• Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Depends on the job. We have labor positions that pay $18, but demand a little bit of physical labor. It’s hard to fill those positions.

    10 years ago, people would line up for that job for less than $10/hr and the work was much, much harder. Something has definitely changed

    When I started with the company in 09, people were coming in during outages and trying to outperform each other so they’d be hired on full-time. But the economy was ass back then and it was hard to find a full-time job at my age

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      2 years ago

      Expenses have changed.

      My apartment I paid $700/month for in 2011 is now over $2000/month.

      When ex to expenses outpace wages more than 2:1, eventually it catches up and people can’t afford to live where the work is.

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        2 years ago

        Makes sense. Same in my area. I wonder if this isn’t all going to blow up and cause another recession soon. Seems like this shit can’t be like this for long.