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re: This employee shortage isn't letting up
Posted on 4/20/22 at 11:49 am to The Spleen
Posted on 4/20/22 at 11:49 am to The Spleen
agreed. I can’t even remember if any of my close friends growing up didn’t have a summer job in high school.
for me, it was a part of a valuable life lesson. My Dad sat me down every summer after i got my first paycheck from my summer job. Then lined up all our families’ monthly bills. And would ask me, “on your current salary, can you afford a home? a car? gas? insurance? groceries? cable? utilities? what about hobbies or toys? No? Of course not, this is why you have to go get a degree and work your arse off son. OR you won’t be able to afford any level of comfort as an adult and you’ll always be broke as frick”
not only did it teach responsibility and work ethic but was a dose of reality for a brainless little fricktard high school version of myself.
for me, it was a part of a valuable life lesson. My Dad sat me down every summer after i got my first paycheck from my summer job. Then lined up all our families’ monthly bills. And would ask me, “on your current salary, can you afford a home? a car? gas? insurance? groceries? cable? utilities? what about hobbies or toys? No? Of course not, this is why you have to go get a degree and work your arse off son. OR you won’t be able to afford any level of comfort as an adult and you’ll always be broke as frick”
not only did it teach responsibility and work ethic but was a dose of reality for a brainless little fricktard high school version of myself.
This post was edited on 4/20/22 at 11:52 am
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 11:52 am to jclem11
quote:I guess we've found an accountant.
LOL, why do you retards always blame the accountants? It's the C Suite that makes those decisions, chief.
This board really has zero clue what accountants actually do but constantly blame the profession for shite it does not do.
I was not blaming the accountants, I was blaming the decision-makers who care more about the quarterly/annual figures than the next decade's.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 12:04 pm to Korkstand
Bruh you specifically said “bean counters” lmao.
It’s the C Suite that makes the decisions on hiring / firing / raises.
You are mad at the wrong people.
It’s the C Suite that makes the decisions on hiring / firing / raises.
You are mad at the wrong people.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 12:10 pm to jclem11
quote:You think accountants are the only ones who count beans? "Bean counter" can refer to anyone involved in financial matters, and I'd say especially those who have control over them.
Bruh you specifically said “bean counters” lmao.
quote:Yeah no shite. That's why I was referring to them.
It’s the C Suite that makes the decisions on hiring / firing / raises.
quote:No, I am not. The only accountant I am mad at is you right now.
You are mad at the wrong people.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 12:54 pm to Korkstand
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I was not blaming the accountants, I was blaming the decision-makers who care more about the quarterly/annual figures than the next decade's.
Because that's how decisions HAVE to be made at most companies. Most companies aren't Google or Apple printing money, most companies are worried about surviving through this quarter or this year. You can't screw your credit rating or your savings to maintain better employees than you have to have, at least most companies can't.
I'm not saying everyone does a great job. But in general, that statement of yours' is very ignorant.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 1:34 pm to Klark Kent
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for me, it was a part of a valuable life lesson. My Dad sat me down every summer after i got my first paycheck from my summer job. Then lined up all our families’ monthly bills. And would ask me, “on your current salary, can you afford a home? a car? gas? insurance? groceries? cable? utilities? what about hobbies or toys? No? Of course not, this is why you have to go get a degree and work your arse off son. OR you won’t be able to afford any level of comfort as an adult and you’ll always be broke as frick”
not only did it teach responsibility and work ethic but was a dose of reality for a brainless little fricktard high school version of myself.
What should kids do that don’t have a dad like yours. Or a dad at all?
Posted on 4/20/22 at 1:52 pm to baldona
quote:No they don't, that's just the old "wisdom".
Because that's how decisions HAVE to be made at most companies.
quote:Google and Apple have for a long time offered compensation that attracted and retained top talent. You think it goes the other way around, a company stumbles onto huge profits and then starts paying employees well? Amazon did it a different way, by ruthlessly engineering the human element out of the process and intensely focusing on customer satisfaction, but that's a different type of business.
Most companies aren't Google or Apple printing money
quote:You have the exact mindset that I was talking about, you see employees as an expense that must be minimized rather than an asset that must be invested in to grow the business. Not all businesses can follow this model, but this thread is about service industries which absolutely need to invest in their employees.
most companies are worried about surviving through this quarter or this year. You can't screw your credit rating or your savings to maintain better employees than you have to have, at least most companies can't.
I'm not saying everyone does a great job. But in general, that statement of yours' is very ignorant.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:12 pm to SoonerK
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Why would you do that?
i do not do this to mislead anyone...even though that is the way it seems.
It is done to be sure that we do not attract the wrong people. not one person has been upset by getting this information after they start with us.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:12 pm to Korkstand
That's the problem companies who feel they have to "make it through this quarter".
I think this has to do with corporate bonuses or nothing more.
Instead of tightening the belt in crisis mode constantly why not do it early and softly, save some cash up, and then have a bit of a cushion if things go bad?
Companies I find often pass up on opportunities to solve balance sheet issues when things are good, putting it off to when things are bad and that ends up making things much worse than they have to be.
I think this has to do with corporate bonuses or nothing more.
Instead of tightening the belt in crisis mode constantly why not do it early and softly, save some cash up, and then have a bit of a cushion if things go bad?
Companies I find often pass up on opportunities to solve balance sheet issues when things are good, putting it off to when things are bad and that ends up making things much worse than they have to be.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:40 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
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They are opening three restaurants in our town. Fighting for the same small pool of workers.
They are dumb unless all the help is family.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:43 pm to BuckyCheese
In 2019 things weren't like this and we had an extremely low unemployment rate.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:48 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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Where is everyone?
I'm guessing what happened is a lot of the boomer generation is dropping out of the work force due to age or covid or whatever and declining birth rates since that generation have caused a labor shortage. Add to that the sweet benefits for staying home which may or may not be still going on, depending on which state you're in, and you have a problem made worse, which seems to be the one thing government is good at.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 2:57 pm to Odysseus32
Friend on mine is probation parole for nearly 20 years. Not an easy gig. You have to deal with a lot of bad rough people, not everyone is cut out for it.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 3:23 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Not Outback but a very good guess.
Boulevard American Bistro?
Posted on 4/20/22 at 3:25 pm to LSUFanHouston
There are few million Ukrainians sitting in camps in Eastern Europe who would love to come work for less than minimum wage plus tips.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 3:34 pm to WeeWee
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There are few million Ukrainians sitting in camps in Eastern Europe who would love to come work for less than minimum wage plus tips.
The Ukrainians are reaching our southern border and already qualify for asylum status. This is happening now.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 4:02 pm to TBoy
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already qualify for asylum status.
ohh, i didn’t know this mattered to you or your administration. i thought it was just whoever from wherever, no?
Posted on 4/20/22 at 5:30 pm to TBoy
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There are few million Ukrainians sitting in camps in Eastern Europe who would love to come work for less than minimum wage plus tips. The Ukrainians are reaching our southern border and already qualify for asylum status. This is happening now.
Send some to western Pa. The bars and restaurants need servers that aren’t ugly.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 5:32 pm to LSUFanHouston
Sat on a call with a couple of investment banks and their analysts were saying the peak is likely middle of the Summer.
So yeah, it's not getting better.
So yeah, it's not getting better.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 5:37 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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