I was listening to the earnings call from my company yesterday and they kept saying “we are seeing added wage inflation from our competitors.” A theme of the earnings call as to why they didn't meet expectations. Wage inflation!
Bichh! Nope! You are seeing employees leave or not take the job because you have no flexibility in scheduling and wage. You make people go through 5 hour long interviews, only to be given less then competitive wages. Or, 5 hour long interviews, where I was offered a role and then told it was a lateral move. Because individuals have to work harder here than any other manufacturing facility in town. Because the equipment doesn't work as expected.
I was recently offered a role at $10 more an hour. Closer to home. It was a 30 minutes interview and was offered flexible scheduling. I'll miss the people dearly but when you have a company blaming it on wage inflation, then I know it was the right decision. I wish they could truly look at themselves and realize it's capitalism. Supply and demand. Ridiculous!