US construction projects are short-staffed today, and the problem is set to get worse.
No end in sight
Today’s mismatches are likely to persist because of structural shifts in the labor market. The relationship between job openings and unemployment has departed from historical trends. In January 2022—two years from the start of the pandemic—the US unemployment rate stood at 4.0 percent, close to its prepandemic level of 3.5 percent. Job openings remained exceptionally high, however, with 10.9 million unfilled positions as of the end of December 2021, compared with 5.9 million in December 2019.
worked construction all through college - nearly started working as an engineer/surveyor actual workers get treated like shit pay isn't very high all things considered - you will get by but you could earn a lot more in any other trade pay is kept low as mexicans and immigrants get hired for dirt cheap. we routinely would have a spanish speaking crew. usually their foreman was bilingual. guys worked hard at least. completely at the mercy of where your jobsite is located. usually you get thrown into a hotel for months on end, working shitty shifts. sometimes you get lucky and can do 4-10 hr shifts or something. little mobility up the chain - even as an engineer your next step would be a project manager or getting moved to an office to do estimating.
you do feel a sense of accomplishment though. At the end of the job, you can point to something and see the tangible results of your labor. That's one of the satisfying things about it. Doesn't really justify the pay though. I was only going to get paid 60k/yr as an engineer when I worked there. Made $14/hr as a laborer. Heavy equipment operators probably got around 60k/yr or so. Not great. Not terrible.
Ryder Bell
What the fuck are you doing here even, you fag?
Angel Young
Some racism and generous use of fag by mexicans. Mostly guys working as had as they to make some money , don't go to work to make friends and measure dicks or opinions it's about learning and getting the job done. But if you are a cringe lord starts fights over opinions and are smarter than everyone else, everyone will hate you, but that's almost like every other job but in construction you can get seriously hurt if someone is sick of your faggotry.
