Posted on 08/26/2020 5:52:06 PM PDT by rintintin
Ski area operators are reporting a surge in applications from college students and locals as hiring strategies, operational plans shift in the pandemic.
(Excerpt) Read more at coloradosun.com ...
“ (Without J-1 foreign workers) Resort operators are adjusting their hiring strategies to focus on locals and college students who may be sitting out a semester or studying from home... And those college kids seem to be answering the call.”
Yes. At the end of the ‘90s or just afterwards, pay for ski resort workers plummeted to the minimum wage after the hiring of so many third world folks. It was cut by more than half for the lowest paid ones.
This all sounds good to me.
Seems like the plan is working. Perhaps this ought to be permanent.
Ski bumming used to be a great job/gig/life style for young people in California.
So the ridiculous ski lift price wasn’t due to labor costs?
Good.
adjusting their hiring strategies = raising wages high enough to attract US workers.
adjusting means paying more. Good.
ALL forms of immigration must stop until unemployment is at 0%.
Actually most mountain operations do not make money despite the cost of daily lift tickets and the insane cost of food.
The money is made on the real estate.
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