Buddha Bear said:Canada2017 said:Every worker I've talked to...in English...responded in English .ImwithBU said:Canada2017 said:We closed on a rental house yesterday....new construction .BaylorGuy314 said:
I work in residential construction.
Our masons can't get guys to show up to work because they are making more money sitting at home.
Our concrete guy can't get people to show up to work because they are making more money sitting at home.
Our framers can't get guys to show up to work because they are making more money sitting at home.
Several of our suppliers are relaying that there are shipping delays as UPS is limiting freight pickups. They don't have enough drivers because they are making more money sitting at home.
I've talked to two restaurateurs in Waco and both said they are significantly short-staffed because they can't get people to work because they are making more money sitting at home.
Our appliance provider is limiting deliveries because they have only one delivery crew (instead of their typical 3) because the others make more money sitting at home.
A local staffing office told me they literally have zero candidates looking for a job. Zero. Businesses are calling looking for help and they don't have a single person on their lists because there is no motivation to work.
I'm all for helping people bridge the gap but this jobless aid/stimulus is not at all going as intended.
The contractor builds on a huge scale. On any given day he has a least 50 houses going up.
The labor force is at least 80% Hispani ( all legal ) .
Bull***** You have to fluent in English no way they all are legal. I don't have a problem with because they are doing jobs others don't want and making a legal living. But stop with the BS about them all being legal. Your guy might not be hiring them but he also isn't keeping one of the legal guys from bringing along his cousin or good friend who undocumented
Out of hundreds of guys swarming over a construction site of this size.......could a few of them be illegal.......sure its a numbers game.
Is it intent of the general contractor to hire only legal workers ? Sure seems that way......especially with the large Hispanic community nearby in Greeley to draw from .
And I've know many legal Americans who were not fluent in English, including almost every man on the El Paso farm.
You're right. I know a woman who's father is a legal immigrant with a US passport that has lived in Oregon for 35 years. Nicest guy ever, but can hardly speak any English. He's somehow found a way to live in his Mexican community bubble and make a damn good living as an entreprenuer in the agriculture sector. At least $100k per year on his own.
Your anecdotal example is not the norm. FLUENT in ENGLISH is a requirement. You have to be able to speak it, write it and read it. If you haven't noticed, citizenship in the country was once easily to get. Not quite so easy these days so those people that got in 40, 30 or even 15 years ago have slim to no chance of passing a The test by current standards