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Supply chains and Work shortages
tempo_n_groove
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All I hear in the news is a lagging workforce and supply chains being broke down from this.
Restaurants and retail not having enough workers to accommodate the customers.
Increased pricing do to a backlog of materials not readily available.
Factories not having these materials nor a workforce to make these items.
Car and Truck supplies are limited causing a severe uptick in prices and availability along w a shortage and price increase on used vehicles. I can't find a Tundra or 4Runner because of it.
Washington Times said today that there is a lack of workers by 10million in the US. With other states ending the Covid relief funds earlier than others the powers that be aren't sure why people aren't/haven't gone back to work?
I bring all this up because for the past week I have driven to and from NYC for work. I live 25 miles away. It has taken me 2-3 hours to get home because of traffic so I find the lack of work force idea here in NY to be inflated.
What does it look like where you are? What effects is it having on you and your surrounding area?
Restaurants and retail not having enough workers to accommodate the customers.
Increased pricing do to a backlog of materials not readily available.
Factories not having these materials nor a workforce to make these items.
Car and Truck supplies are limited causing a severe uptick in prices and availability along w a shortage and price increase on used vehicles. I can't find a Tundra or 4Runner because of it.
Washington Times said today that there is a lack of workers by 10million in the US. With other states ending the Covid relief funds earlier than others the powers that be aren't sure why people aren't/haven't gone back to work?
I bring all this up because for the past week I have driven to and from NYC for work. I live 25 miles away. It has taken me 2-3 hours to get home because of traffic so I find the lack of work force idea here in NY to be inflated.
What does it look like where you are? What effects is it having on you and your surrounding area?
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https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/19/1047032996/why-are-so-many-americans-quitting-their-jobs?fbclid=IwAR3P-sK5hgBMGIuHhA6FTuRyOfmot1o-hQpbtWIQyXpivbW3Evx36jcF8E0
I'm probably blessed in my office-work-at-home life but I'm not feeling very many effects. We order a lot of stuff and aside from the occasional random thing seemingly disappearing from grocery store shelves for weeks and a couple of businesses having reduced hours, I'm not noticing much. But then again, I'm in a bubble.
The biggest inconvenience I've had happened yesterday. I decided to call the vet because my dog has some bald spots. I found out yesterday that just about every veterinarian is scheduling out at least four weeks. So I waited a couple hours in vet urgent care and spent an extra $50 for an appointment because I think it might be ringworm (test now pending). But you ask about "...and your surrounding area." and it looks like this is a nationwide problem due in large part to a huge increase in pet ownership during the pandemic.
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Food is one thing. A good paying manufacturing job is a different story though.
While in Atlantic City a few months ago they were begging people to work. Offering $20 for greater jobs and hospitality. Not high stress jobs, and couldn't fill them.
RE: Traffic, more people are on the roads in the Boston area, but I think a lot of people are opting to drive to work as opposed to taking the subway since offices reopened.
I work in manufacturing, and there are a lot of people panic buying, which isn't helping the supply chain. We're on pace to sell as many as 4X the amount of certain items that we sold last year, the usage has been impossible to anticipate.
People operating like they did in 2019 (i.e. waiting until the last minute to order product expecting it to be available) are screwed.
It's a different world than it was 2 years ago.
For the record, we make our product right here, we don't import.
I agree with people not using public transport again.
What are you guys making that people are gobbling up?
We have a large tool and die sector that will experience minor hiccups…many tool and die places only accept so much work from auto companies…less than 20% and these jobs are extremely well paying.
The restaurant industry here is starving for workers. I know a few people who used to work at restaurants and are not going back, they all have basically said working with the disgusting public is no longer worth it…the stories they’ve told me and I don’t blame them…the biggest complaint I hear is that tipping has greatly decreased, employers and the public expect to much.
Good thread….
We just move on to something else to fill the holes.
Longshoreman jobs and trucking are very good paying jobs. I don't understand why people would not want those types of jobs?
A friend of his was cut off and killed a person...no fault of his...but that stays with you for life...who wants that's bs.
When COVID hit, a lot of people were out of work. What happened? Why are there so many worker vacancies now? Hasn't COVID mostly killed off the elderly and those with other health issues that made them more vulnerable? With things opening up, have fewer people gone back to work? Did the work force decrease because a lot of boomer aged people like myself decided once COVID hit, it was time to retire? (That's basically what we did. I'm no longer at the bookstore and my wife got out of her half of the business so now she is just consulting for the store and I'm just doing my little book business.)
I'm curious about this. Where did all the workers go?
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I thought $20 for a hospitality job in AC was pretty good. Doing fast food or a restaurant? not so much.
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The particular market we work in will not support these different factors without massive increase in rates to the end clients, who almost all provide goods directly to the public. What does that mean? The prices are going to go through the roof, soon enough.
Only so long these companies can bite the bullet.
This inflation won't be good for me and my salaried position. No way I'm going to see an increase like there is across the boards... Might be time to branch out.
As far as the smaller jobs costing more, that has always been there. Just maybe not on a scale like this now. Smaller jobs should cost more because they are usually more of a PITA to do and a problem always arises, lol.
For the restaurant and food industries absolutely. Everything else, we will see.
Our manufacturing lines aren't heavy-labor intensive at all, either. These are primarily entry-level positions or just above.
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