people aren t working because they re taking care of kids. 3 million are worried about getting or spreading coronavirus. a record number of people are quitting their jobs. americans want better pay, better working conditions and flexible working arrangements. companies are scrambling in a war for talent. they are offering higher wages, sign-up bonuses, incentives to attract and keep workers. skilled workers, topping the supply chain nightmare, and rising prices. and here come the holidays. amazon even offering a $3,000 signing bonus for its temporary holiday workers. $18 an hour starting wage. companies are offering to help pay student loans for new hires. there are guaranteed bonuses in industries. stock options. and then there s this. the spanx founder sarah blakely. days after signing a $1.2 billion deal with blackstone, she gave each much her employees a first-class ticket to anywhere in the world. wow. and $10,000 to spend on their trip.
moment. reporter: president frank thiessen is managing the operation. had you ever worked in logistics before? only partially, not directly. reporter: why did you have to get directly involved into logistics item. because of the global supply chain challenges that we re facing. reporter: cargo vessels, order numbers, and aririval dates, all tracked with precision. pretty much, the first thing in the morning is really checking the backlog in the warehouse. reporter: boxes of toys at the well-known slot car maker are stuck in their warehouses in china, waiting for a ride. we still have about 25, 30 containers, which are just missing. which will not be here. reporter: that s 30% of their holiday product. just one of many companies dealing with a supply chain nightmare, with port congestion, container ships are just arriving to krcarrera revell s u.s. warehouse in atlanta, five months behind schedule. we have seen such a surge in
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we could be nearing the end of an investigation. usually see this kind of activity at the end of an investigation so we could be at that point. we don t know what the fbi was looking for, just that they were conducting the search warrant. of course, this all goes back to russia in some way perhaps and to sanctions issue and exactly what the eastern district of new york has been investigating. we believe this is where this investigation is. of course, some of the muller investigations were picked up by the eastern districts of new york so that s perhaps where all this started and the reason why this oligarch is so important in all of this is because of his close ties to russia s president vladimir putin. you know, that, of course, kind of playing out behind the scenes in all of this. so much more to learn obviously. thanks to you and thanks to elie honig. the supply chain nightmare and how tim packets you. we re going to talk more about that. shipping containers piling up. gas price
it s one of many companies dealing with a supply chain nightmare. with port congestion, containers shipped in may are just arriving to the u.s. warehouse in atlanta, five months behind schedule. we have seen such a surge in the last 90 days. reporter: angela higgs runs the freight forwarding company, getting the product out to retailers as quickly as possible. one delay after another. we, of course, have been pushing and pushing. but these delays are inevitable right now. reporter: with nearly every u.s. port facing a backlog, the warehouse is using all of them, piecing together a working supply chain. we re just going everywhere we can. otherwise, these goods are not going to get to the stores, and i m not going to have anyone missing out on their toys this season. reporter: to try to help with that, president biden announced two major ports in california will move to operate 24/7.