Tariffs on China imports by the Trump administration led to a collapse in trans-Pacific ocean freight bookings by U.S. importers.
  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    1 day ago

    I once met a guy who was in sales for a shipping container company. He said it was the easiest, most lucrative sales job in the world. There really wasn’t any sales at all, he just processed the orders that flowed in all day long. He got a fat commission on each one, and earned several commissions every single day. He was making BANK. He said it was nearly impossible to get a job doing that, it would require somebody to die to get their position.

    I guess he’s going to have a bad year, for a change.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      21 hours ago

      Just think of all the fat bonuses he can get though once this craziness is done if he still has the job. The backlog will be huuuuuge.

      • tamman2000@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        You’re acting like this is a pause and things will go back to normal.

        I think that’s unrealistically optimistic