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Since January The US Has Added 294,000 Waiters & Bartenders, And Zero Manufacturing Workers
Zero Hedge ^
| 12/04/2015
| Tyler Durden
Posted on 12/04/2015 9:51:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Here is one of the reasons why the Fed is confident the US economy is strong and resilient enough to sustain a rate hike: since January, the US has added 293,900 waiter & bartender positions and zero manufacturing workers.
Unless one is an economist, no further commentary is needed.
If one is an economist, we eagerly look forward to an extended discussion why one should focus only on the blue line and ignore the red one, debate the adverse impacts of the weather (both hot and cold) on manufacturing, listen to how the collapse of high-paying jobs is actually a good thing for low-paid food servers, and how this is merely a confirmation of the bullish split of the US economy into a growing services and a "slightly softer" manufacturing sector.
Here is the monthly change just in manufacturing jobs: three has been a decline in 3 of the past 4 months.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: jobs; manufacturing; unemployment; waiters
To: SeekAndFind
In California most Americans can’t even access those because you now need to know Spanish.
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posted on
12/04/2015 9:52:36 AM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
12/04/2015 9:53:22 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I support anything which diminishes the Muslim population.)
To: SeekAndFind
Seems that more and more people are eating out...or getting drunk.
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posted on
12/04/2015 9:54:58 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
To: SeekAndFind
294,000 waiters and bartenders?
Good news! That's a lot of liberal arts graduates hired!
To: SeekAndFind
Since January The US Has Added 294,000 Waiters & Bartenders, And Zero Manufacturing Workers With 94 Million of us "out of the workforce", we have to spend our time somewhere, so that explains the Bartenders.
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posted on
12/04/2015 10:00:21 AM PST
by
The Sons of Liberty
(There are NO "peaceful" muslims - Kill 'em all, Let GOD sort 'em out!)
To: SeekAndFind
And they both usually pay less than minimum wage.
To: The Sons of Liberty
This is where a lot of college grads will end up...
I already know a few of them near my home.
To: FerociousRabbit
“And they both usually pay less than minimum wage.”
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Yep,but it’s a great part-time job if you have the right location,regular customers, and the busy hours.
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posted on
12/04/2015 10:04:41 AM PST
by
Mears
To: SeekAndFind
But the food workers will enjoy using their new phones and watches made in China
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posted on
12/04/2015 10:07:09 AM PST
by
bigbob
("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
To: Mears
Worked as bartender part-time many years ago (30?). Made bank. Loved it. Did it for years. Moved on.
Tried again a few years ago for a bit of extra cash... my how the world has changed. Lots of customers. They just don’t tip like they used to. In this economy, a beer costs too much to begin with. Tipping on top of it? I didn’t last long, we’ll put it that way.
To: SeekAndFind
Employment figures are a joke.
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posted on
12/04/2015 10:33:07 AM PST
by
mulligan
(I)
To: Mears
“Yep,but it's a great part-time job if you have the right location,regular customers, and the busy hours.”
Princess riverdawg works part-time as a waitress (usually 12-15 hours a week) while attending college. She typically makes $250-300 a week, double what she made at her on-campus work-study job with the same hours.
To: Cowboy Bob
The bars in my area (northern NJ) aren’t doing well; few people have the money left to go out. They just buy it at the store and take it home.
In the “new normal”, people will either be among the lucky few with real jobs, be unemployed/involuntarily retired, or serve food and drinks to people with more discretionary income.
Sad...
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posted on
12/04/2015 10:43:36 AM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: SeekAndFind
I wonder how accurate this really is. A lot of factories are hiring in our area. We’ve been joking about the revolving door where I work because so many start with us but soon find some place else that pays better.
It’s good to be anomalous.
To: Cloverfarm
Today’s biggest challenge FACT vs. FICTION ???
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posted on
12/05/2015 4:04:27 AM PST
by
mason-dixon
(As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
To: A CA Guy
Most likely part-time to avoid the health care laws.
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