whats up with unemployment today!!
just a rant as I step on my soapbox......
las vegas is arguably the highest unemployment rate in the nation right now and with our economy being primarily tourism based, it's going to be a long haul before we are back. my guess is we will be above 10% unemployment thru 2021.
that said our business is pretty solid. volumes are similar to last summer.
trying to hire 4-6 associates on my swing shift. had 2 ads posted up for 30 days on indeed-refreshed on craigslist/indeed every week.
now it's not glamorous work. warehouse swing shift 45hrs or so and pay is not the best but with incentive can be in the upper-teens-per-hr in 90 days and good bennies($100/mo for dental/health/vision for entire family and no copay for visits).
I've had 103 applicants in 30 days. in a town that has the worst unemployment in the nation. 3 interviews scheduled today. 2 no show.
pretty hard to compete wage wise with the fed govt and the $600/week......... or should I say compete against the cash all of us are eventually going to be paying back......
ok- off soapbox now but still crazy where the US is today.