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In reply to the discussion: Krugman: When a business owner complains about being unable to find workers, ask how much he pays. [View all]AnneD
(15,774 posts)97. These thing sort themselves out eventually....
Cutting back on school Nurse hours or forcing to cover multiple school seems to be one trend. I like my principal and will retire out of this school eventually. But my principal made me promise to give her a six month notice so I can help her train the new nurse. She will cut the budget many ways but she will not cut the health care.
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Krugman: When a business owner complains about being unable to find workers, ask how much he pays. [View all]
backscatter712
Nov 2012
OP
They use that lame-ass excuse to import cheaper labor from overseas, even though the same skills
Ikonoklast
Nov 2012
#4
In addition, some good workers smoke weed. After the drug test, out they go. nt
morningglory
Nov 2012
#5
i'm convinced the whole 'shortage' narrative is the first wave of an effort to
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#15
Collusion rather than competition. This is what you get when you let a few big companies control
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#42
The federal government is the only real solution. If left to the states, many, if not most, will
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#45
Think outsourcing is anti-American, take a look at insourcing. Far more cynical, IMHO.
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#16
So, he could've led by lowering his salary to that of VP's in "Brazils and Koreas".
SharonAnn
Nov 2012
#54
Why would any smart high school kid study computer science in college...
TexasBushwhacker
Nov 2012
#56
Externalizing expenses is a big part of this scam as well. Corporations lay off every dime they can
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#46
This is great and I've used it in conversation. I also add that it's funny how businesses owned
Lint Head
Nov 2012
#50
I'm not aware of a list. It's a statement alluding to the fact that Republicans are the ones
Lint Head
Nov 2012
#67
I am experiencing new unreasonable demands on my reasonably priced skill-set. They are looking for
patrice
Nov 2012
#51
That's a very perceptive question: why it isn't WORTH their while to pay what it takes to get
patrice
Nov 2012
#52
An insurance broker I know complained he can't find a good office manager for $10/hour.
SunSeeker
Nov 2012
#53