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Originally Posted by whell

Yeah, its just horrible out there.

Employers are offering their summer workers higher wages this year, according to recently released surveys.

With unemployment matching a record low at 3.8 percent, more companies are willing to offer the maximum hourly wage they feel their business can afford rather than the minimum required by law, according to a survey of 1,000 hiring managers in the retail, restaurant and hospitality sectors, conducted by Wakefield Research.

About 74 percent of respondents plan to pay an hourly wage of at least $11, compared to last year when only 53 percent of employers planned to pay the same or more. Just 12 percent said they would pay the minimum wage this summer, down from 18 percent in 2017.

Also:

The vast majority (88 percent) of employers expect to transition some summer hires into permanent roles, up from 79 percent last year, according to CareerBuilder.

"Historically, companies have approached summer hires as people that are just there to cover for the full-time employees," said Brian Kropp, HR practice leader at global business advisory and technology company CEB, an affiliate of Gartner.

Employers need to change that mindset with the economy at full employment, he added. "They need to approach the employees they are bringing on for the summer with the goal of trying to convince the best ones that they should take a full-time job with the company after the summer, or as soon as they are able. Rather than treat summer hires as fill-ins, they need to create a great experience for them to get them to accept a full-time offer."

Entirely due, of course, to the 92 consecutive months of economic recovery, mostly under Obama’s great leadership, which Donny’s idiot administration has not yet had time to completely destroy. Recession coming in 2019 or 2020 by many accounts, and there’ll be hell to pay. Maybe when it happens you will wake up, but I’m afraid you’re simply too stupid.