whats up with unemployment today!!

[sandm]

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.

[larry_arizona]

Maybe it will get better now that the $600 expired?


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[996scott]

That $600 was a big mistake in my opinion. Most of my employees were more than happy to collect unemployment because with the extra $600 they were making more than they did going to work. If that isn't the definition of basakwards i don't know what is. Sheesh!

[DNIXD99]

They just needed to apply to keep their unemployment.

[sandm]

They just needed to apply to keep their unemployment.

nevada isn't checking. guy that works for me has a wife that has been collecting for 3 months. hasn't applied for a single job. there's nothing going on here to apply for other than uber, lyft and some other commission jobs. amazon is the only real big thing hiring and as an hourly, you don't want to work for that micromanaging operation. they track how long you take to pee.

[larry_arizona]

One of our manufacturing plants in Utah is struggling keeping assembly workers.

Rough numbers.....normal pay is $28k per year, unemployment in Utah is crazy high plus the $600 federal kicker they make close to $60k.

They only had to claim they had one covid symptom or say someone in their family needed care to get put back on unemployment.

Not sure how many reported back to work 8/1 when the fed bonus stopped or how many will go back out with the new $400 fed bonus.


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[sandm]

we have a building in slc as well and it's been a trainwreck for several years. can't find workers.
prior to living in las vegas I worked for walmart in grantsville utah just over the hill from slc for a short stint. same thing- horrible time finding workers.

IF the $400 goes thru, here in nevada that will still equate to about $14/hr. on unemployment. our lazy society will continue to feed off the gov't teat...

[SONIC]

One of my competitors went under when everything opened back up after the first major shutdowns.
They called their employees back and they all said "nah we're good at home". Skilled labor so you can't just bring in random folks to do it.
Out of business after 100+ years.

I totally understand the need for the assistance, but it just didn't/doesn't take into account cost of living and average wages in some areas.
LA or New York 600 bucks a week is barely getting by. Here in rural TN 600 a week + state unemployment is damn good money for most, and more than average income for a manufacturing job.

[larry_arizona]

Never should have allowed the Fed assistance to exceed your normal income.


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[BigOrange]

Where you boating at SONIC?

To all - what sanity in this thread! To bad the politicians have none.