I’m not saying people should be paid a lot more than $15 an hour because they definitely should, but shortages of Doctors and Engineers exist in some places, so not sure if I believe this post totally
Ya but its not fair to say they arent short employees tho. If your point is "no unskilled labor pays over $15/hr" then thats fine but that doesnt mean you gotta lie about jobs in thosr pay ranges not looking for employees
Well not sure about engineers but as for medical personnel, they are quitting in droves. Nobody wants to deal with idiots all day working 70+ hours a week.
Engineers in some places??? I can only speak for the Auto Industry, and only one company that I work at (one of the former big 3) - we import them, or they use contractors. Which I feel is absolute horseshit. Why hire on someone direct when you can use contractors and pay less.
This past week, I've received 4 emails from engineers saying this is my last day, and 3 out of 4 were contracted.
Yep. My area has a shortage of engineers. I'm getting emails constantly trying to poach me, even after I just switched earlier this summer for a significant pay raise to a larger company with better benefits and better opportunities.
My old company still hasn't filled my position and now they're offering 20% over what I was making.
So shortages right, but probably paying more than $15 an hour right? My comment was direct at Trotsky saying shortages only exist at below $15 an hour.
Oh, my bad. I'm trying to multitask at work. It's going well!
Oh yeah, the pay is 2 to 3 times that and they can't hire folks fast enough, but it's trial by fire, and these young kids get absolutely crapped on without decent training, and them kicked out the door.
Well if you need to spend six figures to get that engineering degree, get into a "good" engineering program, etc. there are other factors. than min wage. As for doctors, there are only so many med schools and again who wants to spend 8 years studying, going $250k in debt to make $125k as a GP when you can make double or triple that if you specialize?
He surveyed his local town, I bet I would get similar results with my town. Especially because we only have one small clinic and I don’t think there even is a place that requires engineers.
Ya this post is bs most likely. Every contractor, electrician, mechanic and HVAC person i know says their jobs constantly hiring and they are always short on ppl. Everyone one of those jobs start at atleast $25/hr and some even bumped to $35/hr.
Where are you located? And are you talking union or experienced workers? Cause i live in a very high cost of living area and non union tradesman are starting at 20 an hour max. Ive never in my life heard of a tradesman starting at 35
Rly? I live on the east coast and cost of living around me isnt extremely high and ive seen ads for 25/hr starting with NO experience. The guy who does the electric at my job said hes been trying to hire guys with experience for $30/hr for years and gets no bites so he has changed to $30/hr with no experience and still cant get bites.
If it wasnt for the fact that im quite comfortable at my job and the idea of having to drive all over to do jobs everyday wasnt so unappealing for me, id have jumped on board.
Afaik, tho i only know 1 union trade job worker (it was a painter), union jobs pay less then non union around here. He actually quit his union job, had 15 years at it but was only making $23/hr and went to a non union job making $45 a hr. He did have a ton of experience tho and he has now opened his own business but thats a different story.
I should add, besides the painter, i dont actually know if the others are union or not as ive never asked. Also, im shocked that tradesmen are only starting at $20 around you, warehouses start at more then that around here.
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u/steveplat66 27d ago
I’m not saying people should be paid a lot more than $15 an hour because they definitely should, but shortages of Doctors and Engineers exist in some places, so not sure if I believe this post totally