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An Ohio factory owner said Saturday that though she has blue-collar jobs available at her company, she struggles to fill positions because so many candidates fail drug tests.
Regina Mitchell, a co-owner of Warren Fabricating & Machining in Hubbard, Ohio, told The New York Times this week that four out of 10 applicants otherwise qualified to be welders, machinists and crane operators will fail a routine drug test.
Unfortunately, it is not unique to the particular factory or even to the geographic area.
My factory is also currently hiring for several hourly positions--a 2nd shift Shipping clerk, several machine operators, and a couple of entry-level utility operators. We are in a Rust-Belt area so we don't have any shortage of applicants, and we are getting quite a few who have some good qualifications.
Our problem also is with people failing the drug screen. We've had people try and pass off bought urine as their own and other stupid stunts. I changed the ad so that it mentions at the bottom that all successful applicants must take and pass a urine and hair sample drug screen. Hopefully that helps some self-select out of the process...
It's kind of frustrating. There is substance abuse in my family and I've worked before on a volunteer basis with people who have issues with drugs.
Most of the positive tests here are for 1) opioids and 2) meth.
I do work for a manufacturing company in Los Angeles.
They have a laundry list half a page long of qualifications for new machinist hires. They are constantly in the news complaining about not being able to get workers and want to import labor from India. They pay $15/hr. $2 above the local minimum wage.
I do work for a manufacturing company in Los Angeles.
They have a laundry list half a page long of qualifications for new machinist hires. They are constantly in the news complaining about not being able to get workers and want to import labor from India. They pay $15/hr. $2 above the local minimum wage.
That's the problem. They expect a skilled machinist to work for McWages. The skilled machinist will not, so I guess the company will have to bring in the foreign labor.
I do work for a manufacturing company in Los Angeles.
They have a laundry list half a page long of qualifications for new machinist hires. They are constantly in the news complaining about not being able to get workers and want to import labor from India. They pay $15/hr. $2 above the local minimum wage.
Ahh, just as I thought.
Whenever I read headlines of people saying they simply cannot find enough 'qualified' (read: U.S. citizens) workers, the cynical side of me can't help but think it's just a public front and excuse to hire cheaper labor, both from abroad and locally using illegals or the like.
It's like those CEO's that whine about there not being enough qualified native Americans for IT jobs and all, when in fact they're angling to hire more H1B Visa holders.
Whenever I read headlines of people saying they simply cannot find enough 'qualified' (read: U.S. citizens) workers, the cynical side of me can't help but think it's just a public front and excuse to hire cheaper labor, both from abroad and locally using illegals or the like.
It's like those CEO's that whine about there not being enough qualified native Americans for IT jobs and all, when in fact they're angling to hire more H1B Visa holders.
right, like i thought, the employees want to be paid more than they are worth
right, like i thought, the employees want to be paid more than they are worth
"They have a laundry list half a page long of qualifications for new machinist hires."
Sounds like they expect a lot of qualifications and experience in the folks they hire, why shouldn't the people who have them get paid appropriately for them?
An Ohio factory owner said Saturday that though she has blue-collar jobs available at her company, she struggles to fill positions because so many candidates fail drug tests.<>
So is industry going down the tubes or moving out of recreation marijuana States?
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