I am retired EVERYTHING under Brandon has become so damned expensive I went back to work for 20 hours a week!! My employer starts at $18.00 an hour PLUS I was able to cancel my supplemental Medicare coverage and get the supplemental through the employer for 1/4 the cost!! MOST businesses are having a horrible time finding employees I just don’t get it how are these younger people surviving without jobs!! I moved out of my parents house at 18 and got my own apartment!! I realize that apartments today are really expensive but GEEZE to not want to work at all!! My employer keeps asking me to take on more hours but I want to be happy at work and I get tired, I am FAR FROM 20 years old! These kids living at home could be stashing a bucket of money working full time wages right now are FAR ABOVE minimum wage!!
At least some young people hesitate about taking service jobs because of Covid. Here’s an example. I was at a pharmacy about six months ago, and the girl behind the counter was almost in tears as she waited on me. I asked her what was wrong, and she said she was risking her life by taking this job.
She was gone the next day, and I haven’t seen her since.
Who knows why she felt that way? Maybe it was the media hysteria over Covid. Maybe a friend of hers - or a relative - was very sick with the virus.