious.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 11:01 am to RogerTheShrubber
They all have mental issues but not all of them are on drugs
So you’re wrong again as usual Roger
So you’re wrong again as usual Roger
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