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You can pay these people 3x what the position is worth and you still won't get someone that actually shows up and has some of the basic skills needed. There's always some excuse or increasingly these days, it's almost always some scheme to get free money. And the word "scheme" perfectly fits the situation here what either all the connotation that word comes with.
Literally watched a YT video the other day of some guy traveling around Appalachia and visiting coal country and his experience interviewing some of the people there was eye opening and very similar to what we were seeing with a whole generation devoid of a work ethic and trying ways to exploit the system for freebies. Doesn't matter what your position is paying, free money will always win.
LOL. I watched that too yesterday. I don't think the people he talked to were the most reliable narrators though. People have been claiming everyone else doesn't want to work since the beginning of time :) Some of the people they were complaining about "collecting checks" sounded like they actually were disabled (seizures, anxiety, etc). Regardless, if you feel your choices in life are to work at a gas station for $7/hr and still need government assistance just to survive, or just collect a check, you're going to choose the check. These people are broken by poverty, and believe they have no hope to lead successful, rewarding lives (which may or may not be true).
I have family that lived in some of those exact same towns. Sadly, most died very young (in their 20s) ) due to poverty/drugs/shit-life-syndrome.