Translation: "There are no good engineers who will work for the price I'm willing to pay, either in terms of initial dollars or time to retrain."

As the realtors I worked with used to say about houses, "there's no problem that price won't fix", and that works for labor as well as real estate.

And their advice is "take one for the team" because there are managers trying to control costs.

"There's no shortage of smart, hardworking engineers. There's a shortage of smart, hardworking engineers willing to work for very little money." ~ David "Pardo" Keppel

If you're having trouble hiring, it's probably because you're not paying enough. It turns out that talented people are worth paying a lot for.