Dealers lots are filling up
Dealers lots around Ohio/western PA are filling up with certain models. Not many heavy duty trucks but I'm seeing a few Chevy and GMC 2500's sit for weeks before being sold and a lot in the pipeline. ...
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rjstractor wrote:mkirsch wrote:
Our means have not kept pace with the price of goods and services, even if you don't consider recent events.
Work harder, get a better job, right? You need to be pulling in a 6-figure income to have the buying power of the average family in the 1950's. There are only so many middle management jobs out there.
You're not wrong about the cost of goods and services, but a young person doesn't need to be middle management or even have a college degree to make six figures, at least in my area. In my job I talk with lots of folks in the construction trades, mostly sprinkler fitters and fire alarm technicians, who are screaming for qualified apprentices. Once they make journeyman that six figures is a reality. Where they run into problems is finding people who are actually willing to show up every day, work hard, be eager to learn and get cold, dirty and uncomfortable once in a while.
Bingo. My kid and his buddy were pulling down $42 an hour this summer, fresh off the turnip truck after their first year in college. ZERO construction experience.
Why? Exactly what you said AND the fact that they were willing to WORK and work hard.
By the end of the summer, Got a call from one of the awesome laborers that I hired years ago, still working for the company, saying he's never seen a 19 year old kid (who's about 150lbs soaking wet) pull a 30' high cycle vibrator on an entire pour for about 6 hours straight.
But he worked like 10 weeks this summer and went back to school with over $10k in the bank after whatever he spent this summer.
Had to remind a friend's little brother who was complaining recently that his "covid pay" went away and he was back to $16.25/hour, that if you want to make more you have to work harder.
Heck our younger son's gf (in high school) is making $18/hr making sandwiches and they can't find enough kids to work so she gets more hours than she wants.
Idk what you actually can do in Seattle that only makes $16/hr but it must be a real dog balls job!
