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"In the next few years, this company anticipates 15,000 new openings for welders and pipe-fitters in the southeast. And the head of recruitment has absolutely n
by al2o3cr 13y ago
"In the next few years, this company anticipates 15,000 new openings for welders and pipe-fitters in the southeast. And the head of recruitment has absolutely no idea where the workers will come from. That should scare us all."
Oh FFS. If the company can't find 15k workers perhaps they should consider raising wages. Mr. Rowe's show has clearly demonstrated that no matter how unpleasant 99% of the world might find a particular job there's somebody willing to hold their nose (or put on a gas mask, etc) and do it for the right price.
Of course that's not really what most companies mean when they say, "we can't find workers": it's usually more "we can't find people who've already been trained who'll work for below-market rates while enduring blazing heat AND total shitbags for bosses - won't somebody make these uppity workers stay here?"
- lotsofpulp 13y agoYes, I was disappointed in Mike Rowe that be basically wrote off the whole problem as people not willing to do hard work. Everyone is willing to do hard, physical labor where you risk handicapping yourself for life...it just has to pay comparatively well to office jobs. Then again, people around the world are competing for the same jobs nowadays, and obviously those with lower standards of living are going to do them for much cheaper, and all those manual labor technical jobs that don't require a mastery of English are going to go to China until the living standards equalize. Bottom line is make sure someone in a poor country can't do your job (probably an intellectual, specialized, English speaking job), otherwise be willing to compete with China.
- EpicEng 13y agoAnd many people with degrees are delivering pizzas for a living while trying to pay off their student loans. That is a problem.
- eli_gottlieb 13y agoExcuse me, but don't you know that workers demanding compensation is un-American? They should be willing to work for little or nothing, not because they don't have material needs but because the purpose of life is to work. Work makes free, work is free! Workers should not be angry that they make sub-living wages, suffer union-busting management, cannot support families and have a tendency to drop dead or be laid-off before they can retire. They should be honored that it is thus! Praise Work, Work is great, blessed is the Name of Work! </dripping sarcasm> Or, you know, they're refusing to take jobs that don't pay them enough to not die slowly, because they've grown wiser since refusing to take jobs that actually killed them on a regular basis.