Peninsula Plywood to Start Hiring
Peninsula Plywood’s lease with the Port of Port Angeles is now official. The company will begin hiring during the next few weeks, according to company president Josh Renshaw.
The lease requires PenPly to hire sixty people during the next ninety days.
Port Executive Director Jeff Robb said: “This is a bright day for Peninsula Plywood, for the Port of Port Angeles and for our community.”
The lease requires PenPly to hire sixty people during the next ninety days.
Port Executive Director Jeff Robb said: “This is a bright day for Peninsula Plywood, for the Port of Port Angeles and for our community.”
Labels: Jeff Robb, Josh Renshaw, Peninsula Plywood, PenPly, Port of Port Angeles
posted by Tom Harper at 10:15 PM
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The lease requires PenPly to hire sixty people during the next ninety days.
I would not allow others to dictate how many employees I had to hire, that is simply not a good business practice.
Oh, wait, it's the stupid port dictating that, never mind.
I hope they do well.
Hopefully it won't be like before, where the few that can actually pass the drug tests and get hired, quit as soon as they get a paycheck or two.
Hopefully it won't be like before, where the few that can actually pass the drug tests and get hired, quit as soon as they get a paycheck or two.
I wouldn't know about that but being able to pass drug test pretty much includes about half of the people in this town, including those that run it.
Folks just clean up for a bit to get a job and then it's back to the drugs or booze to deal with things.
I always passed piss tests because I've never done drugs. Never mind that I at times pissed in those bottles with a minor hangover and they wasn't checking for booze, ha ha ha.
"I always passed piss tests because I've never done drugs."
I know I speak for the readers of this blog when I say "Gee, thanks for sharing!"
Good luck to them. Our town could sure use the business and the revenue they will hopefully bring in. The empty property is a blight. Hopefully our town will do whatever it can tax wise (etc.) to keep this business afloat and in town.
As far as drug tests - there are plenty of clean people looking for work. Who wants a bunch of half cocked freaks running heavy machinery. It is not charity, it is a business. Leave the charity drug addicted cases to the government to hire.
"As far as drug tests - there are plenty of clean people looking for work."
Well, you might be surprised to find out that this is just not true in Port Angeles. Or, it has not been the case for years in Port Angeles. Maybe different today. We'll see. Perhaps, as the economy turned sour, all the druggies left Port Angeles, and the "clean people" moved into town.
I talked with the human resources folks at the big employers in the Port Angeles area a few years back, and it was they who told me few applicants could pass the drug tests, and most of those that did, quit after a paycheck or two.
Most of the big companies in Port Angeles were constantly looking for qualified employees, and collectively had literally hundreds of jobs going unfilled, month after month, specifically because of the inability of applicants to pass the drug tests, etc. Remember the "job fairs" at the Armory?
But, we are told we need to create more jobs in Port Angeles. Maybe. Or, maybe there are other problems that need to be addressed, first.
This from the owner of Angeles Composites, on hiring new employees in Port Angeles, as stated in yesterdays' PDN:
"He said that the company probably will hire a few people at a time over the next several months.
"People might notice that one week we'll have five positions up, and the next we might have two or three, and so on."
Positions available vary from leadership to production, as well as in the manufacturing and quality assurance departments, Rauch said.
"It could be a challenge, trying to hire people at the same time as PenPly is hiring," he added."
Why will it be a challenge, if there are " plenty of clean people looking for work"??
See Port Angeles for what it really is, instead of what you wish it was.
"Maybe different today. We'll see. Perhaps, as the economy turned sour, all the druggies left Port Angeles, and the "clean people" moved into town."
Hahahahahaha!! Ahhh, that's a good one. *wipes tears from eyes*
"But, we are told we need to create more jobs in Port Angeles."
I'd argue that we need to create *different* jobs in Port Angeles. Have the manufacturing, yes, but also more white collar, more tech jobs to mix it all up. Relying all on one base isn't a good idea. Unfortunately, P.A. couldn't handle it. I can't picture a bunch of Microsoft geeks moving up here and being happy. So, fine, the town is suited to the blue-collar jobs, as well as the druggies and alcoholics and homeless, so that's what we'll get.
AS AN EMPLOYER IN PORT ANGELES I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT IS TOUGH TO FIND DRUG FREE EMPLOYEES, ALMOST ALL QUIT THE DOPE LONG ENOUGH TO GET HIRED AND THEN BACK TO THE PIPE! I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE RANDOM DRUG TESTS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, IN THIS STATE AND EMPLOYERS! I THINK THIS TOWN WOULD BE SUPRISED HOW MANY DRUGEES ARE IN THIS TOWN. THEY SHOULD RANDOMLY TEST ALL BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL!
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