[HN Gopher] Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom ___________________________________________________________________ Oil companies scramble to find workers despite boom Author : prostoalex Score : 9 points Date : 2022-04-29 17:13 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.reuters.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.reuters.com) | 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 ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-30 23:00 UTC)