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Man, how to unpack all of this is not a simple answer. These certainly aren't the only factors but a few of the issues.Everywhere you turn - health care, hotel restaurant and tourism, retail, manufacturing, its seems that industries are facing horrible staffing shortages.
I have a simple question - where did all the people go?
All of the sales clerks, nurses, carpenters, painters, waiters, etc, can't all be sitting around spending COVID money. Its been too long.
What gives?
Wrong!People realized during the pandemic they are worth more than 7.25 an hour. Businesses that pay well are not having staffing shortages.
Just look at Chic-Fil-A as a prime example.
The concept behind this is correct. Many industries are not having labor shortages. However, the service, hotel, transport, manual labor related industries are feeling it. The reason is because during the lockdown, people did realize they are worth more than minimum wage (or the wages they were previously paid). So, that is absolutely correct. Also people from these affected sectors were forced to get jobs in other industries where they found better working conditions and qualities of life. So, they didn't go back to their previous jobs when things opened back up.People realized during the pandemic they are worth more than 7.25 an hour. Businesses that pay well are not having staffing shortages.
Just look at Chic-Fil-A as a prime example.
Haha same.Damn I love capitalism. People exercising their freedom to be selective in what jobs they take or not take a job at all, going to force employers to increase wages and worker’s benefits. Maybe the US will see its first major increase in real wages in decades.
Can’t wait to see how the free market works this out!
I'd love to see the free market in action. Turn off the Government spicket, and watch how fast people go to work, if they wanna eat and pay the light bill...Damn I love capitalism. People exercising their freedom to be selective in what jobs they take or not take a job at all, going to force employers to increase wages and worker’s benefits. Maybe the US will see its first major increase in real wages in decades.
Can’t wait to see how the free market works this out!
exactly. I'm also not comfortable having someone else "pay my way."People have become so lazy.... I enjoy a day off and a vacation as much as the next guy, but I don't want to sit on my a$$ 24/7. Plus I like having some money for said day off and vacation.
So many people on unemployment ... with 3.6% unemployment rate?I disagree. Chick-fil-A is a complete outlier. Good for them, but not a good example for overcoming staffing shortage as a whole. There are a lot of things that have come up since COVID began…. Stimulus checks, child tax credit, work from home, uber, doordash, Amazon jobs in general, etc. The “gig economy” allows for people to work some of these hourly jobs, but they only want to work 20 hours or so. If they aren’t thrilled with what they are doing, they quit. So many people on unemployment that the government doesn’t even have time to process them all.
Sure, pay has some to do with it, but it’s not even close to the biggest factor on why there is a staffing shortage. If restaurants could get people and pay them more they would.
That is just not true.People realized during the pandemic they are worth more than 7.25 an hour. Businesses that pay well are not having staffing shortages.
Just look at Chic-Fil-A as a prime example.
I know of 2 deaths personally and they were both working....62 and 36... father and son 17 days apart... I do not deny your point... but that is stil 300,000 working age peopleI first thought that can't be true, but a cursory look shows that approximately 70+ percent of the deaths were over 65. If they made up any of the workforce, it couldn't be much.
Let's say 40% were, that's still 400,000. Not an insignificant number. Certainly not the main reason, just part of the equation.Most that died from COVID were not part of the workforce.
I suspect those screens play at least a small role in the problem in another way.I blame screens, but then again I blame everything on screens.
Bright side is technology will sort this out in a couple years which will, of course, bring a new set of issues. Luckily, we have an abundance of great leaders who help us all navigate these new waters.
Here is the thing, how are these people paying for things? I don’t get that.As a business owner and having lots of friends that own businesses, this is not the case at all. In general, folks aren't wanting to work, regardless of the $$$.
I took my son to chick fil a last night since wore and daughter were out. $18.46 later, we were full. I got a 12 count grilled nugget combo (no super size or anything) and he got a kids nugget meal.People realized during the pandemic they are worth more than 7.25 an hour. Businesses that pay well are not having staffing shortages.
Just look at Chic-Fil-A as a prime example.
It’s the GIG economy. People figured out they can work less hours on their time and make the same or more than some of the traditional labor jobs.Everywhere you turn - health care, hotel restaurant and tourism, retail, manufacturing, its seems that industries are facing horrible staffing shortages.
I have a simple question - where did all the people go?
All of the sales clerks, nurses, carpenters, painters, waiters, etc, can't all be sitting around spending COVID money. Its been too long.
What gives?
I’ve made that same statement 100 times. I’ve seen more Burger Kings close their doors in the past two years. We even had three that I know of between Aiken and Edgefield close and two were basically brand new. Chick-fil-A has the business model right there for the fast food world to see and copy but apparently some of these places would rather shut the doors than take better care of their employees, which in turn provides better service. I’m not even a huge Chick-fil-A fan but their service is great.People realized during the pandemic they are worth more than 7.25 an hour. Businesses that pay well are not having staffing shortages.
Just look at Chic-Fil-A as a prime example.
Everywhere you turn - health care, hotel restaurant and tourism, retail, manufacturing, its seems that industries are facing horrible staffing shortages.
I have a simple question - where did all the people go?
All of the sales clerks, nurses, carpenters, painters, waiters, etc, can't all be sitting around spending COVID money. Its been too long.
What gives?
Not truePeople realized during the pandemic they are worth more than 7.25 an hour. Businesses that pay well are not having staffing shortages.
Just look at Chic-Fil-A as a prime example.
So if we legalize weed we fix the issue!I'm in the staffing business and from my point of view it appears people got lazy and just don't want to go back to work. They've figured out that they can deliver some food and sell some weed and get by and they're good with it. I work on one specific account for a manufacturing company with sites in 15 different states hiring unskilled labor starting at $15 to $23 per hour and we can't give jobs away. People are applying left and right but when it comes to following through with the hiring process it's laughable. I assume there are also a lot of states right now still handing out unemployment without much oversight so you add that to their weed money and they figure it just isn't worth their time. I don't understand it because being gainfully employed has always provided important stability for me but a lot of the country just doesn't see it that way anymore I guess.
If the free market can’t compete with unemployment benefits then we have a very serious wage problem.I'd love to see the free market in action. Turn off the Government spicket, and watch how fast people go to work, if they wanna eat and pay the light bill...
Where the hell have u been the last 12 months? Give some people a taste of not working and being taken care of, they like it.Everywhere you turn - health care, hotel restaurant and tourism, retail, manufacturing, its seems that industries are facing horrible staffing shortages.
I have a simple question - where did all the people go?
All of the sales clerks, nurses, carpenters, painters, waiters, etc, can't all be sitting around spending COVID money. Its been too long.
What gives?
What are you considering “entry level type pay”? Just curious.Chiming in from the other end of the spectrum, so to speak. Skilled blue collar guy here, mfg field for past 18+ years.
Willing to work, want to work, but have doing contract work for past 2.5 years, since where I was at for 15 years closed down. Contracting pays great, but sucks being away from family all the time.
I see numerous job listings posted in my field, but vast majority are only offering entry level type pay.
A lot of my fellow contractors speak of the same issue, wanting to find permanent positions, but not wanting to take huge pay cut because many employers aren’t willing to pay for experience.
I agree with everything you said as long as the main competition is not the US GovtDamn I love capitalism. People exercising their freedom to be selective in what jobs they take or not take a job at all, going to force employers to increase wages and worker’s benefits. Maybe the US will see its first major increase in real wages in decades.
Can’t wait to see how the free market works this out!
This doesn’t get talked about enough. I had an employee who wound up leaving because her paycheck was pretty much just going straight to childcare. Made more sense for her to leave and be a stay at home mom or find a job where she could work from home.2. Some women with kids cannot find daycare or cannot afford one and they are sitting at home taking care of kids.
Some benefits equate to a living wage for some. When your least skilled workers are making $15+, the others with more skills obviously want a sizable gap between them and the lowest and it goes up from there.EnIf the free market can’t compete with unemployment benefits then we have a very serious wage problem.
Thats the irony of Dems touting 15-20 min wage. They dont recognize ( or admit) that will also apply to child care workers etc driving the costs up so the net gain will be ZERO. The bottom will always be the bottom regardless of the arbitrary min wage number.This doesn’t get talked about enough. I had an employee who wound up leaving because her paycheck was pretty much just going straight to childcare. Made more sense for her to leave and be a stay at home mom or find a job where she could work from home.