Insanely high costs for employers to stay in business. As costs to do business go up you can only raise prices so high before customers stop buying. The burden is maxed out and wages are stuck. Big bloated government is the problem.
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America's workers still struggle despite strong jobs reports....
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It certainly is an issue. I would love to hire another technician right now because I’m slammed but I’d lose money. It’s so expensive to hire someone in California. You take the wages paid plus the unseen (by the employee) costs it’s nuts.
Pay for a certified tech is $25-30 an hour and I can bill him/her at $75. Problem is that my real cost to employ is roughly triple the wage. I’d lose money.
I‘m just a little guy with a small business trying to create “green jobs” which the government says they want to support but they put so many road blocks in the way.
It‘s one job that will never get created and the only reason is regulatory obstacles.
Frustrating and sad.
it reads like you want that money back
you didn't say "some" of that money
forgive me for reading the words you wrote and deriving
meaning from their literal definition
You’re playing games. Two separate sentences, two separate thoughts
But who doesn’t want that money back. You’re an idiot if you’re happy the government took it
It's easy to make over $100K/year by age 30 in these jobs and many, many more:
Plumber
Software developer
Engineer of any kind
Pretty much any of the trades
Accountant
Financial analyst
RN
PT/PTA
and so on...
If somebody majors in whiny-ass bullshit studies and then complains about being left behind as they struggle to pay off their loans while freelancing articles on their blog and pouring capuccinos, they should STFU and strap on a nail bag or learn to set tile of some damn thing.
Plumber
Software developer
Engineer of any kind
Pretty much any of the trades
Accountant
Financial analyst
RN
PT/PTA
and so on...
If somebody majors in whiny-ass bullshit studies and then complains about being left behind as they struggle to pay off their loans while freelancing articles on their blog and pouring capuccinos, they should STFU and strap on a nail bag or learn to set tile of some damn thing.
You've nailed it. I meet with the owners and top management of small and medium businesses every day and its a common theme. Rank and file employees don't get the connection either. They think the boss is screwing them. The costs to keep the lights on at a business are staggering and the costs of employees far exceed what the employee sees on their paycheck. We've maxed out what we can squeeze out of employers to the point that most can't pay higher wages even when they want to.
you should choose your words more carefully if you want people
to understand what you mean when you say it.
Yes, you realize first hand when you go into biz on your own, and have to pay yourself on payroll.
Basically DOUBLE your SS and Medicare withholdling tax and add in a few local/state taxes on top that the employer usually pays. Then pay full insurance premiums on top of that, instead of partial amounts.
I thought at first I might make double my earlier employee income, but it's turning out about 50% more at best, but now having to manage all the quoting, PO's, invoicing, accounting, blah, blah, blah.
Basically DOUBLE your SS and Medicare withholdling tax and add in a few local/state taxes on top that the employer usually pays. Then pay full insurance premiums on top of that, instead of partial amounts.
I thought at first I might make double my earlier employee income, but it's turning out about 50% more at best, but now having to manage all the quoting, PO's, invoicing, accounting, blah, blah, blah.
What’s Hal’s solution?
(Asking for the people that can’t find a job where they can post on the erBB all day and buy a slum house that they rent to a herd of wetbacks.)
I'm asking for this T-shirt for Christmas
So uncaring
So judgemental So white privilege
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