[thaack]

Then tell me where these poorly qualified, undereducated Americans who can fill these low skill jobs are?

The business's biggest success with finding employees was getting in the good graces of the local probation officers who refer ex-cons to us, and that comes with its own set of problems.

Other than paying a premium for temps at a temp agency that's been the only way as of the last 5-10 years to get employees in the door. Normal applications are crickets.

[SoftTalker]

Raise the pay. I get that at a small scale that might not be possible, but if it isn't that just means they don't have a viable business, at least in their current location.

[fragmede]

I hear China's labor costs are lower. If your point is that Made in USA is maybe too expensive, we've gone full circle.

[farceSpherule]

If you are paying people $7.25 an hour, then perhaps you deserve to go out of business.

Line work in the conditions you describe should be paying $16 to $26 per hour, with an average of about $18 per hour.

[EasyMark]

Surely that's in a LCOL area like some small rural town, right? $18 is what teens around here get for flipping burgers and running cash registers.