Semi-related: manager at my local lunch spot (good salad joint) informed me that their distributor (Sysco) had been struggling to fill orders and find suppliers for a lot of stuff. They were anticipating their new chicken supplier to raise costs to 7-8 bucks within the next couple of weeks when their new contract kicks in.
I think people in general know what’s up, but a huge group are living like it’s pre-crash 2008 again.
I work in food production, repairing and servicing automation in quality assurance. We are in every major manufacturer in many different markets such as French fries, potato chips, almonds, fruit and veggies.
We are seeing 3 issues. Not enough people to work in the plants to make the food. Not enough people for us to hire to go service machines. Too many travel restrictions for us to travel to other countries to fix machines.
We can’t risk sending people to Canada for a 3 day job, because they have to stay for weeks. So we can’t really support Canada at the moment. This goes for ALL engineering support, not just us. It’s the entire economy.
It’s pretty worrying. I don’t know how much more Canada can take before it becomes too difficult to reverse the damage. As bad as it is here, the economy in Canada is far far far worse.
It’s interesting you mentioned the labor shortage...
I’ve been getting job offers (including Pfizer, Moderna, and AZ) they’re offering huge salaries/rates for on site production. Told them to fuck off, since they both wanted help with vaccine mfg. It’s like all of a sudden there’s just not enough qualified people to produce everything.
Semi-related: manager at my local lunch spot (good salad joint) informed me that their distributor (Sysco) had been struggling to fill orders and find suppliers for a lot of stuff. They were anticipating their new chicken supplier to raise costs to 7-8 bucks within the next couple of weeks when their new contract kicks in. I think people in general know what’s up, but a huge group are living like it’s pre-crash 2008 again.
I work in food production, repairing and servicing automation in quality assurance. We are in every major manufacturer in many different markets such as French fries, potato chips, almonds, fruit and veggies.
We are seeing 3 issues. Not enough people to work in the plants to make the food. Not enough people for us to hire to go service machines. Too many travel restrictions for us to travel to other countries to fix machines.
We can’t risk sending people to Canada for a 3 day job, because they have to stay for weeks. So we can’t really support Canada at the moment. This goes for ALL engineering support, not just us. It’s the entire economy.
It’s pretty worrying. I don’t know how much more Canada can take before it becomes too difficult to reverse the damage. As bad as it is here, the economy in Canada is far far far worse.
It’s interesting you mentioned the labor shortage... I’ve been getting job offers (including Pfizer, Moderna, and AZ) they’re offering huge salaries/rates for on site production. Told them to fuck off, since they both wanted help with vaccine mfg. It’s like all of a sudden there’s just not enough qualified people to produce everything.