Where are they?

Pacific Tank Lines in Las Vegas is hiring.
Local job.
Hourly Pay Plan
Make over $100,000 a year
$31.00 per hour
$46.50 with over time

• Website: www.pacifictanklines.com

 

That looks like a BBQ resturaunt

 

Yes Sir!
It is.

 

Both sides are trying to hijack the issue for political points. Yes, some people are collecting more on unemployment than they would make working so they're staying at home. Studies have shown that's just the folks who were working for less than $32k/yr before the pandemic. Several states have cut back on the extra unemployment benefits and not seen a rise in job seekers.

Most folks fall into other categories - busy watching children because schools aren't open and day care isn't available or cost-prohibitive; hoping to upgrade their job (looking for or training for a better job than they had before the pandemic) or worried about catching the latest Covid variant (delta/lambda) because they have an underlying health condition. The pandemic experience has resulted in changes in how people work and look at work. Many office workers aren't interested in spending hours each day commuting to and from work again just so the boss man can watch over them now that they've done their job from home for months. Many couples have learned how to juggle their finances so one person can stay at home full-time to watch the kids instead of working at a job and giving up most of their earnings for childcare. You can argue that raising quality human beings is less important than whatever part-time, minimum wage service job they had before - I beg to differ.

I'll probably go to hell for saying this, but I agree with Joe Biden on one point, "Pay them more". Wages haven't kept pace with inflation in decades. Meanwhile, executive compensation has shot up exponentially. No man is worth $10 million a year. I don't care if he dresses up as a Japanese schoolgirl and gives each and every shareholder a hand party four times a year. I made $12/hr in the early 80's. You could buy a new mid-level car for $6,000 dollars then and a decent house for $40,000. Today, I make $30/hr. (2.5 times my 80's wage). A Camry is $30,000+ (5x the 80's price) and good luck finding a house in Portland/Seattle for less than $480K (12x the 80's price).

 

He needs to go knock on the door and talk to them in person

or find out who the department manager is and contact that person on the phone or on linked in or somehow . bypass the HR department and talk to whoever will be your boss if you got that job.

 

Now don’t go cherry picking just to make your point. The only job paying close to 17 is a “production cleaner” ie a janitor.

Look at process technician $27.92 per hour, $1 shift deferential, 5- 12 hour shifts per week. With overtime that’s $100k a year. 22 jobs available and only require two years manufacturing experience.

As for trucking company’s, I work for a 200 truck company. We have about a 40% turn over rate per year, mostly the new drivers and a few retiring every year. Every company won’t be the right fit for everyone, I’ve been here 6 years, I work as hard as I want to, they leave me alone for the most part, and I will make well into the 6 figures for the second year in a row.

We are hiring, seems like 10 or so people a month, same as we have been for the last few years. The good jobs are out there, just have to be willing to look for them.

 

I was just hired by them and will be making $26 and that's in Central Florida. I would imagine other areas pay more.