"Labor shortage" at the price we want to pay.
I've had some interesting calls from the defense sector, and I laugh at them with a "Can't afford the basic bills on that" each time.
Like the naval yards that are paying $20/hour starting...in expensive Democrat cities, with a clearance. El oh el at that.
That and other stuff. I had a call about something specific related to both my modern electronics and the vacuum stuff I work with. Some ancient weapons system they need brought back online, and it's hybrid. I think the max they would pay was something like $40 an hour and while that sounds interesting, it's highly specialized and no relocation to it's operations area - not to mention in the middle of nowhere so everything costs a fortune to get it there.
I just said that's not enough, best of luck finding someone with that oddball combination of skills that isn't almost dead.
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