Want a job?: The Sun Valley floral farm is hiring, apparently, and they don’t think anyone ’round here is interested. The company’s HR director tells the Willows Journal, “We’ve pretty much exhausted our work pool.” Really? None of Humboldt County’s 11.6 percent of residents currently out of work wants a full-time gig with medical, dental and vision bennies, plus a 401(k) program and vacay after six months? OK then. Come on up, Colusa
This article appears in Broken Glass Houses.
Have they tried raising the offered salary above minimum wage? Is that so difficult to figure out?
Every day, company boards are saying that all they need to do to attract and retain good management employees is to pay them millions of dollars. Doesn’t that same principle apply to other employees, oops team members?