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Originally Posted by justjim
Low wages, lack of affordable housing, growth of The Villages and need of services because of growth has all but depleted the labor supply in this area of Central Florida. It remains to be seen if this is a short term issue or much longer than we anticipated. I have a guess that it’s the latter rather than the former. Businesses are all having problems recruiting employees. I suspect the former T&D pool service company is no exception.
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You are SO right about all this! I really don't think that too many people in The Villages realize how bad of a labor shortage there is and it's everywhere! Restaurants, service companies, trades people! I bought a fixer upper here and I almost regret doing so, because I have had a hard time finding good, qualified contractors to help me with projects! We have an aging population and not very many younger people have chosen to do anything other than go to college and get white collar jobs in the past 20 years, so they don't know how to fix and clean. So now we have huge demands for so many things and those demands can't be met.. Low wages and lack of affordable housing don't help either. People needs to realize this, try to understand and be patient and adjust their expectations.