Why is it taking so long for production to come back?

[53' Stude]

I’ve heard there may be a tire shortage.

while I was on vacation last week; I applied at FedEx and UPS. Stepdad tells me his oldest grandson; already out of high school and in a agriculture college or something was hired by UPS last fall part time. He is 19 and loves the work and he is now up to $19.85/hour. My work, we are very short handed and the 3 female clowns running show said no raises for a long while. Hence my job search.

 

[PimTac]

So all the companies that skirt paying taxes in the US and got massive government payout to stay afloat or the warren buffets or jeff bezos of the world that pay less taxes than their secretaries they aren't leeches. Double standard dude.

Swing and a miss.

The producers are the everyday people working whether under a automobile or behind a computer screen. They all pay taxes.

This is supposed to be the Land of Opportunity. Opportunity is something to be attained. It is not given to you. People have to go to school, study hard, make the correct life choices to be able to grasp that opportunity.

 

[doitmyself]

This is/was a global event and much of the rest of the world is very far behind us in getting over the root cause. Production does not revolve around the condition of the U.S.. If anything, it's just the opposite - our lifestyle revolves around the production from much of the rest of the world (common sense?). The conditions mentioned above in the U.S. are just additional jabs in the wound that is still hemorrhaging out of the current band aids.

The answer is take off the blinders and look beyond our national borders.

 

[dishdude]

Swing and a miss.

The producers are the everyday people working whether under a automobile or behind a computer screen. They all pay taxes.

This is supposed to be the Land of Opportunity. Opportunity is something to be attained. It is not given to you. People have to go to school, study hard, make the correct life choices to be able to grasp that opportunity.

Working folks pay taxes, the fat cats don't.

We have workers lined up at the border that would love to take a lot of these jobs that can't be filled.

I find it hard to believe $300/week in UI is causing the shortage. If it is, those companies really need to take a look at the salary they are offering.

 

[ripcord]

Stagflation here we come.

Working folks pay taxes, the fat cats don't.

We have workers lined up at the border that would love to take a lot of these jobs that can't be filled.

I find it hard to believe $300/week in UI is causing the shortage. If it is, those companies really need to take a look at the salary they are offering.

$300 a week is the difference between affording beer and weed or having to get a job.

 

[TnT_M]

I know many business owners and they are crying for workers.

And offering decent wages!

just my $0.02

 

[TnT_M]

Working folks pay taxes, the fat cats don't.

We have workers lined up at the border that would love to take a lot of these jobs that can't be filled.

I find it hard to believe $300/week in UI is causing the shortage. If it is, those companies really need to take a look at the salary they are offering.

It wasn’t unemployment it was the added kicker. With the federal additive of $300 per week companies couldn’t compete at $15/hr. Unemployment plus federal aid was paying that much.

most manufacturing jobs in our area pay $15 to $25 per hour.

Just my $0.02

 

[AutoMechanic]

What I have heard from places is lack of workers so it’s lack of products. Also heard people still blaming the thing we can’t mention here that’s what I hear most people say still. I know it’s hard to find good mechanics now. They hired three of us I’m the only one still left. That was three weeks ago. They are still searching. I’ve noticed a lot of worker shortage. Hopefully things will go back to full swing and no more shortages soon. I’ve noticed a lot of places closing early too because they have no staff. I’m just thankful to have a job in the field I love. I heard about a shortage of tires. Heck we have had a shortage of oil filters recently especially the spin on ones and some parts too.

 

[4wd]

When you need to pay $2k a month for childcare to make $3k a month, you probably would want to be a housewife as well. Eliminating housewife (or stay at home dad) would likely have a huge impact in the job market.

Many probably realize that working closer to home for a lower pay part time job may be better than a higher pay longer commute job as well. Many also decided to work from home after moving out of urban center. Most importantly a lot of grandparents retire to watch grand children because childcare is at limited capacity and dangerous until vaccine is around for that age group (we have 2 in my team retired this year because of that reason). They make 250k a year, not some $300 nonsense you think is going to make a difference.

My wife’s friend is the director of a good sized child care company. She said very few pay for child care. Taxpayer does.

 

[Dinoburner]

Why not flip it around and blame the business for not wanting to pay more than minimum wage? How come there's never a shortage of CEOs? Or upper level management? An extra $300 a week isn't exactly killing it, it's just an extra $7.50 an hour but because employment typically gives you just half the regular wages, they're basically making an extra $3.25 if that. Or that other companies like Amazon, Costco, Target, etc are paying more and the ones who would have worked those jobs found higher paying ones.

There are many employers around here offering incentives and much higher hourly rates with no takers. Two truckers in my family say that finding drivers that can pass a drug test and are willing to work the hours is impossible.

 

[4wd]

There are many employers around here offering incentives and much higher hourly rates with no takers. Two truckers in my family say that finding drivers that can pass a drug test and are willing to work the hours is impossible.

As we know - Walmart did not shut down in 2020 … but have been running ads for truck drivers for a very long time.

 

[PandaBear]

My wife’s friend is the director of a good sized child care company. She said very few pay for child care. Taxpayer does.

Very few pay for YOUR childcare.

Around here everyone pays for their own childcare until K. Many childcare has a waiting list (not even the best one), many are also doing home based childcare too.

 

[PandaBear]

I’ve heard there may be a tire shortage.

while I was on vacation last week; I applied at FedEx and UPS. Stepdad tells me his oldest grandson; already out of high school and in a agriculture college or something was hired by UPS last fall part time. He is 19 and loves the work and he is now up to $19.85/hour. My work, we are very short handed and the 3 female clowns running show said no raises for a long while. Hence my job search.

Someone here are calling you not a productive member of the society and are not paying taxes, contributing to the reason people can't find workers.

Good luck moving up the ladder, you deserve a better pay and a better job. It is sickening to see so many people in our society feels like everyone is entitled to a cheap happy meal and pay only $3, and when they cannot get it they blame the guy who wants to move from a McDonald's job and go drive Uber, or finish school and get a better paying job.

 

[PandaBear]

Swing and a miss.

The producers are the everyday people working whether under a automobile or behind a computer screen. They all pay taxes.

This is supposed to be the Land of Opportunity. Opportunity is something to be attained. It is not given to you. People have to go to school, study hard, make the correct life choices to be able to grasp that opportunity.

This is a land of opportunity, low wage worker is not a business entitlement and are handed to you by the government or the society. As a business owner you have to earn the reputation so people will work for you at the pay you give them.

When everyone of your competitor are doing ok but you are not, it is your (as the business owner or management) problem, not the society.

 

[PandaBear]

What I have heard from places is lack of workers so it’s lack of products. Also heard people still blaming the thing we can’t mention here that’s what I hear most people say still. I know it’s hard to find good mechanics now. They hired three of us I’m the only one still left. That was three weeks ago. They are still searching. I’ve noticed a lot of worker shortage. Hopefully things will go back to full swing and no more shortages soon. I’ve noticed a lot of places closing early too because they have no staff. I’m just thankful to have a job in the field I love. I heard about a shortage of tires. Heck we have had a shortage of oil filters recently especially the spin on ones and some parts too.

Shortage of tire is also due to a fungus on rubber tree, and pandemic among the tree farmers.

 

[4wd]

Very few pay for YOUR childcare.

Around here everyone pays for their own childcare until K. Many childcare has a waiting list (not even the best one), many are also doing home based childcare too.

Chill with the all caps. She has had this job for 30 years … you can represent your area … not mine
How much of the USA do you think live like you and Jeff do ?

BTW: all my kids are grown and we paid 100% …

 

[PandaBear]

Chill with the all caps. She has had this job for 30 years … you can represent your area … not mine
How much of the USA do you think live like you and Jeff do ?

BTW: all my kids are grown and we paid 100% …

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/educat...-now-attend-public-preschool-inequality-grown

61% of Californian it seems. At least around here unless you are low income you are not entitled to gov subsidized preschool, in our district we only have like 1 school out of 6-7 school that has district paid pre-K (which means below 4 is not free either), most family pay their own preschool which cost about $1200 (pre-K) to 2000 (12 months plus) a month. With regulation of 6 per teacher even in home based setting for younger children below 2 and 12 per teacher above, I am not sure how much cheaper you can pay. Assuming the wife also work someone need to watch the kid not on gov dime from 6 month to 4 year old.


https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/769/...imated 61,to percentages from previous years.

So it looks like 32% of 4 year old and 5% of 3 year old nation wide.


I am not sure what you are getting at, seems like preschool / childcare is seen as a luxury or people don't pay? or we have nationwide free pre-K education (it is not), or there are free gov cheese that I am not aware of, or your wife is in a low income area?

Anyways, my point being, if pandemic is putting people out of the childcare business, older teacher retiring, or capacity restriction in childcare, then many families will have nobody to watch kid and they have to pick either a lower paying job or stay at home to care for the kid.

 

[02SE]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/educat...-now-attend-public-preschool-inequality-grown

61% of Californian it seems. At least around here unless you are low income you are not entitled to gov subsidized preschool, in our district we only have like 1 school out of 6-7 school that has district paid pre-K (which means below 4 is not free either), most family pay their own preschool which cost about $1200 (pre-K) to 2000 (12 months plus) a month. With regulation of 6 per teacher even in home based setting for younger children below 2 and 12 per teacher above, I am not sure how much cheaper you can pay. Assuming the wife also work someone need to watch the kid not on gov dime from 6 month to 4 year old.


https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/769/...imated 61,to percentages from previous years.

So it looks like 32% of 4 year old and 5% of 3 year old nation wide.


I am not sure what you are getting at, seems like preschool / childcare is seen as a luxury or people don't pay? or we have nationwide free pre-K education (it is not), or there are free gov cheese that I am not aware of, or your wife is in a low income area?

Anyways, my point being, if pandemic is putting people out of the childcare business, older teacher retiring, or capacity restriction in childcare, then many families will have nobody to watch kid and they have to pick either a lower paying job or stay at home to care for the kid.

Welcome to the world of grown-up choices. Some people throughout history have had to make make the choice to not have kids they can't afford, or adequately take care of...

 

[Wolf359]

What I have heard from places is lack of workers so it’s lack of products. Also heard people still blaming the thing we can’t mention here that’s what I hear most people say still. I know it’s hard to find good mechanics now. They hired three of us I’m the only one still left. That was three weeks ago. They are still searching. I’ve noticed a lot of worker shortage. Hopefully things will go back to full swing and no more shortages soon. I’ve noticed a lot of places closing early too because they have no staff. I’m just thankful to have a job in the field I love. I heard about a shortage of tires. Heck we have had a shortage of oil filters recently especially the spin on ones and some parts too.

Have you heard about the writing on the wall? If you're the only one left maybe they're paying you too little? It's tricky asking about a raise though, that could backfire on you, they may give it to you now, when it's time to get rid of you or they find a good replacement, they'll fire you without blinking an eye. Maybe you should look around, there are probably better opportunities out there which is why they can't find people at the wage they're offering.

 

[Wolf359]

Hopefully Bozos goes to Mars and never comes back.

Don't you mean Elon? I don't think Bezos wants to go to Mars and I wouldn't want a new planet to be colonized by bozos. Although maybe that wouldn't be too unusual, Australia was colonized by criminals. (But not bozos.)