I feel like what your typing pretty much proves what I just said all feels aside. There are jobs you want and jobs you need. If your kids are starving or facing homelessness, MCJobs look pretty fucking good, even if you have to work multiples of them to provide.
I guess that's just a difference between certain people though. I find it interesting that you would only be offered $9/hr on the east coast for a mcjob though. I'm sure if an individual has some basic level of competence they would find themselves moving up the chain pretty damn quick in those jobs, especially with the retards our public school system churns out these days.
I know several fast food places between Utah/Colorado/New Mexico that are offering $15+/hr. The cost of living is definitely cheap. Maybe a move would be in order...
Again, I think depending on your own situation, you might feel more entitled to another line of work. If it comes down to it though, I have a family to support and anything is something instead of bitching about having nothing.
I'm not on the east coast. I was using it as an example, I live in the midwest where things are super-cheap, and you're still not paying the rent on what you're working for at McJob. Most of the places here are paying $15, but you're not getting hours so you're working multiples and hoping you can schedule each one around the other, and that you don't spend more in gasoline than you're getting paid. Don't even think about medical insurance.
I have had recruiters calling me to move halfway across the country for a job in a warehouse. That's fucking stupid and anyone that thinks you're going to move for a McJob is out of touch.
My point is that there aren't any jobs out there, at least no more than there were before. No shortages, just the same old tired employers hollering about how they can't find people but when they do they're so inflexible they fire you for the smallest thing and then complain about how they can't find people.
Sounds crazy... Let me ask you a question. Would you drive around vaccuming shit out of septic systems for $28/hr? Because apparently that job pays pretty fucking good and I have a buddy that can't find people to do that either.
Don't get me wrong, I think we are tugging on the same thread here in a lot of respects. I see your point on benefits or pay to help with insurance etc... Let's be honest though, decent healthcare is nearly impossible for 90% of the country regardless of the job. The costs are skyrocketing as we speak and it's useless if you do have it with the amount they charge for deductibles etc...
I agree on the jobs being out there, I also agree with those being the same jobs, with this current administration I don't see that changing for the better though.
These people facing eviction after all this time haven't made any moves though? Come on now. If a decent, motivated person wants to avoid being in that situation, it's very easy to do. I just feel like it requires more effort then they are willing to put in with the handouts Uncle Sam is shilling them.
Yes, I would. That's more than I make as a skilled tech. Not much more, but a little more.
Let me ask you this. Does your friend look for people that are willing to come in to the business with no skills? Will he train them with a promise like "I pay you $22 now, after 6 months of satisfactory performance I pay you $28?" That's a job where you need some sort of medical insurance, is there any offered? A good wage doesn't mean shit when you have to put out $400 a month for a poor insurance plan. Does he have a reputation for being a hardass that runs through people? Will he help them get the CDL they probably need for trucks? Or does he expect people to walk in the door at 110% in an area where he's already run through the available candidates? Is he even marketing the job? Part of hiring people is finding them, they're not coming to you unless they know about you. Is he even in an area that has the kind of people he needs? Would he be willing to help someone qualified move there to take the job?
There's lots of factors in why you can't find someone at a decent rate. The pay is good, there's some other reason he's not getting people.
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