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The thing is, there's plenty of blue collar waitress/waiter/cook style jobs. Here in the bay area almost every cafe and restaurant has a now hiring sign. But,

The thing is, there's plenty of blue collar waitress/waiter/cook style jobs. Here in the bay area almost every cafe and restaurant has a now hiring sign. But, white collar jobs that require degrees are exceedingly rare. amongst my MBA friends (producers, managers, analysts, etc), their facing an unemployment rate of over 30%! What this indicates is a vast oversupply of workers with degrees. We've just got too many people running around with degrees and not enough blue collar workers.

egypturnash 7y ago
“Here in the Bay Area” Sweetheart, your area has its own special problems. You might want to sit down with PadMapper or some other rental site and see what’s available in the Bay Area for a price someone getting paid $11/h (California’s minimum wage) can afford. Especially when you consider there’s a general trend towards never giving anyone enough hours to qualify as full-time.
- thorwasdfasdf 7y ago
  Believe me I know. They'll never be able to fill those 11$/hour roles without paying more. That's why local inflation is so high. Anything service related becomes increasingly expensive (child care, plumbing, etc). Child care costs 1800$/mo around here vs 600$/mo in other big cities more affordable. the cost of housing raises the eventual total COL
yardie 7y ago
Ask someone in the trades what they think of their kids going into the trades. Everyone in those jobs are busting their ass so their kids don't have to take a job like that. Those jobs never pay enough and never pay enough compared to the amount of work involved. Most jobs want cheap, reliable, and productive labor. And you can only get 2 of those. An employee that can hit all 3 is not sticking around if they can get paid better elsewhere. And that is why you see those unfulfilled help wanted signs.
Blackthorn 7y ago
Those signs exist because they can't find workers because said workers can't afford to live there!

egypturnash 7y ago

“Here in the Bay Area” Sweetheart, your area has its own special problems. You might want to sit down with PadMapper or some other rental site and see what’s available in the Bay Area for a price someone getting paid $11/h (California’s minimum wage) can afford. Especially when you consider there’s a general trend towards never giving anyone enough hours to qualify as full-time.

thorwasdfasdf 7y ago
Believe me I know. They'll never be able to fill those 11$/hour roles without paying more. That's why local inflation is so high. Anything service related becomes increasingly expensive (child care, plumbing, etc). Child care costs 1800$/mo around here vs 600$/mo in other big cities more affordable. the cost of housing raises the eventual total COL

yardie 7y ago

Ask someone in the trades what they think of their kids going into the trades. Everyone in those jobs are busting their ass so their kids don't have to take a job like that. Those jobs never pay enough and never pay enough compared to the amount of work involved. Most jobs want cheap, reliable, and productive labor. And you can only get 2 of those. An employee that can hit all 3 is not sticking around if they can get paid better elsewhere. And that is why you see those unfulfilled help wanted signs.

Blackthorn 7y ago

Those signs exist because they can't find workers because said workers can't afford to live there!