[HN Gopher] Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom
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       Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom
        
       Author : prostoalex
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2022-04-29 17:13 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | j7ake wrote:
       | I recall back in the previous boom of 2006-2007 they were paying
       | high school graduates $200k to work in the fields. They would
       | even fly you in and you work a few days then fly you out.
       | 
       | I wonder if salaries have changed since then.
        
         | WhatsName wrote:
         | That's a wild guess and I have no insight into the industry,
         | but I wouldn't be suprised if it's yet another race to the
         | bottom?
         | 
         | Labor seems to be one of the few things where supply and demand
         | dont apply.
         | 
         | Happy to be wrong.
        
           | jason-phillips wrote:
           | > Labor seems to be one of the few things where supply and
           | demand dont apply.
           | 
           | I don't understand this. From my perspective, the labor
           | market in the United States today is possibly the best
           | example of supply and demand mechanics.
        
         | fnordpiglet wrote:
         | They discuss wages. $45 / hour was average in the US. They're
         | losing people to Amazon driver jobs etc. It's hard to empathize
         | when clearly they could simply pay more.
        
       | jeffbee wrote:
       | A climate change fighting strategy I've casually advocated for
       | the last few years is every American with a documented history of
       | wages from fossil fuel production gets $100k spot bonus for
       | signing a contract that forbids them from working in that field
       | again. It should be government policy that the oil, gas, and coal
       | industry cannot find labor.
        
       | mistrial9 wrote:
       | every employment sector in the USA seems to attract
       | intermediaries as fast or faster than the new workers.. the more
       | imbalance or imperfect information, the more aggressive the
       | intermediaries get in requirements, fees, conditions, oversight,
       | control of recourse, control of information, access to new
       | details, and more
        
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