Chatted with my friend who works at map today. I was told it’s hard enough to get people to fill 2 shifts. He didn’t think it would happen.
I agree with
@ResidualGenius about the parts shortage.
I’m really shocked that the factories are having a hard time getting enough employees on board tbh. Most of my family is long gone from MI, but when we lived up there in the late 2000’s and early 2010s, people would literally fight each other over assembly line jobs.
Had a cousin (pretty new to the job, was either with the union or covered by the Union somehow) in around 2010, who was told he could either keep working or take a separation package as part of a mass-layoff.
The sep pack was $200 grand. My aunt told him that if he didn’t take that termination package and go to college or invest it all, that she’d disown him.
I was considering using some old family connections and go job hunting up there, but I don’t think moving across the country is wise any time soon.
Anyway, TLDR: I’m shocked ALs can’t hire enough people to work, considering a decade ago they were some of the most coveted jobs in the US.