• @[email protected]
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    341 year ago

    Exactly. Nobody wants to work for unliveable wages. It’s a wage shortage, not a labour shortage.

    Or, after being tired of being lowballed for work and offers to be paid in exposure, “fuck you, pay me.”

    • Metal Zealot
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      1 year ago

      A local (and very well off) welding company wanted me to pay for my own courses and equipment when I applied. It would have been hundreds of dollars out of my pocket, for MAYBE a chance to be taken on as an apprentice, if I withstand being the shop bítch for long enough.
      PART TIME.

      yea,

      FUCK OFF

      • @kautau
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        101 year ago

        Those “small business” owners:

        “Buying my third luxury car is so expensive, why are prices going up? Must be the government”

      • Zoot
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        61 year ago

        This is so crazy to me. I got into a low voltage trade and everything was paid for. I brought minor hand tools, but everything over 100$ was provided. And that is like standard around me (for new guys). Also amazing wages once you’re a well experienced worker. (Talking 5 years or so).

        Maybe not welding, or electrician, but pipefitters, plumberd, fire guys, all great trades.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          What kind of work is that if I were to go looking? I really enjoyed control wiring for HVAC systems, didn’t enjoy lugging boilers up flights of stairs or brazing compressors in place in Manhattan with 1/2sqft of space to work in…

          • Zoot
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            31 year ago

            My work specifically i very company dependant, but data wire, access control, fire, cameras, all the fun “low voltage” stuff. Normally you’ll find Access, Security, and Cameras bundled. Sometimes with Fire, sometimes Data. All depends on who ya look for!

    • UltraMagnus0001
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      81 year ago

      Most trade jobs don’t pay enough. As an auto tech The offerings are not good, because most dealers keep most of the profits. Nurses are getting screwed left and right too. I tried switching over to being a truck driver and they actually pay less now than they used to, this is after the supposed shortage and I was out 14hrs a day.

      • Metal Zealot
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        91 year ago

        ??? How can they have a shortage of workers, but try to justify paying people less???

        I swear to fucking god, the mental gymnastics these fuckers do is phenomenal

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      21 year ago

      Or in my case: “cool no one wants to pay me, I guess I’m taking the $1000 out of savings and starting my own businesses.” It’s way more stress, but I’m making enough money that I can think about buying a house and retiring before I die.

      • @jaybone
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        01 year ago

        Waiting for Lemmy anti-capitalists in 3… 2…

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          He started a business with a grand and got lucky. How many people wouldn’t be successful with that grand? How many people don’t even have that money to spare?