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Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have? (www.npr.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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A classic solution to so-called worker shortages: offer higher pay. That would probably convince workers to invest in acquiring coveted skills and enter the manufacturing workforce.

Which is one reason why Oren Cass, the chief economist and founder of American Compass, a conservative think tank, says he's skeptical whenever employers complain about worker shortages.

" I have less than zero sympathy for employers who go around complaining about labor shortages and skills gaps," Cass says. He joked that he has a side hustle, running an "incredibly innovative" biotech firm. "It employs leading scientists at $10 an hour to develop extraordinary cures. I have 500,000 job openings as well, and I have not been able to fill one of them."

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[–] echo 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

We want people to work jobs that will literally break their body with no health-care, no time off, and not enough pay to buy/rent someplace to live. Who the fuck doesn't understand this?

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

Trump voters.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A famous saying that "everyone thinks manufacturing jobs should come back, but nobody wants to be the ones to do the manufacturing".

I'll sure as hell never screw in tiny phones screws with my bachelor's.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You'll only use big screws?

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Certainly feels like we're getting big screwed

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

No one likes a tiny screw.