Surely this has nothing to do with “skilled labor jobs” paying equal to or less than entry-level jobs in the service industry. Right?

    by ablinddingo93

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    1. We had an all hands meeting a couple years ago at work to help drive the company recruiting program as we were really struggling to find staff. I asked what the minimum starting pay for someone with no experience was as that’s pretty damn important information.

      The range given was $1-2 an hour lower than the McDonald’s less than a mile away which had better education benefits. Why the hell would a smart kid come to work for us when there’s half a dozen ways they could die in plain view and making a mistake scraps a part worth more than their lifetime earnings? Of course they’re gonna go to McDonald’s where if they make a mistake they just make another Big Mac, they’ll earn more money, and if they show up on time and sober they’re a rockstar employee…

    2. _2plus2equals4_ on

      Something is “dull, dirty and dangerous” and pays close to service industry and they wonder why they can’t get anyone? Oh noes! Now they HAVE TO automate!

    3. MedChemist464 on

      I know that seeing the decades long dismantling of both safety and labor protections for workers certainly makes me want to spend 40 hours a week next to giant vats of metal heated to 1500 degrees Celsius.

    4. Play $100 per hour and a pension, and you’ll get thousands of applicants every single day.

      Pay $7.25, and suddenly, “no one wants to work anymore.”

      The economy is just too complicated for some people whose jobs depend on them bot understanding it.

    5. Of course. Just let pay per 100 dollars per hour. So simple. Problem solved.

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