Sad stats on how the economy is impacting us.

[kfd82]

The oil jobs aren't as easy to come by now. Everybody has caught there breath in North Dakota now and they are being nit picky about who gets hired. There are a lot of unqualified people up here right now that aren't making it. And if you did get a job up here good luck finding reasonable priced housing. It's not uncommon to see $3k+ month rent on a 1-2 bedroom house or apartment. I manage our company's North Dakota operations and I am currently hiring and I laugh a lot about the people that apply for work. A shift manager at McDonalds that doesn't have any construction field experience but he thinks he can build pads, roads and such. He wants me to hire him and pay him $130k a year because its the oil field and he thinks he can do it. I get crap like that all the time.

This problem seems to generate itself: someone gripes that they can't find a job or aren't making enough in their current job, and some 'helpful' soul behind a keyboard suggests the oilfields, "they make lots of money". The hopeful applicant doesn't find until too late that there is no where to live, you sleep in your truck, you need a CDL or some other qualification, yada yada yada. If people that make these suggestions would give more info at the outset, there wouldn't be quite as many misunderstandings, maybe.

[roberth]

Why aren't the collectivists on this board defending the failing economic policies of their beloved messiah?

[sellersm]

Why aren't the collectivists on this board defending the failing economic policies of their beloved messiah?

They're looking for their 2nd job so they can live...

[Monky]

They're looking for their 2nd job so they can live...

No they're not.. it's the first of the month.. gotta go pick up the cheese.

[Ronin13]

So...self employment is down. Either no one wants to be the owner of their work, or the current system isn't helping the entrepreneur. Either way, not a good sign.

Well when historically, democratic policies tend to discourage entrepreneurship and job creation, I can think that you can eliminate the word either from your phrase there. The current system (so-called the "You didn't build that" system) discourages starting up small businesses, and thus people are less inclined to want to be a business owner in a hostile market. I sure do not desire to start a small business when some moron out to socialize and "equalize" our nation is running the show.

[Sparky]

I have a ND journeymans license. Reliable person to care for kid is my problem

[ChadAmberg]

A good welder can make 6 figures right now.

My cousin is a welder up in Michigan, but work has dried up around there, and his shop is closing. Wondering if he'd relocate here...

[buffalobo]

My cousin is a welder up in Michigan, but work has dried up around there, and his shop is closing. Wondering if he'd relocate here...

There are beaches in Michigan. Honey Badger told me. I am gonna visit them someday. Gonna go surfing in Michigan, cause that's what I do at the beach.

Sorry, back on topic.

The stats illustrate the results of socialist policies.

Wonder how long until we run out of other peoples money?



Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2

[BushMasterBoy]

Let me know if a large asteroid is coming in, I want a job as a UFO test pilot...

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Concerning welder/$$$$. I was an iron worker 6 years ago, certified licensed unlimited yadda yadda, I was lead man on erection crew, it together big ass cranes and pulled down $75k claimed. There is good money in it, however you couldn't pay me $150k to go back to welding. Fuck that.