I am a plumbing contractor, I am seeing a lot of new projects fall through in the past few months. A drywall contractor i know does about 180 houses a year, only has 10 bids out right now. What is everyone else seeing in their markets? Also, im always open to give plumbing advice for any frens that need it :)
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A friend of mine has another friend who works in HR for a large construction firm on the west coast. She is in the midst of doing layoffs - lots of them. It has been nearly impossible to find anyone prior to this, so it should be interesting over the next few months.
Also - hubby works for a company that provides the coach transportation for Apple employees from all different points in the Bay Area to the Apple campus. They have not been able to find commercial drivers for the last 18 months. This week, he trained three. One of their competitors has a contract with FB. They let a number of drivers go. FB is doing "quiet layoffs" but the word is up to 15% over the next few weeks which is about 9000 employees. I don't think they will all be in the Bay Area, but because of salaries, I am betting quite a few. The dumping of the drivers was a big sign primarily because there has been a huge shortage.