Last work related interview I went on they wanted to give me three dollors less,
90 days probation and couldn't get a promised wage increase after probation. The company
said that they were taking a 3K gamble on any potential employee that they hired, and
most times it was a lose for them. The Company was hiring through a placement service that was owned by a former employee of a large local EC corp that is still helping keep wages down.
I couldn't even get a Dollar more than the offered limit where offering no beni's...
In the region; Two large EC corp's were caught years ago and people went to jail over price fixing, and wage capping, it's still going on today. It's real around here!
phoenix in the late 1990's was like that.
ec's would not pay above a set amount. there was a shortfall of sparkies.
they needed about 800-1,000 more in metro phoenix than they had, and
buildings just sat partially done waiting for the electrician or someone like
him.
$15 an hour was it.
there may be a shortage of skilled labor, but not a shortage of labor.
i had to tell a customer i couldn't meet his schedule, and was trying yesterday
to help him find someone who had people available.
this guy has in the range of $100k~$200k of work in the next year, and he's
fifth on my list of customers. there are four that take precedence over him
as far as i'm concerned.
i'm working 6~7 days a week, and have been for a while now.
if nobody want's to train electricians, or organize them in a manner that
works in a viable economic model, then i'll just go on getting up in the morning,
and going to work.
i'm booked for the rest of the year.
i'm really excited. i'm taking off three days for this holiday weekend. i haven't
had three days off except when i was too sick to get out of bed, in two years.
and there's a chance my new motorcycle will be ready by friday.... :happyyes:
wheeeeee...... i need a break!