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Here are the summary passages: >The story is then not that there are too few STEM workers, but that employers will say they can’t find workers in order to incr
by Jerry2 11y ago
Here are the summary passages:
>The story is then not that there are too few STEM workers, but that employers will say they can’t find workers in order to increase the bargaining power that they have and hopefully lower their labor costs. Employers are increasingly pushing for policies shift training costs onto the public and expand H1B visas, which Hiltzik mentions. Some STEM employers are so desperate to reduce labor costs they even collude to keep down their employees’ wages.
> The data indicate that Hiltzik is right to suspect that the STEM shortage is phony. The real story is that employers want to pay workers less.
- vellum 11y agoAlso: > So when employers complain about not being able to find workers, what they really mean is that they can’t find workers who meet their specific requirements at the wage they are willing to offer. e.g. Onsite work, "culture fit", low wages, interview hazing....
- wlesieutre 11y agoDon't forget about "familiar with every piece of technology we use because it's cheaper when employees paid for all their own training instead of leaning anything on the job"
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- gscott 11y agoNPR had a story about one company that was complaining about the lack of employees to hire to use CNC machines. Turned out the company pays $10 an hour and required high level math skills.
- TallGuyShort 11y agoI feel like I'm misunderstanding something. If companies create the impression there's a shortage of workers, doesn't that give them LESS bargaining power? If employees think they are rare and valuable, they will expect to be valued.
- tsotha 11y agoExcept when job seekers actually apply for a job they're quickly disabused. The reason companies are trying to create the impression there's a shortage is otherwise you see public pressure against increases in the H-1(b) cap.