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JoeyT

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11. If they raise the pay they're offering people will be beating on their doors.

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 05:16 AM

Jul 2013

Or they can hire construction workers that bought all their tools at Harbor Freight last week (The few that bring tools) for rock bottom prices and see how that works out for them.

Edited to add: Just checked the pay for that area in my field. The first six jobs I clicked on were offering foremen pay that's more appropriate to a first class helper. And that's why they can't find workers.

One was offering $10 an hour for a tig welder on pipe. I honestly hope that was just a typo.

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If they raise the pay they're offering people will be beating on their doors. JoeyT Jul 2013 #11

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