Posted on 06/22/2022 5:48:32 AM PDT by bort
This is my question, too. I hope some smart Freeper can answer this.
Change in work ethic.
Didn't you get the memo that we're not supposed to openly talk ab-
Oh, forget that I said that!
Regards,
The massive Boomer retirement and die-off. It’s been predicted for years.
following...
Not sure why but I see a heck of a lot of younger folks on the golf course during the week...
There is a mindset that the employee can set wages then find ( shop ) someone for the job at that set wage.
Question: do you shop like that? Do you have a set price for bacon at $3/pd and when you can't find any at that price do you say there is no bacon?
Raise wages.
I think many people in their mid 50’s to 60’s suddenly retired all at once during COVID and there wasn’t enough replacements
plus with many handouts some don’t want to work
Cannot pass drug tests.
Businesses cannot keep insurance with drug using employees.
Agreed.
I am also confused by this.
Gas is expensive.
Food s expensive.
Rent is expensive.
And no one wants to work because people no longer have a work ethic? That doesn’t really make sense. People may not want to work, or may not want to work for paltry wages — but you need money to survive. Millions of people are (apparently) surviving without working. How do they manage that?
Many employers are too specific in their requirements to fill a position. Unless you have the specific skill set for the opening, they will not consider you. And Employers seem very unwilling to train people to fill a position.
...and eating out in great numbers. Driving nicer, newer, cars, too. And drinking $5 coffees, traveling all over the place, etc. It just doesn’t add up; who ARE these people?
My observation based on conversations with service business owners is vax mandates , residual COVID fears and employers who treated employees like crap the past few years.
I retired early. It gave my company the sads. They are so desperate, they keep rehiring a guy who has quit 3 times.
According to my children, a lot of young people are selling nude photos of themselves online. Some are clearing six figures a month. I was speechless.
We need a workfare system: If you receive any gov't transfer payment, you show up for work at 8AM every morning and work to 5PM and earn your handout, whether it's cleaning toilets in gov't buildings or sweeping streets, you work. This system is in place in Europe and it doesn't take people long to figure out they may as well find a better-paying job than what they receive.
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