Re:Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom
by alistairSH on Saturday April 30, 2022 @08:06PM
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Yup. I hear similar complaints from a friend in the food production industry (think Coca Cola).
“We can’t find people!”
“They all quit within a few months!”
Not crap, it’s a hard job (welding inside a giant metal tank, etc) and the pay is good but not great. Even at a 10% premium, you’d be hard pressed to get people to take this job over driving for UPS (for example). Still physically hard, but more regular hours, union job, pay is decent, etc. And compared to just about any office job? No competition - most would pick the lower paying office job because it probably has A/C, more vacation, and roughly equivalent health care.
“We can’t find people!” “They all quit within a few months!” Not crap, it’s a hard job (welding inside a giant metal tank, etc) and the pay is good but not great. Even at a 10% premium, you’d be hard pressed to get people to take this job over driving for UPS (for example). Still physically hard, but more regular hours, union job, pay is decent, etc. And compared to just about any office job? No competition - most would pick the lower paying office job because it probably has A/C, more vacation, and roughly equivalent health care.