Supply chains and Work shortages
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mickeyrat said:Meltdown99 said:tempo_n_groove said:Bentleyspop said:In my line of work we have known for awhile that certain items have been sitting on docks and or ships for months now.
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?otr is only one part of the industry. even then it can be regional with home time through the week.my side ,ltl is daycab, home daily. now starting at 6 figures.... its having a pool of QUALIFIED drivers to choose from. slim pickings.
The US is much different place for truck drivers.
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tempo_n_groove said:static111 said:Halifax2TheMax said:There is no single answer, but a crucial part of the explanation is that Americans are flush with cash.(Monday’s newsletter detailed how the cash glut is also causing rising inflation and supply-chain problems like backed-up ports.)Give Peas A Chance…0
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static111 said:tempo_n_groove said:static111 said:Halifax2TheMax said:There is no single answer, but a crucial part of the explanation is that Americans are flush with cash.(Monday’s newsletter detailed how the cash glut is also causing rising inflation and supply-chain problems like backed-up ports.)
I've mentioned cards quite a bit and have been doing it for 40 years and this was nothing like I have ever seen...0 -
tempo_n_groove said:static111 said:tempo_n_groove said:static111 said:Halifax2TheMax said:There is no single answer, but a crucial part of the explanation is that Americans are flush with cash.(Monday’s newsletter detailed how the cash glut is also causing rising inflation and supply-chain problems like backed-up ports.)
I've mentioned cards quite a bit and have been doing it for 40 years and this was nothing like I have ever seen..."I got memories, I got shit"0 -
JojoRice said:tempo_n_groove said:static111 said:tempo_n_groove said:static111 said:Halifax2TheMax said:There is no single answer, but a crucial part of the explanation is that Americans are flush with cash.(Monday’s newsletter detailed how the cash glut is also causing rising inflation and supply-chain problems like backed-up ports.)
I've mentioned cards quite a bit and have been doing it for 40 years and this was nothing like I have ever seen...0 -
America isn't running out of everything just because of a supply-chain crisis. America is running out of everything because Americans are buying so much stuff.
https://news.yahoo.com/america-isnt-running-everything-just-205900297.html
You glutens.I still haven’t forgiven those that hoarded the ass wipe, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes…lolGive Peas A Chance…0 -
Meltdown99 said:
America isn't running out of everything just because of a supply-chain crisis. America is running out of everything because Americans are buying so much stuff.
https://news.yahoo.com/america-isnt-running-everything-just-205900297.html
You glutens.I still haven’t forgiven those that hoarded the ass wipe, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes…lol0 -
My wife asked me why I ordered so much TP recently.I told her that she would complain if I started using items from her closet as asswipe if the stores run out of TP, again.The love he receives is the love that is saved0
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tempo_n_groove said:Meltdown99 said:
America isn't running out of everything just because of a supply-chain crisis. America is running out of everything because Americans are buying so much stuff.
https://news.yahoo.com/america-isnt-running-everything-just-205900297.html
You glutens.I still haven’t forgiven those that hoarded the ass wipe, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes…lolPost edited by Meltdown99 onGive Peas A Chance…0 -
F Me In The Brain said:I am an executive for a technology service firm, supporting multi-location companies across NA, with a large emphasis on Retail.A few things we are seeing....
- The technology components are f'd. Major delays on chips mean major delays on all sorts of technology hardware. Deployments that were planned over the past few years are pushed out. Deployments or refreshes planned since the pandemic are staggered in their success rates.
- Materials are f'd -- as part of building/remodeling locations for our clients (which there is a significant amount of work scheduled) we run new communications wiring and put in the infrastructure to support technology. Materials prices have gone up multiple times this year, and are about to go up again, and in some cases the parts are u/a, without a realistic delivery date. This has significant downstream impact.
- Client health -- retailers are getting busy again, which is great, but as many are experiencing first-hand, the labor shortage is hugely impactful. Retailers cannot find enough people to do jobs....jobs which finally pay better, jobs with benefits, and jobs that you do not need significant experience or education to gain. The biggest issue? The public. The public behave like a bunch of wild animals and nobody wants to work with them. They would rather collect from the govt.
- Contingent Labor Force -- charging 50% more than they used to in most areas. People are not working with you to take the tough jobs so they can have the easy jobs. Small or tougher jobs are costs 2x right now in many areas. The technicians are making so much money that they just do not need to take smaller or tougher jobs. Totally bonkers world. People who were working hard and making $120,000 a few years ago now are more "Technical Guns for Hire", working fewer hours and making $200,000.
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.The wild, wild, worst out there right now.Many folks are slaying it, right now. To them, I clap...and say that you need to get while the gettin' is good.There will be a reckoning, soon enough, though. Things cannot go the way they are w/o major impact.
The other smart thing I would suggest is to be willing to pay more for more durable goods. Buy things that are built better and last longer instead of cheap crap. That's actually better for the pocket book in the long run, and definitely better for the planet that provides the resources we use.
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George Carlin On America & Shopping Malls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSDU8Laoi2U
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Meltdown99 said:tempo_n_groove said:Meltdown99 said:
America isn't running out of everything just because of a supply-chain crisis. America is running out of everything because Americans are buying so much stuff.
https://news.yahoo.com/america-isnt-running-everything-just-205900297.html
You glutens.I still haven’t forgiven those that hoarded the ass wipe, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes…lol0 -
brianlux said:F Me In The Brain said:I am an executive for a technology service firm, supporting multi-location companies across NA, with a large emphasis on Retail.A few things we are seeing....
- The technology components are f'd. Major delays on chips mean major delays on all sorts of technology hardware. Deployments that were planned over the past few years are pushed out. Deployments or refreshes planned since the pandemic are staggered in their success rates.
- Materials are f'd -- as part of building/remodeling locations for our clients (which there is a significant amount of work scheduled) we run new communications wiring and put in the infrastructure to support technology. Materials prices have gone up multiple times this year, and are about to go up again, and in some cases the parts are u/a, without a realistic delivery date. This has significant downstream impact.
- Client health -- retailers are getting busy again, which is great, but as many are experiencing first-hand, the labor shortage is hugely impactful. Retailers cannot find enough people to do jobs....jobs which finally pay better, jobs with benefits, and jobs that you do not need significant experience or education to gain. The biggest issue? The public. The public behave like a bunch of wild animals and nobody wants to work with them. They would rather collect from the govt.
- Contingent Labor Force -- charging 50% more than they used to in most areas. People are not working with you to take the tough jobs so they can have the easy jobs. Small or tougher jobs are costs 2x right now in many areas. The technicians are making so much money that they just do not need to take smaller or tougher jobs. Totally bonkers world. People who were working hard and making $120,000 a few years ago now are more "Technical Guns for Hire", working fewer hours and making $200,000.
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.The wild, wild, worst out there right now.Many folks are slaying it, right now. To them, I clap...and say that you need to get while the gettin' is good.There will be a reckoning, soon enough, though. Things cannot go the way they are w/o major impact.
The other smart thing I would suggest is to be willing to pay more for more durable goods. Buy things that are built better and last longer instead of cheap crap. That's actually better for the pocket book in the long run, and definitely better for the planet that provides the resources we use.
I couldn’t have agreed more. That is a main reason I have never shopped at Walmart-mart.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:Meltdown99 said:tempo_n_groove said:Meltdown99 said:
America isn't running out of everything just because of a supply-chain crisis. America is running out of everything because Americans are buying so much stuff.
https://news.yahoo.com/america-isnt-running-everything-just-205900297.html
You glutens.I still haven’t forgiven those that hoarded the ass wipe, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes…lolGive Peas A Chance…0 -
So the republican side of this is it’s a democratic ruse to get people to stay at home and depend on the government. That is why we don’t have a workforce…0
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tempo_n_groove said:brianlux said:F Me In The Brain said:I am an executive for a technology service firm, supporting multi-location companies across NA, with a large emphasis on Retail.A few things we are seeing....
- The technology components are f'd. Major delays on chips mean major delays on all sorts of technology hardware. Deployments that were planned over the past few years are pushed out. Deployments or refreshes planned since the pandemic are staggered in their success rates.
- Materials are f'd -- as part of building/remodeling locations for our clients (which there is a significant amount of work scheduled) we run new communications wiring and put in the infrastructure to support technology. Materials prices have gone up multiple times this year, and are about to go up again, and in some cases the parts are u/a, without a realistic delivery date. This has significant downstream impact.
- Client health -- retailers are getting busy again, which is great, but as many are experiencing first-hand, the labor shortage is hugely impactful. Retailers cannot find enough people to do jobs....jobs which finally pay better, jobs with benefits, and jobs that you do not need significant experience or education to gain. The biggest issue? The public. The public behave like a bunch of wild animals and nobody wants to work with them. They would rather collect from the govt.
- Contingent Labor Force -- charging 50% more than they used to in most areas. People are not working with you to take the tough jobs so they can have the easy jobs. Small or tougher jobs are costs 2x right now in many areas. The technicians are making so much money that they just do not need to take smaller or tougher jobs. Totally bonkers world. People who were working hard and making $120,000 a few years ago now are more "Technical Guns for Hire", working fewer hours and making $200,000.
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.The wild, wild, worst out there right now.Many folks are slaying it, right now. To them, I clap...and say that you need to get while the gettin' is good.There will be a reckoning, soon enough, though. Things cannot go the way they are w/o major impact.
The other smart thing I would suggest is to be willing to pay more for more durable goods. Buy things that are built better and last longer instead of cheap crap. That's actually better for the pocket book in the long run, and definitely better for the planet that provides the resources we use.
I couldn’t have agreed more. That is a main reason I have never shopped at Walmart-mart.Exactly!
I'm often concerned that I sound "preachy" about the idea of buying durable vs cheap/disposable, but it just makes so much sense in every way.
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Yes, better quality more durable items makes more sense. You can purchase clothes that don’t need to be washed after every uses.
people just have too much junk, people buy to much junk that clogs landfills.
To paraphrase George Carlin “people live in bigger houses because they have to much, and then they get storage to keep more stuff.
I buy my pants at Eddie Bauer…don’t need to washed daily and seem to never wear out…
I would say that’s a small part of the problem. The bigger problem is that shopping is a hobby to many Canadians or Americans. People love to shop and spend.Give Peas A Chance…0 -
Meltdown99 said:Yes, better quality more durable items makes more sense. You can purchase clothes that don’t need to be washed after every uses.
people just have too much junk, people buy to much junk that clogs landfills.
To paraphrase George Carlin “people live in bigger houses because they have to much, and then they get storage to keep more stuff.
I buy my pants at Eddie Bauer…don’t need to washed daily and seem to never wear out…
I would say that’s a small part of the problem. The bigger problem is that shopping is a hobby to many Canadians or Americans. People love to shop and spend.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Halifax2TheMax said:Meltdown99 said:Yes, better quality more durable items makes more sense. You can purchase clothes that don’t need to be washed after every uses.
people just have too much junk, people buy to much junk that clogs landfills.
To paraphrase George Carlin “people live in bigger houses because they have to much, and then they get storage to keep more stuff.
I buy my pants at Eddie Bauer…don’t need to washed daily and seem to never wear out…
I would say that’s a small part of the problem. The bigger problem is that shopping is a hobby to many Canadians or Americans. People love to shop and spend.
Yes it's an easy way to make money. People mail you checks. yes they are everywhere.
Good observation Halifax.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:Halifax2TheMax said:Meltdown99 said:Yes, better quality more durable items makes more sense. You can purchase clothes that don’t need to be washed after every uses.
people just have too much junk, people buy to much junk that clogs landfills.
To paraphrase George Carlin “people live in bigger houses because they have to much, and then they get storage to keep more stuff.
I buy my pants at Eddie Bauer…don’t need to washed daily and seem to never wear out…
I would say that’s a small part of the problem. The bigger problem is that shopping is a hobby to many Canadians or Americans. People love to shop and spend.
Yes it's an easy way to make money. People mail you checks. yes they are everywhere.
Good observation Halifax.
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