Post by blueneck on Aug 29, 2007 4:22:15 GMT -6
From the AP
Get a load of this from our local newspaper. More of the same old whiney employers complaining they can't find help. Of course they neglect to mention the key operative "at the wages they want to pay" I bet if they were offering 20 bucks an hour and full benefits they would line up out the door.
Its funny how these guys are all about the "free" market when its about cutting labor, but boy do they squeak if it works in the opposite direction and causes them to have to raise wages.
And then of course the other whiners calling him to complain about the employer raising his starting pay so now they have to also - isn't that called competition? Again something these free marketeers are supposed to be all about, but only when it works in their favor it seems.
Outsourcing drive thrus is nothing new and certainly not limited to so called labor short areas - the Taco Bells around here have been doing it for some time.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The owner of a fast food joint in Montana’s booming oil patch found himself outsourcing the drive-thru window to a Texas telemarketing firm, not because it’s cheaper but because he can’t find workers.
Record low unemployment across parts of the West has created tough working conditions for business owners, who in places are being forced to boost wages or be creative to fill their jobs.
John Francis, who owns the McDonald’s in Sidney, Mont., said he tried advertising in the local newspaper and even offered up to $10 an hour to compete with higher-paying oil field jobs. Yet the only calls were from other business owners upset they would have to raise wages, too. Of course, Francis’ current employees also wanted a pay hike.
“I don’t know what the answer is,” Francis said. “There’s just nobody around that wants to work.”
Record low unemployment across parts of the West has created tough working conditions for business owners, who in places are being forced to boost wages or be creative to fill their jobs.
John Francis, who owns the McDonald’s in Sidney, Mont., said he tried advertising in the local newspaper and even offered up to $10 an hour to compete with higher-paying oil field jobs. Yet the only calls were from other business owners upset they would have to raise wages, too. Of course, Francis’ current employees also wanted a pay hike.
“I don’t know what the answer is,” Francis said. “There’s just nobody around that wants to work.”
Get a load of this from our local newspaper. More of the same old whiney employers complaining they can't find help. Of course they neglect to mention the key operative "at the wages they want to pay" I bet if they were offering 20 bucks an hour and full benefits they would line up out the door.
Its funny how these guys are all about the "free" market when its about cutting labor, but boy do they squeak if it works in the opposite direction and causes them to have to raise wages.
And then of course the other whiners calling him to complain about the employer raising his starting pay so now they have to also - isn't that called competition? Again something these free marketeers are supposed to be all about, but only when it works in their favor it seems.
Outsourcing drive thrus is nothing new and certainly not limited to so called labor short areas - the Taco Bells around here have been doing it for some time.