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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)80. They have been doing that to Nurses for years....
Did you know that the Nursing care cost for a hospital is figure into the cost of the room. How insulting is that! If they bill separately for Nursing care...they could pay the Nurses better. But we are in with the room charge; just like the bed, linens and TV.
So they try to guilt you by telling you that Nursing is a calling. The last time Nursing was a calling, all the Nurses wore black and white habits. Calling my Aunt Hilda's bloomers. These days you take the same fundamental courses as the pre Meds. You take on more responsibility and get a fraction of the pay. I always try to have an honest talk with kids wanting to go in to the profession.
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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