Boy that’s the truth! Family and I are taking 3 days off after a long spring and summer. We rented a cabin at one of the big lakes in Kansas. Went for a boat ride yesterday. The beaches were full of whales. Didn’t mater if they were 16 or 50 fat girls everywhere.

Their plan is working it looks like

Like others have said, it has nothing to do with covid. People are just absolutely unwilling to come to work. Wages have risen by 40% for most entry level jobs in my area. I worked for years to get into a retail management position and get above the $12-13 mark, finally did it, and now am looking at all of the $20/ hour jobs with no responsibility and very easy schedule wondering if my gig is still worth it? I guarantee manager pay is not going to scale up in relation to the worker pay. The sad part is, I loved my job until it became impossible to find people willing to work and put time in to have an opportunity to advance.

not sure people not working is a bad thing makes for higher wages for the ones that do but i also think a lot have found out they can produce less product they sell for a lot more if they produce less and make just about the same for a lot less money and time spent just like trappers theirs some still talking about how many they can catch but theres a lot more doing something else now for money and fun than trapping

Sarge

What all ofthis will do is make some people more self proficient. I'm there. Been stocking up on things for years.
Just thought about getting a quick bite to eat yesterday morning. Oh.thier lose,my gain. More money in my pocket. Sarge

if anything it may put down the 15 dollar an hour minimum wage they keep pushing for , if you are making the minimum today you either want to be or are not worth any more.

woman my wife worked with turned down raises and bonuses a few hundred more dollars would cost her many thousands in child care , she was on a program that paid her child care while she worked. she needed to stay the lowest paid employee or it would cost her several times any raise they could give her.

Last weekend my wife and I stopped at a casino for breakfast. There were only 4 breakfast items on the menu. We asked the waitress why the small menu? She said there was a shortage of cooks. The few cooks they had were working up to 70 hours a week. If they went a month without calling in sick or just didn't show up, at the end of the month they would be paid an additional $2 an hour for every hour they worked.

The restaurant was only open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. She said if it weren't for the health insurance they provided her, she would quit and be paid $700 a week for staying home.

There are and were millions who worked through the last 1.5 years and many got burned out working long days and weeks. There is currently, by that I mean the highest number of workers changing jobs on record. From May until now over 10 million will have quit the jobs they were doing, the bulk of those going back into the workforce for a better work life, either, salary, benefits or a more limited work week in hours and also going into careers they would prefer. The fact that so many jobs are open now makes this massive shift possible and millions are using this window to really change their work life. Transitions always cause labor shortages and coupled with fewer applicants and many openings it is a great time for those looking to change and improve. When asked, many that worked in the service sector replied they are looking for better total packages and more stability in their job for the future. It will take some time for the lower end of the workforce or entry level jobs to get filled and also many will be filled with totally raw workers with limited to no work experience, making those jobs even more likely to be high turnover. A lot of older workers, retired, semi retired etc. can afford to work part time lower paying jobs, just for extra cash where many younger workers needing to establish themselves can not.

Bryce

Many of them haven't returned to the workforce when they can sit at home and get paid as much or more than they did working. Biden has made it very clear that he wishes to extend the unemployment benefits to possibly 2025 or even passed that. There is no incentive to work.

Jobs are increasing at a rapid rate which one would anticipate with 20-25 million going out of work a year ago. With the offers that are being made along with benefits etc. the skilled persons are returning or never did quit or their job was essential. This is a great time to upgrade one's working career and millions and millions are doing just that and yes there is and will be some angst as that process takes place. There are not enough young, available and qualified workers to fill the jobs today. Investing in some trade education and work place education would be valuable. We have the duplicity of not wanting any illegal workers in the country yet we hope that the Swiss Cheese holes are big enough to get the labor we need. Immigration is less of a problem then talking out of both sides of our mouths at the same time.

Bryce

30.00 an hour. You can’t get anyone. At this point. We are done trying. I have worked thru this entire ordeal. Worked with Covid patients. Got Covid. That really sucked!!! But continue to go to work everyday. Then We have part of the population that refuses to work. Hand out after hand out. You don’t see it as much in the rural part of the USA. But the big urban centers it is out of control. Columbus Ohio is one. Remember they are giving away our hard earned money. We chose to work. Your lawmakers are giving your money away to those that REFUSE to work. This is when our democracy will cease to exist. Remember that. A quote from our founding fathers. I read an article this winter. Winston Churchill his fight against the German’s prior to Japan bombing Pearl Harbor. Churchill knew that if he didn’t keep the working class of England working. In the factories making tanks planes etc... they had no chance holding off the Germans. So he had all underground railways blocked off and guarded. Think about that for a minute. Churchill knew that if he allowed everyone to go underground to escape the nightly bombardment from the Germans. Churchill would never get them to come back out. Eventually as the war continued and the USA got involved Churchill opened up the underground rail system for the people to take shelter. We need leaders. To make tough decisions for the right reasons

Nobody is supposed to spend a career making $10 per hour. Before any of us have any work experience or skills, we worked no-skill jobs at $10/hr ($3.65 in my case). But then we learned, gained skills, gained work experience, became good at something, took some classes, applied for jobs with more responsibility, and we're making a lot more than that as adults. Work is out there making $50 per hour. I pay my attorney $225 per hour and probably pay my doctor the same. You can make as much or as little as you choose to make.

Exactly

You are absolutely correct. There are Help Wanted signs on so many stores in my area, it's crazy. One restaurant I usually eat at has had signs up looking for cooks and waitresses for about 3 months now. The reason in almost every case is the same: They can earn just as much or in some cases, even more by staying at home. Oops! I shouldn't say EARN, but rather GET paid for staying home and sitting on their butts!