The competition for jobs?
Unemployment?
Don Harrison, in Marietta, Ohio, explains what happened when he tried to hired for a welcome uptick in business:
"Earlier this year after I hired two new full-time employees, went through our company's orientation process, fitted them with our work clothing and booked them to start within a week, they both quit. One called ahead of the start date to apologize but wanted to inform us he would not be coming in because the government had just extended unemployment benefits again. The second one just did not show on his first day and when I called him he said he couldn't come in now because unemployment had been extended and he was making almost as much as we were planning to start him out with. If this is not frustrating enough to those of us that provide jobs and pay taxes let me give you my last two attempts this year. Both times we advertised in various media at great expense. The first time only seven applicants came in, I set up personal interviews with two for potential hiring, neither of them even showed up. The second time with six applicants, I set up interviews with four, one called in to cancel the interview, one did not even show up, two actually came in, though one was late. To summarize (in case you missed the math) of the last six people that I called for interviews for potential full-time employment only two came with one being late. It is more than frustrating, it's perverted."
Thanks to Carpe Diem for the link.
Don Harrison, in Marietta, Ohio, explains what happened when he tried to hired for a welcome uptick in business:
"Earlier this year after I hired two new full-time employees, went through our company's orientation process, fitted them with our work clothing and booked them to start within a week, they both quit. One called ahead of the start date to apologize but wanted to inform us he would not be coming in because the government had just extended unemployment benefits again. The second one just did not show on his first day and when I called him he said he couldn't come in now because unemployment had been extended and he was making almost as much as we were planning to start him out with. If this is not frustrating enough to those of us that provide jobs and pay taxes let me give you my last two attempts this year. Both times we advertised in various media at great expense. The first time only seven applicants came in, I set up personal interviews with two for potential hiring, neither of them even showed up. The second time with six applicants, I set up interviews with four, one called in to cancel the interview, one did not even show up, two actually came in, though one was late. To summarize (in case you missed the math) of the last six people that I called for interviews for potential full-time employment only two came with one being late. It is more than frustrating, it's perverted."
Thanks to Carpe Diem for the link.
The laws are structured in a way that the unemployed are allowed to refuse work that does not match their previous experience and pay. His call for people to be arrested simply because their unemployment of about $400/wk was more than his wage is not justified if this is the case. They very well could be just following the rules in a system that they didn't create.
It's easy to understand him crying foul if you only consider his position. He wants workers and he wants them cheap. There are people getting benefits that are not working, so therefore they should work cheap for him. What he fails to consider is that the unemployed probably are looking for a living wage and they would be foolish to take less if there's even a chance that work is out there.
Every situation is different. When I was in it, I realized that after a few months of looking, nobody paying a living wage was going to hire. The frequency of interview offers dropped dramatically after a few months. My guess is that they figured you were somehow damaged goods and not worth the time for the interview. I just went out and made my way with low paying work and got off unemployment. Eventually, that paid off well, but it took a lot of time. Some don't have the resources to do this.
People like this guy crying foul only add to the stigma. My answer to him would be to pay a wage higher than unemployment for starters. If his claim that there is more work than he can handle, up the bids to pay a living wage or get out of the game.
I don't think his problem is with the unemployed. The problem is with the unemployment laws. Were these workers able to receive benefits for a period of time that would allow them earn up to their previous wage when coupled with earnings and benefits, there would be work being done. If the benefit didn't exist at all, that gets more complicated.
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Kurt's first job paid nothing. He went to work for the local chamber of commerce, volunteering to work for free until the executive director decided it was worth money to keep him. She did, and after a couple of years or so his current employer, a chamber member, stole him. Now he's the senior vice president.
Different mindset.
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Chief Operating Officer. But who's paying attention to titles?
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I understand the point that you and Mr. Harrison are making and I would normally agree with absolutely, however, it is possible that the compensation was not great enough to garner the attention of those that you might actually want to hire (and who would show up, on time, to work.) Just sayin....
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Possible. . . but unemployment benefits extended? That should not be the prevention for employment.
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It's going to be a serious lesson for everyone at the end of this.
I've always been resourceful, but I wished I had done even more before I got in a tight spot. I've seen others that had to be resourceful for the first time. They are hard working and intelligent, but conditioned to accept whatever their long term employer gave them. If someone has faith in their long term employer at this point, they're only fooling themselves.
Everyone should be working on skills that provide for a plan B and then some. This extended unemployment creates a state of dependency that no American should accept. As we can see from this article, the vultures start circling for easy pickings and the only thing protecting you is a fragile government that's churning out fake money.
You're right, extended benefits should not be prevention for unemployment, but that's how the system works for many. For those conditioned to just take what is being handed out, it's even more difficult to escape.
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The system is broken.
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