We are doing a lot of work to the house we bought in the Idaho Panhandle a year ago. Every single contractor I’ve spoken to says he could put ten more GOOD people to work right now (general contractors, carpenters, roofers, electricians, landscapers). They hire teens and they typically last no more than two weeks. They often just stop showing up or they complain “You want me to work THAT HARD all the time? For THAT pay?” Then they come in late, complain about the pay WHILE working and the boss in earshot, and won’t put their phones down. “What do you mean I can’t bring my phone onto the site?”
The business owners are incredibly hard working and put in long hours. But not their employees.
It is not a pretty picture. You’d think this “last outpost” in CONUS would still have a good work ethic, but not the case.
Sounds like young people....everywhere!