American furniture manufacturers desperate for skilled labor to meet skyrocketing demand

American manufacturers need skilled workers to craft furniture. With demand booming, furniture makers are having a hard time filling orders without properly trained labor. Nikki Battiste reports.
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[@tnnsboy18]

I bet you 100 bucks that they haven't given them raises.

[@frankbutaric3565]

Let’s not talk crazy talk. More money? Are you kidding.

[@Cmorrison626]

That job in itself is likely a raise from any fast food, retail store or gig job

[@largesizejellyfish3014]

@@Cmorrison626 Its hard manual labor and where I work its all production based. Meaning that to make more money you have to produce more product. It takes months to get fast enough to make any real money. Many new guys don't make it. This has been my experience.

[@Cmorrison626]

@@largesizejellyfish3014 sometimes waiting a few months is just the price we have to pay to get where/what we want. There is no such a thing as instant gratification no matter what job you work.

[@georgemaximus694]

End all the government benefits and the skill workers will return, otherwise all theses skilled workers won’t be skilled anymore because the government eliminated the need for people to work. Everyone got money and power to spend but no one wants to work for the money. Who needs to work when money is free from the government? Employers has to compete with the federal reserve who prints money out of thin air. Employers needs to raise their pay in order to get employees. The quality of goods will go down from here, quality of goods will go down, and so goes the entire economy…. This is why it is so hard to have goods made in America. Jobs will comeback once government ends all their benefits programs, all of it. Hyperinflation is coming, there are lack of products but plenty of cash sitting around because the federal reserve just printed it out of thin air and helicopter money to the entire nation. Everything is going to be expensive from here and nobody is going to want to work.

[@ingrithgarza9974]

They shouldn’t let all of them off. My husband along with others worked as a furniture technician for over 10 years. They let them go, company blamed the pandemic. But reality they just got contractors. So they want cheap labor.

[@pbj0815]

YUP!!! Everyone is disposable

[@annb5610]

Plenty of new workers crossing the borders

[@louisgonzalez8846]

Dont blame the illegal migrants. Blame the cheapskate corporations. And you can be sure. They are paying them minimun wage.

[@annb5610]

@@louisgonzalez8846 No doubt... Lower than minimum with the government's blessings

[@juicedk00laid44]

surprised the news didn't find out the amount of money the people were making. Plus 60 hours a week will give you some decent money... just wait till more people show and their paychecks lower in value due to a recall of hours. No OT

[@mikebryant8507]

High school removed shop classes. That’s a start

[@sweetvictory89]

I agree.

[@user-xe9ue2jr2w]

Love seeing this. The US needs to promote and manufacture our own products again.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Wonderful to see and still by hand. Upholstery is craftsmanship that goes back centuries to the guild system in Europe.

[@cassidysmith3743]

It would be nice if they could get enough workers and pay them a good wage.

[@geraldgreauxjr.7106]

I've been saying this for years. This is why car manufacturers are closed. Waiting on technology being made over seas instead of here! Just one example, there are tons of stuff that should be on store shelves or on the sale floor, but we don't make it? The price of greed for profit has a bad outcome eventually by trying to pay people less than they deserve and offer no insurance to survive as an average human being keeping most middle class poor? Sad.

[@qwenqwen1476]

@Vic Rolmann Well, who ever brought jobs back to US of A is the hero!

[@SgtJoeSmith]

if you want to pay $10,000 for a tv again

[@kwarmrakseadum9083]

How much??! The guy says they pay pretty well, but how much an hour????! This news story don’t cover what many would question regarding the wage at these places.

[@Cmorrison626]

If you’re that interested you would apply and find out for yourself.

[@loganfuller9558]

$20-$50 an hour depending on position and company

[@neilkurzman4907]

I saw the same non-answer from a restaurant owner that claimed he had the closest restaurant because he couldn’t hire enough people.

[@xtrey19x]

@@Cmorrison626 We shouldn’t have to apply to find out, they are the ones trying to promote their business and industry so tell us how much is the pay. Some of us already have jobs that don’t hide the salary so there’s no need to jump to a employee who likes to be vague about compensation. If people were less secretive with salary it would be much harder for employers to underpay employees.

[@Cmorrison626]

@@xtrey19x this not a commercial or a job listing, it’s investigative journalism. If people weren’t so lazy and willing to put forth a little bit of effort there would be less to complain about. The news report is already showing you the ‘what,’ ‘who,’ and ‘where.’ Damn do you want them to come pick you up and give you a ride to the interview as well?

[@creamysauce5351]

Also these companies need to pay people better tbh. I’m so tired of hearing them overworking their vets because they can’t do good starting pay

[@jimziemer474]

Well, it’s a skilled job. You aren’t going to make much until you have the skills.

[@neilkurzman4907]

@@jimziemer474 And you’re not going to get any skills unless they hire you at a wage that is competitive with other jobs you can hold. And how much will you make after you become skilled, how long will that take? Trucking has the same issue. They abuse their workers for so long nobody came into the field. Now there’s a shortage, and the field has a bad reputation.

[@creamysauce5351]

@@neilkurzman4907 seems like every field has a bad rap right now. So tired of it all tbh

[@neilkurzman4907]

@@creamysauce5351 Airlines used to get their pilots from the military. They can’t anymore. Then they got them from the regional airlines. But the pay there were so low people stopped going into debt to become a low paid pilot. Now the supply chain is empty. Trucker companies use the regulation to underpay the drivers. Then companies like Swift trick them into taking a huge dead on so they could be a “owner operator” which left them in debt so they left the field. So now it’s a low paying sucky job that nobody wants. And then this one they’re complaining they couldn’t find train workers. So instead of training workers. They made a school where workers could pay to learn. And they’re bragging about it. A lot of companies are this way, but fortunately not all of them.

[@sunday8979]

60 hour weeks at a pay rate they’re too embarrassed to mention. Sounds fun 😂

[@joycewobbrock2289]

Its been over a week since the covid unemployment benefits expired.....all these jobs are filled now right? LOL

[@andymartinez1426]

Joyce Wobbrock they need training first to get the job

[@mikehawk120]

Instead of pushing a negative narrative Doomer, how about you find out what they get paid and report back here “Sunday” with your findings to back up your statement

[@joycewobbrock2289]

@@mikehawk120 not a negative narrative by any means, this is reality. I know I'm living it along with all my co-workers.

[@loganfuller9558]

It’s not too bad of a paycheck at $40 an hour

[@carissahowell]

American furniture manufacturers desperate for cheap labor to meet skyrocketing demand from shareholders for larger profit margins. There. Fixed it for ya, CBS :)

[@oxbadcode6573]

Pretty accurate

[@geraldgreauxjr.7106]

Lol....this is exactly why I build my own custom sofa sets in both my living rooms! Simple designs, yet classified as modern go for 3k......my cost.....$450 for 2........took a while to learn by dismantling several junk sofas in order to figure it out, but I got it done!

[@geraldgreauxjr.7106]

@Scott Covert won't help anyone because no matter who you continue to pay cheap n keep them struggling, you will eventually market your product out of the poor n middle class? The more you sell the more you can make but you need buyers! When people can only afford rent n food and maybe transportation with gas for said vehicle? Leaving not much less, you end up with workers who constantly watch the clock and don't do their best. Even the desperate workers that need low income wages eventually will turn angry and it creates an unhappy environment wich leads to high turn overs and constant training .....wasting more money! I've seen it.

[@moneymanfernando1594]

Exactly , pay good wages with good benefits.

[@MTips18]

@@moneymanfernando1594 Like a union?

[@crystal9626]

Bring trades back to the class rooms in schools.

[@j.bennette3390]

Agree! Creating something with your own hands is critical to education too!

[@justrosy5]

Yes, and legally ban sexism in all those classrooms!

[@Atlantya]

Then vote to support bringing them back! Schools can not supply things like this if those responsible for funding it, the taxpayers, are willing to fund their schools.

[@k.s.fergusson5909]

@@ralphlaguna5433 You can learn both

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

they're not gone. might want to say that to your school district instead of writing it in a comment

[@douglei4413]

I got all excited for a minute and plan to go down there for a job interview only to discover that they (furniture makers) were only making 25k a year....that is only $15 per hour. No thanks..

[@moneymanfernando1594]

Probably less than $15.00 an hour. I wonder if they offer any benefits.

[@veganista5096]

So sad...

[@jimziemer474]

I’m guessing that’s to start. The harder you are to replace, the more money you probably make.

[@jcmanny101]

@@jimziemer474 You are never hard to replace trust me on that

[@lecookie007]

It's not that much, but I bet the cost of living is pretty low, so it might not be great, but good.

[@candyburgess2547]

Maria, can you also save for a house, save for their college, save for vacation, save for retirement...doubt it. Say the pay rate!!!

[@otreborfashionscene5986]

Yes, I wanted to know how much they pay an hour, they totally miss saying that on purpose, the huge elephant in the room

[@seriejohnson698]

Right. Right off the bat you have ins, dental etc. taken out of your check. Now, let’s take mortgage, car insurance, groceries, water bill, electric bill, gas bill, phone bill, car repairs…what am I missing?

[@jayclyde6045]

Would be nice to know but the cost of living in the particular area needs to be accounted for as well.

[@kamilahdouglas1609]

She probably did and they edited it out, I wouldn't put it past them.

[@moneymanfernando1594]

We need to manufacture more stuff in the USA. At the same time companies need to pay their workers a good decent livable wage with good benefits.

[@mohammadshahbaz2428]

I want that work sir I’m a very good working that kind can u help me please

[@mohammadshahbaz2428]

Please I need that work sir

[@moneymanfernando1594]

@@mohammadshahbaz2428 We all need it, me too.

[@mepulley7913]

Except for CEOs, that's what every American wants as well.

[@aasofaposhish5885]

yes

[@chaseiphone6552]

HOPE THEY PAYING MORE THAN MCDONALDS OR BURGER KING 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@carissahowell]

a dollar more per hour, I'm sure!! And maybe a 30 minute unpaid lunch break as opposed to McDonald's 20 minute lunch break. Such equitable and supportive employers!

[@douglei4413]

A few dollar more.. . But in McDonald's they give you free food and soda.

[@thatsawesome2060]

@@douglei4413 well you get extra sponge and leftovers leathers.

[@f.n.schlub2269]

This is some of the best news I've heard in a long while.

[@tonyyero7231]

Maybe if they paid a living wage to keep up with inflation there would not be a shortgage. VERY WELL....lol what is that $12.50?

[@007thematrix007]

think some fast food restos paying more (*15 bux) these days ..... 😆

[@yokllo8988]

actually you make really good money it’s a trade school……. it’s called carpentry and also u have to work for it it’s not like fast food bud😂

[@josetrillo2428]

The price of their finished product is inflated, the boss man pockets are inflated but the workers pay check is struggling due to the pandemic...

[@johnray1067]

It's too bad they didn't include the boom-bust cycle of the industry. I remember when the furniture jobs went away in 2001 and 2008. They might be back for now but for how long?

[@sherriianiro747]

It's a reactive business based on the economy.

[@Mike__B]

Geezus, everything has "skyrocketing demand" these days. Seems that's the easiest way for manufacturers to justify the huge price increases.

[@danavelez5615]

I lived in that area years ago. Furniture companies had dried up with manufacturing sent overseas. It's so nice to have this back in NC where it belongs. The best and finest quality furniture you will ever own. Also, you will meet some of the nicest people in that area and NC in general...

[@maserati925]

Most everything needs to be made in the USA and employees MUST be paid well and have health insurance, paid vacation, paid maternity leave, assurance of job security and a severance package if they leave unwillingly!☝🏽Gone are the days of being used up, don’t work for less than you deserve!

[@plannerjoy]

This is only possible is people are willing to pay the price for the products manufactured in the US. As long as everyone is willing to pay $10,000-$30,000 for a couch, manufacturing all return to the US and people will be paid well and companies will offer benefits. However, my experience is that most people ‘love’ low priced goods and are always looking for a bargain. At the end of the day people are voting with their wallet and consumers are voting manufacturing out of US.

[@ellenmcmaster8628]

Do they receive a living wage? Do they get health benefits 401k vacation tion paid time off?

[@Striker50_]

If sales are up 181%, raise wages 181% to meet demand.

[@golgo1348]

That logic is why most of the companies moved over seas

[@jonathanjones3126]

That would drive off customers

[@Striker50_]

@@jonathanjones3126 if you rose wages as much as their was an increase in demand, you'd maintain equilibrium

[@jonathanjones3126]

@@Striker50_ customers are usually very price sensitive, raise prices to high and you lose customers.

[@Striker50_]

@@jonathanjones3126 If you sell less furniture, but at higher prices, it's the same as if you sold it cheaper to more customers. I sell 1 chair for $100 or 10 chairs for $10. It's cheaper to sell 1 chair because you waste less materials

[@whosyourdaddy5719]

most of their dining tables cost more than $3000!!! who would want to buy furniture from this company as an average person?

[@plannerjoy]

I think you just described the problem why skilled manufacturing is disappearing in the US. People will pay $1000 for a phone but not $3000 for a table. That why Apple is one of the biggest and profitable companies in the US.

[@largesizejellyfish3014]

I work for one of these large companies. It used to be back in the eighties and nineties these jobs payed MUCH more than everything around. It takes weeks to train someone properly. Long term employees are quiting in mass and new hires don't make it. Im making over 30 dollars an hour working 6 days a week.Most people make 20 dollars an hour, but its production job so the newer slower employees make around 15 dollars an hour. I almost quit because for a while they had me training the new guys and being back up supervisor for much less pay. I would train dozens of employees only to have the vast majority quit.

[@jimziemer474]

Weeks? No wonder the jobs don’t pay a whole lot. If it takes years to learn, expect a lot more money.

[@Jen-jo5qu]

I love the furniture upholstery school. Wow! Such a great option for so many people.

[@moneyhouseblessin]

The boss's body language ~ 4:32

[@akidim13]

What did you see and take out of his body language?

[@CompositesNG]

Everyone says teach more trade skills, but schools and educators only want to promote AP Tests and College Now and College in general because that’s what the emphasis is. There’s a huge disconnect and negative attitude towards skilled labor. That’s the problem.

[@yesimemoin0935]

Schools promote college because they are underfunded and college prep programs are cheaper to run than vocational. If you want a new furniture shop at the HS, you have to pay for equipment, materials, added staff and space. It costs nothing to cram a few more desks into an English or math class. They know that 2/3 of the class won't finish college but they have nothing else to offer them.

[@CompositesNG]

@@yesimemoin0935 you’re on point here…

[@lovemesomeslippers]

Parents have been discouraging trade jobs for quite a while now. I'd say up until the last 5 years or so . Electricians, plumbers also can't find people for good paying jobs.

[@HighPriestessK]

I'm so glad to hear this. People are talk crap about labor workers. This interview warmed my heart. There are plenty of jobs in the labor sector that makes a whole lot of money.

[@candyburgess2547]

A whole lot of money, what world do you live in?

[@HighPriestessK]

@@candyburgess2547 in this world I was referring to what was said in the video..a whole lot of money is different in different places. South is a low cost living area such as Kentucky. Tennessee,Alabama, etc I’ve seen the pay scale so it is based where one lives. Also, there are plenty of KZbin videos about the pay scale about trade labor . Check it out. Welders make a lot of money, oil riggers, etc… that is what Mean by a whole lot like in the south as I mention 60k, 100k, 80k, is what I mean by a whole lot of money. I hope that helps with wanting to know. I hope watched their video before making a comment.✨✨✨

[@stayathomemarine]

My husband is an electrician and makes 65k a year right out of school. No debt. I don't consider that chump change..

[@jimziemer474]

@@HighPriestessK If you want to make a whole lot of money, be a doctor.

[@HighPriestessK]

@@jimziemer474 Business Owners, Medical Billing Managers, Investors, etc make a lot of money too. You forgot to add that on your list. You welcome! 😎 Depending on what type of physician one will be depends on the income. However, there other jobs that make a whole lot of money. Hehehe… I helped you there. Anybody else want to help short-sighted fool and add other career that make a whole lot money…Engineers… 😂😂😂Yeah I got you bro😉😆

[@dfpolitowski2]

Those people on that show can bank 30 times more money than what those factory workers can save.

[@rickyh2879]

Yep, and all they do is flap their lips. They produce nothing.

[@wonderglory]

I have a feeling each Rosie the Riveter and Wendy the Welder would be proud of the women working at that furniture factory.

[@SquiggleSquared]

not a single mention of how little they're paid

[@duncanbleak3819]

Need specifics on the pay!

[@carissahowell]

it's a "training program" so you already know that 90% of the people in this video are probably depending on food stamps and utility assistance just to make ends meet.

[@douglei4413]

I Google it and the average is 25k per year. So the beginning paid must be around 18k per year.

[@t.h.8475]

@@douglei4413 that's terrible.

[@PattyJoT]

I am so happy to hear this in the US!

[@carolinebcollier]

I am an interior designer, and I proudly sell upholstered furniture that is manufactured in the US. Thank you CBS for highlighting this honorable industry. And thank you to the furniture makers of America.

[@mepulley7913]

Perhaps this company should contact the workers in Mississippi. There is a factory that went bust over Thanksgiving weekend. The employees woke up to an e-mail saying they were no longer employed.

[@clarkanderson397]

Tell us how much you can potentially make! You totally missed the whole point of getting people excited to join the field

[@kimconley4679]

It's good money in Mississippi. My nephew makes over $23, but it's production pay so he earns every penny. Twenty years ago, I made $16-$18 an hour sewing square pillows. There's not much I couldn't do in a furniture factory. It's hard work that is rough on your joints especially your hands and wrist. Corporal tunnel syndrome is common.

[@clarkanderson397]

@@kimconley4679 if you made $16 an hour 20 years ago; it’s not fair to offer $23 now. That’s why they can’t find people. $23 an hour is good money, but the younger generation needs a lot more

[@kimconley4679]

@@clarkanderson397 I agree. I made more 15-20 years ago than most people make now. I sewed waistbands on army fatigues before I sewed pillows. I made $16.84/ hr consistently for 5 yrs. My husband was a mechanic and made more than I did. I don't understand how young couples make it today.

[@donnycampbell7114]

That is up to you they are paid on production which means if a piece pays 30$ and you finish it in a hour that is 30$ a hr x8 or for them x 10 anything over 40 hrs pays time and a half

[@back40woodhoundsenior93]

ah, yes everyone get a collage education and the tooth fairy will make the stuff. hey corps pay these people more

[@dericmederos1514]

If only they could find a way to attract workers. If only someone would say something to find what workers want! If only- MORE MONEY!!!

[@danb6838]

Are you willing to pay $3,000 for a recliner?? I didn't think so!

[@kiturselassie813]

@@danb6838 do middle class an working poor need recliners? Ask yourself that.idiot

[@erikcable1755]

50 hands-on each piece= 5 minutes each= 250 minutes= 75 bucks labor...note at the pace you will last less than retirement age...any bets?

[@hayleeatkins7118]

I learned how to sew at a factory. We made body bags for the military that has a plastic window in it and a place for an oxygen tank

[@josetrillo2428]

Pay the workers more and you'll have a line out the front door of people willing to fill out applications...

[@josetrillo2428]

People should get together and start their own business. Everyone is part owner everyone will have a decent paycheck and not making the owner rich while getting under worked and under paid

[@gringa978]

I think you mean over worked and under paid and if something happened to you the company wouldn't even blink and have a replacement in 2 days tops

[@Ephbaum]

You have no concept of business. Who's going to put up the hundreds of thousands if not millions to get this thing going and everyone get paid from the beginning? It's pretty simple to sit down and run some rough numbers. You have no idea what you're dealing with.

[@josetrillo2428]

@@Ephbaum the same way companies do it!!! You take out a 1 million dollar loan and most of the time 1st time business loans require low to none down payment.. that amount can be financed by more than 1 person at the time... Big companies never use their own money.. the biggest ones use big banks and the biggest use Taxpayer funded federal banks start up businesses...

[@Ephbaum]

@@josetrillo2428 like I said, you don't know enough about business. You wish it was that simple. I've been in business for 40 years.

[@josetrillo2428]

@@Ephbaum I don't know where are the complications... you must not know how to manage your business if you're struggling.... Quantity, Quality, Labor cost.... etc.....Equipment, efficiency of the equipment vs Cost, Maintenance? Very simple numbers... employees trained correctly? Trained by a professional?

[@aznamoon1111]

Hope they are all being paid fairly!

[@MrPhotodoc]

Everything is suddenly "skyrocketing" except worker's pay, benefits, retirement and job security. Go figure.

[@johnbrevard5966]

Maria, You are the Woman that represents America. Hard working, raising great kids and instead of complaining, you're happy you are where you are. Best of luck to you and all of the workers out there in these times!.. Thank you

[@lj8394]

I was looking to buy a couch from VCF. It says estimated delivery is sometime in January.

[@b1ggeneral355]

I REPEAT STAY CLEAR FROM THIS INDUSTRY, IF YOU HEAVE THIS WARNING AND DECIDE TO TAKE THE PLUNGE AT A FURNITURE FACTORY YOU WILL SOON LEARN THAT YOU JUST SOLD YOUR SOUL FOR 64 QUARTERS AN HOUR BEFORE TAXES!

[@marshamercer876]

When the computer and internet came out the skilled jobs left

[@sweetnaomi56]

They need to pay their workers a higher wage :)

[@otreborfashionscene5986]

Fantastic, I wish there was a school similar to this one in the San Francisco Bay area

[@DanielHernandez-jj9dm]

They’re to scared to say the hourly cause they know no one will go for it once they say that hourly pay!!!!!

[@SimplyFitwithJay]

So this is why it’s taking 16 weeks for my furniture to be delivered 🥴

[@dogsense3773]

In the San Francisco bay area too! Been waiting for a chair for six months now.thanks

[@kwaishiu6460]

We export dollars and import almost everything else, and everyone here wants a office job sitting in front of a computer at home or somewhere else, 🙄

[@aaron32608]

We bought our home and most of our furniture was back ordered 😖 still waiting on the sectional for our main living room 🧐.Thank goodness we kept our living room set so we could use it in our family room!

[@dogsense3773]

Same here in the San Francisco bay area been waiting for a chair for six months!

[@supergrendel]

Went to RC Willey last year and the timeframe on a couch was 8-10 months.

[@supergrendel]

@James Doolittle I just ended up buying a $999 couch from Costco I can throw away in 3-5 years.

[@supergrendel]

@James Doolittle I really wanted to get myself a Lovesac sactional couch but by the time I was done building it the price came to nearly $9000 and I’m not going to spend that kind of money on a modular couch.

[@supergrendel]

@James Doolittle It's a modular sectional. I use the term "couch" loosely. Yes I do have a 4 year old and do my best to keep him from using it as a trampoline and jungle gym. It has an ottoman but we have it arranged as an "L" shape but we can break it apart and re-arrange it in many different ways. I do like that it's modular but not quite as modular as the Lovesac where the backs can be modular as well which is pretty nice. But $9000 for a couch I sit in maybe 2 hours a day when I'm home is too steep for me. I'd rather spend the money on a 77" OLED, 9.1 atmos/receiver setup. I'm fully aware what the difference is between my $999 sectional and a $9000 Lovesac and I'm happy to dispose of my couch in 3-5 years. I'm just not going to wait 8-10 months for something from RC Willey, Ashely, La-Z-Boy or anyone else for that matter. My previous couch from Mor Furniture cost about $4000. It had deep cushions, had novafoam and down in the cushions and lasted us a good 8 years before the cushions and backs started to go flat. Again, it was between spending $999 on a couch/sectional I could have NOW versus $5k - $9k I could have on a couch/sectional next YEAR. The choice was simple and I was ok with settling.

[@rollzolo]

I find throw outs on garbage days

[@elizabethharttley4073]

Do you realize why the furniture manufacturers are in that area? Low cost of living and low wages.

[@elizabethharttley4073]

@James Doolittle Those jobs have been there for decades.

[@bluntedvegas7028]

You can wash dishes in a casino for $24 per hour full benefits. ..this place is a joke..no wonder you can't hire people paying $9.00 an hour what BS

[@BeefGummybears]

Where the make it in america crowd at?

[@johnnyk6906]

good to see some manufacturing come back and keeping small town in N.C alive. more power to the the company doing their part.

[@jamesschott2870]

So good to see America..........WORKING.........and making things domestically......you know....like we used to.....!!!!

[@beckibrown5936]

I work in this industry on the sales end… it has been wild. to get the product to the customer is taking forever

[@LordLoMR2]

Shoot I just drove over to Tilamook Oregon the other day and they are offering $1,500- $4,000 sign on bonuses for manual labor jobs. They just can’t find any people.

[@TGSureal]

My dad was an upholsterer his whole life. When he passed in 2010, it was a dying art. He would be proud it is coming back.

[@Krystal_Kitty7]

Wish we had this here in El Paso Texas I would definitely join school for this love it ❤️

[@beautyinj6426]

How much are you paying the employees, the more physical the job, the more they need to be paid. Humans ain't robots, we do need rest. I know someone who injured their back due to the same repetitive movements over & over, whole muscle detached and had to be surgical repaired.

[@frankm8533]

Yup. My friend is a great guitar player so he took a job in a manufacturing shop building them after 6 months he developed arthritis in his hands and a bad rotator cuff now cant play the guitar much anymore nor can work full time anymore lost everything and needs surgery on his shoulder. Company basically told him to F "" off! They said we have employees who have been here for 10 plus years easy they are fine.....

[@illuminaughty4551]

Lol I noticed that Beach Bum shirt too

[@wazup80]

Beautiful craftsmanship ❤️

[@neilkurzman4907]

I love American management making such a big deal that they are training their workers to do the jobs they need them to do. Back 40 years ago that was normal operation for any business. For some reason today’s management assumes you’re going to show up with all of the skills you need to do a job. They don’t want to do any training.

[@tltinatl]

Exactly. When I was a kid in the 80s, I remember always seeing ads in the paper and on TV for jobs with an emphasis on "on-the-job training." I was only about 10 years old so I didn't quite understand what it meant but you almost never see that phrase in job ads now. Everyone seems to want to only hire people who already know what they're doing and spent the last five years getting good at it somewhere else. Imagine how WWII would have gone if the factories and shipyards would only hire experienced workers back then. In the rare instance that they do offer training now, they act like it's something new or novel and they're doing you a favor. This is also true in white-collar jobs. Job descriptions for "entry-level" positions often state that the applicant needs two or three years of experience 🙄

[@keatonmoore7413]

I sell furniture for a living and availability is very tough. It costs more to make the product due to inflation and the demand is taking a toll. I hate telling my customers that we won’t have an item back in stock for months. The person building a home has no problem waiting.. the family who needs a place for their kids to sit, doesn’t have that kind of time

[@Anta_lafdal]

Peace be upon you. I am a furniture upholsterer from Morocco, and I have a dream to work and develop myself outside Morocco. I can adapt to the workers at work, and this is what makes me adapt to all situations. I want to have a new experience. I work hard and all kinds of things.

[@linhdasagen6498]

American made and by craftsperson!! I think this is wonderful!! The single mom teaching her a skill that she can then support her family! Vital. Thank you for highlighting this story.

[@pinkrose5796]

Why won't they say how much they pay? Health benefits or in they on MEDICAID like a lot of Walmart workers? 401k plan?? How much is rent in the area? Cost of living? What are the managers, CEO, company making???!!!!!

[@frankm8533]

Definitely need those answers im with ya!

[@claytonwarrington2878]

35k a year isn’t a career… it’s lock down for your family. Just enough to keep you from leaving… just enough to lock you on because you know you won’t make anymore

[@jenniferlyons4150]

So glad to see Americans working for America. My father is a skiled tradesman, a carpenter and his and training started in the 1970's. He has been employed by the largest school district in our region for 30 years. My husband also went to trade school for woodwork and his father taught at the school he attended. He was an architect draftsman turned teacher. I learned basic skills and so will our son!

[@889976889]

I work in the furniture manufacturing industry I wouldn’t say work is “booming” it’s definitely doing better than it was last year but it’s by no means where it was pre 2020.

[@ANGELSURS]

So she went from 6$ to 12$?

[@audraeden8923]

Not too soon, either. Instead of chasing cheap labor, chase good American craft skills. Saves transportation costs enormously. Figure out a way to spread the work so it’s not feast or famine. Everything has cycles, plan better. Give stock options as incentive. No sweat shop mentality if employees have partial ownership. Keep good jobs here. Listen to customers. And treat craftspeople well. We can learn from our mistakes. People want to buy American. I work in a high rise office building. Have more than once seen 25-40 high back office chairs junked. Poorly made, devilish to sit on, bought from an office supply catalog, foolishly. Buy American.

[@JimmyJohn60]

there's 10,000 at del rio right now.

[@evelynbaldwin7592]

Despite all the economic crisis this is the right time to start up an investment

[@samanthamendoza9955]

Stocks are good but crypto is more profitable

[@americaambassador7774]

Investing in crypto now should be in every wise individuals list, in some months time you'll be ecstatic with the decision you made today.

[@mrnobody1149]

Most intelligent words I've heard. Crypto is the new gold

[@blythemallahan6079]

I wanted to trade Crypto but got discouraged by the fluctuations in price

[@drkrstlmth]

Suspiciously vague about the actual salaries they earn.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

raise prices to slow demand

[@DougAlesUSA]

OMG, did you see the complete lack of automation? No reason 50 people should touch one piece of furniture. No reason five people should. Its the business owners lack of investment. Thats the issue.

[@leifefrancisco7316]

This will end as soon as the tariffs drop

[@alexanderperez2732]

Number one way to respect the trade is give them good pay. *mic drop

[@starlight7499]

The Big question : how much do they pay ? Living wage or surviving wage ?

[@michaelrhoades1283]

Now let's see if these companies will hire workers and teach them this unique experience i know thats impossible here in Oklahoma practically every company wants the experience but does not want to train workers thats why itsbhard to find work here. Theirs work but employers are extremely picky.

[@Blitznstitch2]

This is what those coal farmers need to do.

[@erikcal9097]

Awesome 👍 definitely need more advertisement of places hiring.

[@craftmom5302]

That's really awesome!!! We need these younger generations to get back into the trades!!! It's a good honest living and it's always good to know how to do something worth while you never know when that skill will come in handy!

[@Richie311]

And not a single mention of actual numbers on pay. For a reason of course

[@deanvoss7098]

There is not a worker shortage, There is a PAY shortage.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

Truth is they want CHEAP Labor not skilled. Nice try though. 👍

[@juliarose8593]

Everyone calls upholstery an art. It is only art when I can make the customer cry for the memory I help create of they're lost loved one. Otherwise it is Work and we should be compensated. I have been doing this for forty years and have had to fire many idiot bosses. The flaws in the supply chain have more to do with who is in charge than who actually does the real work.

[@dniboc7227]

People...never confuse artistry with craftsmanship. These are Craftsmen, not Artists...they did not design the furniture, they build it.

[@theblackknight9783]

Hopefully they didnt go from working 32hrs a week to 60hrs a week and the employer awarded them by promoting them "salaried employees".

[@skyoneasassin]

Gee... it's almost like we should have been investing in education way more over the last 20 years...

[@huseyinurekkralkoltuktasarm]

I am an upholsterer for 30 years, is there a need for an armchair manufacturer, sir, regards

[@FridgeTalk]

last week they said workers in LA fashion district are 85% underpaid & they are professional sewers. And these couch maker people can't find professional sewers? move to la fashion district.?

[@MTips18]

This is not normal furniture. You could buy a car for the price of their stuff. Pay your employees more......

[@slabslayer258]

Glad jobs in U.S. but I payed cash for 4,000 worth of furniture which isn’t a lot to most folks but to me it was furniture wasn’t delivered I had to pick up and assemble wasn’t built right and parts missing so returned it got my cash back and keep my $500 dollar 10 year old couch