No. Its simple. You make more money at home on unemployment and the extra weekly money than working. Throw in a sick guy on the production floor and your back to quarantining the plant workers.
Very true. I work on MFG and this is exactly what is happening. Demand is through the roof, but there are material/labor shortages. Keeping the factory running is impossible because if one worker tests positives, anyone in contact must quarantine and get tested. Lines go down, nobody is cross-trained, quality suffers so your reject rate is up.
hiring is down as well. We are now offering a $5k sign-on bonus for a $15-20+/hr position and can’t get anyone so we continue to be short staffed.
Many of our customers are in the auto industry. Demand for new cars has come back, and there are shortages. Those mass produced parts are better moneymakers for them vs hobbyist type stuff like AL 302 heads. Doesn’t surprise me to see other manufacturers/ vendors all in the same boat dealing with labor/material shortages and increased demand in all segments.
I would say if you are planning on modding you’re cars in 2021, get your orders in well ahead of time because there are likely going to be delays.