Help Needed: A 3News Original

Chances are you might know someone, whether that's a friend, a relative, a coworker, or maybe it was you who made a decision to retire early or even leave a job.

Right now, the Coastal Bend is experiencing an historically tight labor market in what has been coined, "the great resignation."

3News Reporter Bill Churchwell took a deeper look at the ongoing workforce shortage and its impacts on Corpus Christi and surrounding areas.

[crush]

I have an hour commute 120 $ every 3 days but no one can match my pay 26 an hour I’ll take 25 an hour but not lower don’t care if I don’t know I can get trained. I’m not in high school no more I can live with under 25 an hour but I guess all this turn over made companies picky on picking a candidate. They want more experience but they need to understand that if I get that experience by staying at my factory will mean that I’ll be making 35 an hour starting and not many companies want to match pay 💰 close to that. Hate that I’m stuck at my factory, all other factories please match pay and don’t be so picky my company took a chance on me when I was unemployed and honestly a loser but now look at me. Ima get a raise every year.

[smackroscoe]

There is NO labor shortage. However there is a serious PAY shortage. Employers have gotten addicted to low wages, long hours & poor work/life balance. Those days are absolutely over & will never return. Want workers to stay? Pay them!