(10-20-2021 02:44 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 02:31 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I actually thought “Sonic season” was a pretty comical, and frankly funny, way to respond to your comment.

it was alliterative. My point was the vast majority of businesses unable to find workers are not seasonal. It is a fine explanation for,the tiny percentage of actual seasonal employers, but my questions to Lad were far more general, and his responses far too limited. Why is the Chili company I used to own having trouble hiring workers at $15? The answer is not a bureaucratic snafu in North Carolina.

Can you cite those stats that explain how tiny of a percentage seasonal workers are?

But Christ, you ask for specific answers and then complain when I give specific answers, you just don't like them and continue to ignore that J-1 visas are for people who are going to work in department stores and fast food restaurants in areas where populations/visitors increase during certain seasons.

Yes, the chili company is not having trouble hiring due to J-1 restrictions. It's likely having trouble hiring for other reasons - for the continued presence of COVID, to childcare issues, to people using COVID as a springboard to change careers, to people just being plain lazy.

edit: by the way, it's not a bureaucratic snafu in NC, and this is what is so frustrating. Have you even read a single article about this issue? Based on your response, and that you think that saying this is a "bureaucratic snafu in NC" is really telling.