Business is good for John and Penny Taylor. They are a septic pumping company in central Virginia, and their customer base is expanding. If only they could say the same for their work force.John Taylor’s greeting to a visiting writer was immediate.“You come to work?”He wasn’t entirely joking.“Getting workers is the biggest problem we have. It’s not just us. The labor skill force is terrible. All these kids coming out of high school want big checks,” he says.The day of his interview, in fact, one of Taylor’s employees didn’t show up for work, having told co-workers he was quitting. Taylor
