Where are all the workers?

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Author Message David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1923 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2022 - 12:36 pm:    Yesterday I took a tour of a casework manufacturer. A lady met me at the reception desk and walked me over to the other building and to the conference room. While walking I made polite conversation and asked her what she did there. She told me that she was a recruiter. The factory has a full-time person that looks for workers! There is a trade school in Seattle that tutition is free (subsidized by construction companies). Students get a paid internship while they are going to school and a guaranteed job making good money when they graduate. Guess what?! The school can't find enough people interested in the program! Where did all the workers go? David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Phil Kabza Senior Member Username: phil_kabza Post Number: 705 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2022 - 05:51 pm:    In the 1980s, populist politics started a movement of union busting that contributed to a three decade decline in income progress for working class Americans. In the 1970s, I could purchase a house based on my wages as a carpenter. Wages have not kept up with the cost of living. So I do not blame young people who look at the building trades and opt for computer applications and other specialties where the lifetime income is higher and general wear and tear is lower. Phil Kabza FCSI CCS AIA SpecGuy Specifications Consultants www.SpecGuy.com phil@specguy.com David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1924 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2022 - 07:11 pm:    When I was going to college everyone wanted to be a lawyer because that is where the big bucks were. I never hear of young people wanting to be lawyers anymore. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Loretta Sheridan Senior Member Username: leshrdn Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2021 Posted on Friday, May 06, 2022 - 11:36 am:    There are too many law schools churning out lawyers. Law schools proliferated like mad. Now there are a TON of lousy lawyers. And a ton of JDs who never passed the bar.