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We don't have a supply chain problem, we have a leadership problem.
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this is a job one would be wise to leave given the strength of labor at the moment relative to employersShe doesn't work for a catering outfit. Some universities call it the "regents" or the "corporation", but it's basically a non-profit wing of the university admin that manages all of the vending, and all of the workers are state employees. However it is basically run like a for profit corporation, even though the students are stuck there and aren't going to travel a mile out of their way to save 50 cents on a cup of coffeeThe bean counters have basically baked low pay into the budget like you mentioned above, so getting any kind of reasonable pay increase is like steering the titanic.
I do agree that it should be a good thing in the long run, but in the short-to-medium term its the loyal employees who are eating sh!t through all of this by having to pick up the slack. I see this whenever I have to take my car in for service, buy groceries, go to a restaurant, etc. I also think that there are a lot of business owners that are riding this out and hoping that the market stabilizes and they can go back to treating and paying their employees like dirt. Hopefully not, but I can see them playing chicken with it.
Remember when we ran out of toilet paper, PPE, medical supplies, and couldn't produce covid tests fast enough?
The ripple effects of this mess combined with the inflation mess haven't even begun to set in yet. Its going to get a lot worse.
Yes. That was perfectly understandable given the circumstances at the time. After a few months most of that was alleviated.
This new situation makes no sense. We’ve had plenty of time to sort this out. Not allowing independent owner operated trucks to pick up the containers is contributing to this mess. Why does California hate small businesses so much
Because some idiot woman listened to a couple idiot Uber driversYes. That was perfectly understandable given the circumstances at the time. After a few months most of that was alleviated.
This new situation makes no sense. We’ve had plenty of time to sort this out. Not allowing independent owner operated trucks to pick up the containers is contributing to this mess. Why does California hate small businesses so much
Oh yeah, and don’t forget California doesn’t allow trucks older than 5 or 10 model years or something to operate
Small business is an evil thing that must be destroyed!
I don't think so
I think things are shaking out
we're dealing with the aftermath
people have also learned to live with tightened belts so perhaps we are better suited for this type of disruption and can weather this
crises like this are an opportunity to see where/how the system breaks so we can fix it after the fact
I bet truck driving schools get popular again....
I disagree
look how long before meaningful economic effects landed....besides TP and mask shortages
these things have a delayed response
logistics is a perfect storm of a fragile system that was simply broken by the pandemic
we have shortages of drivers. we have massive inefficiencies in the carrier infrastructure. obviously the teamsters are also putting their sticks in the spokes, too
something like this could be good for us in the long run because we have clearly identified the points of failure and we can go back and reorganize to eliminate them
I also pulled out of the stock market a bit and doubled down on crypto so I may be hopeful, but I'm also hedging
You’re trying to reason with a guy that thought the instant Trump became president the economy magically was great again.
My view of where things are headed is a lot less optimistic than yours. I think the next 6-8 months things are going to get considerably worse before levelling off or normalizing. Time will tell.
Product shortages, lost income to businesses and individuals due to supply chain issues, increased energy costs, inflation over inflated real estate market. Perfect storm. Old enough to remember what 2007-2011 were like. Batten down the hatches.
We've had a truck driver shortage for many years, and the pay has been high for a while. Which is owner operators are a thing.
Fook, even Dirty Jobs was being filmed during some of the worst recession years, and the host talks about how strapped those guys were for help. Lots of guys who do those jobs make high 6 to 7 figures.
There seems to be a general disinterest in doing that sort of work. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to do any of that sh!t either
My wife was paid a minimum of $50 hours for up to 2 hours to sit and translate at doctors appointments. Usually she was out after 15-20 minutes, some took a bit longer, and if they exceed 2 hours (which they never did) the $25/hr would continue to accrue. SO UNFAIR!!!!
AB5 eliminated that. Thanks Obama!
are you also bilingual?My wife was paid a minimum of $50 hours for up to 2 hours to sit and translate at doctors appointments. Usually she was out after 15-20 minutes, some took a bit longer, and if they exceed 2 hours (which they never did) the $25/hr would continue to accrue. SO UNFAIR!!!!
AB5 eliminated that. Thanks Obama!
do you have kids? do they speak the language, too?
I’m trilingual (Spanish and Brazo Portuguese) and so is the wife (Spanish and French). No kids yet, but if/when I want them learning multiple languages real early
Is it a president's job to manipulate international commerce?
A little over a year ago I remember people arguing that it's not the president's job to fight a pandemic and its not a president's job to use the DPA to increase production of PPE, medical equipment, covod tests, and covod vaccines.
Why is this the president's job and what should he do?
A little over a year ago I remember people arguing that it's not the president's job to fight a pandemic and its not a president's job to use the DPA to increase production of PPE, medical equipment, covod tests, and covod vaccines.
Why is this the president's job and what should he do?