Where are the employees?

obullfish said:
I wish the entire Red Throbin chain would go under. I have never had a good experience in any that have taken my money.
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Holds true fpr the one up here in Bel Air, MD also.
Zero interest in going there ever again.
 
thecj3man said:
My wife teaches elementary school in Washington County, Tennessee and they are having a school bus driver and teacher hiring problems for a while. I don't understand how she teaches and doesn't loose her mind. Half the kids don't want to learn and just as many parents don't care if there kids learn anything, just as long as they are not at home bothering the parents. But, there are some great kids too who want to learn and some parents that care more about their children's future than they do about themselves.

As far as the school bus driver shortage, I am trying to talk my wife into driving a bus. I see it as a win/win, she gets more money and saves gas driving to school. She says I am crazy for even thinking it.
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Greene county has been short drivers for at least five years now.A good friend of mine was married to a teacher at Science Hill and I knew several guys who wifes work in the WC school system and they were all bat shit crazy and that was back in the 2000's.I can't imagine how crazy some of them are now.
 
R Q said:
Or go to real restaurant? I go to my local dives for great regular food and a couple of select specialty places but if I want a good steak I cook it.
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If I want a good grilled pork chop I go to Texas Roadhouse though. I prefer to cook my own steak as well.
 
R Q said:
Or go to real restaurant? I go to my local dives for great regular food and a couple of select specialty places but if I want a good steak I cook it.
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Theres a local place we go to and its about $33 for the three of us to eat burgers and and chicken strips.
 
jeepinmatt said:
I'm guessing its the one at Northlake. He's on the northwest side of town, and theres a CFA right beside it.
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I avoid the North Lake area as much as possible. What a hole that area has become.

I have eaten at that RR twice. Once when it first opened and then about a year or so later. Both times I tried the bottomless fries thing - both times they got angry at me for ordering more fries. The second time I asked for the manager and he promptly told me he was bringing me my check so I could leave. Decided it wasn't the hill I wanted to die on that day and paid and left.
 
I was concerned about bearing the responsibility in case anything happens to them, since in the eyes of society you'd be the person in charge, but yeah, you may be right on that one :laughing:
 
YJJPWrangler said:
@Tom@Hilltop_Machine one at Northlake.

@jeepinmatt guessed right. Although to be honest, the entirety of Northlake is trash now. 5 years or so ago, it was alright to go to. Now you have to dodge gang shootings in the mall and parking lots in hopes of finding a store open.

Only reason I go over there is the Lowes but the one in Belmont is about the same distance away.
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Thats what happens when you decide to develop the cheapest property you can find. I worked in that area 15 years ago, and you had to keep your head on a swivel then. Atleast then, it was mostly industrial, so it wasnt common to see many folks out at night. the mall gave them an excuse to be out and lurking in the shadows.
 
Jody Treadway said:
No wonder there's not a line of people wanting that job.
No offense intended, obviously
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Quoted for truth. And they have to have a CDL, which is a journey in it's self. And even if you have a CDL you still have to take bus driving class to get bus driving added to the license.
 
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@jeepinmatt guessed right. Although to be honest, the entirety of Northlake is trash now. 5 years or so ago, it was alright to go to. Now you have to dodge gang shootings in the mall and parking lots in hopes of finding a store open.

Only reason I go over there is the Lowes but the one in Belmont is about the same distance away.

You might be better off at Denver or Lincolnton!
 
rodney eppes said:
@jeepinmatt guessed right. Although to be honest, the entirety of Northlake is trash now. 5 years or so ago, it was alright to go to. Now you have to dodge gang shootings in the mall and parking lots in hopes of finding a store open.

Only reason I go over there is the Lowes but the one in Belmont is about the same distance away.

You might be better off at Denver or Lincolnton!
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A good friend of mine does asset protection for a retail store in the mall there. We are constantly joking about the constant shit show in that area. I remember when that mall was built, seemed all high class and stuff (at least to me anyways) now I don’t go to any mall, that one or concord mills. Not worth dealing with delinquent BS
 
93redzj said:
A good friend of mine does asset protection for a retail store in the mall there. We are constantly joking about the constant shit show in that area. I remember when that mall was built, seemed all high class and stuff (at least to me anyways) now I don’t go to any mall, that one or concord mills. Not worth dealing with delinquent BS
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My uncle done asset protection for Target in Memphis TN for a while.I think the death threats finally got to him.
 
Spoke to a local restaurant owner yesterday, she said her place was still carry out only. I asked her why and she said "simply put, no employees." They used to have 20 employees present at any one time, but now they have 4 total, including management.
She has been in the biz for 20 years and said with the handouts and such, many employees quit. By the time they were able to re-open, many of them had taken jobs at plants and other buisnesses that had raised their pay to attract new employees. Raising pay enough to attract more employees would cause her to have to raise prices to a point she's not aure would get diners in the door.
She pointed out that minimum wage was effectively increased to $15/hr w/o being an official declaration.
 
NCJeeplover said:
We were talking a while back about this at work. One way or another it found a way.
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At the cost of inflation.
When my company's costs go up, so do our prices. Simple economics.
When inflation grows at a faster rate than wages (or more quickly), the taxpayers who higher wages were intended to help are actually hurt more. We're all seeing this currently. Most folks are worse off today, making more money than they were a couple of years ago.
 
Jody Treadway said:
At the cost of inflation.
When my company's costs go up, so do our prices. Simple economics.
When inflation grows at a faster rate than wages (or more quickly), the taxpayers who higher wages were intended to help are actually hurt more. We're all seeing this currently. Most folks are worse off today, making more money than they were a couple of years ago.
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In my opinion inflation and raises go hand and hand, for the last 20 years? inflation has been at 2 to 3 percent, annual raises followed suit, I never got a raise greater than 3%. The only time significantly more money came my way was a promotion, which happen once and was 10%, or job changes, every time I changed jobs it was a 15% to 20% bump.

I agree with you the dollar is currently down in value, which from what I am hearing the Fed is about to raise rates, maybe into the 5% area (not all at once but by the end of '22) that in theory should help with the value of the dollar.
 
UNCC-CRAWLER said:
In my opinion inflation and raises go hand and hand, for the last 20 years? inflation has been at 2 to 3 percent, annual raises followed suit, I never got a raise greater than 3%. The only time significantly more money came my way was a promotion, which happen once and was 10%, or job changes, every time I changed jobs it was a 15% to 20% bump.

I agree with you the dollar is currently down in value, which from what I am hearing the Fed is about to raise rates, maybe into the 5% area (not all at once but by the end of '22) that in theory should help with the value of the dollar.
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Agreed, historically speaking.
I was referring to the very recent past where inflation grew roughly double that of the 2-3% increase in wages.
 
Jody Treadway said:
Spoke to a local restaurant owner yesterday, she said her place was still carry out only. I asked her why and she said "simply put, no employees." They used to have 20 employees present at any one time, but now they have 4 total, including management.
She has been in the biz for 20 years and said with the handouts and such, many employees quit. By the time they were able to re-open, many of them had taken jobs at plants and other buisnesses that had raised their pay to attract new employees. Raising pay enough to attract more employees would cause her to have to raise prices to a point she's not aure would get diners in the door.
She pointed out that minimum wage was effectively increased to $15/hr w/o being an official declaration.
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The problem is that when $15 an hour becomes the de facto standard minimum wage, required or not, the wages above havn't moved the needle. I am still seeing want ads for skilled jobs requiring degrees paying $30,000 a year. Do the math, that's $15 an hour. Why should a degree'd professional be getting the same as the fry guy with a paper hat?

It's kind of insulting to a guy that worked to get a degree, gets skilled in his field and then sees his pay stay the same when others who have put no effort into their occupation of choice see their pay increased to match that of the skilled dude. I'm all for paying people what they are worth, but this "living wage" bs is getting old. Work for your money. The .gov has screwed this up for too long and they can't un-ring the bell.
 
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