Throughout the pandemic, businesses have touted perks like sign-on bonuses. Others have raised wages. But experts say that companies should go even further as they reconsider compensation for many crucial blue-collar jobs that are struggling with staffing.
Mathieu Stevenson, CEO of hourly work online marketplace Snagajob, told Insider that he believes that “compensation and benefits that have typically been reserved for white-collar employees have now become expectations and norms in blue-collar jobs.” He called the phenomenon the “white-collar-ization of blue-collar jobs.”
