Posted on 10/12/2021 12:39:35 PM PDT by Mount Athos
One reason America’s employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday, October 12: Americans are quitting in droves.
The Labor Department said that quits jumped to 4.3 million in August, the highest on records dating back to December 2000, and up from 4 million in July. Hiring also slowed in August, the report showed, and the number of jobs available fell to 10.4 million, from a record high of 11.1 million the previous month.
The data strongly suggests that the delta variant wreaked havoc on the job market in August. As COVID cases surged, quits jumped in restaurants and hotels and rose in other public-facing jobs, such as retail and education.
Quits also rose the most in the South and Midwest, the government said, the two regions with the worst COVID outbreaks in August.
When workers quit, it is typically seen as a good sign for the job market, because people typically leave jobs when they already have other positions or are confident they can find one. The large increase in August does include some goods news: It likely reflects the fact that with employers desperate for workers and raising wages, many workers feel they can get better pay elsewhere.
But the fact that the increase in quits was heavily concentrated in sectors that involve close contact with the public is a sign that fear of COVID also played a large role. Many people may have quit even without other jobs to take.
Hiring in September was weak for a second straight month, the government said Friday, with only 194,000 jobs added, though the unemployment rate fell to 4.8% from 5.2%.
Tuesday’s report, known as the Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, or JOLTS, provides a more detailed picture of the job market. The hiring reported on Friday is a net total, after job gains and quits, retirements and layoffs are taken into account. Tuesday’s report includes the raw figures, and showed that total hiring in August fell sharply, to 6.3 million from 6.8 million in July.
The data strongly suggests that the delta variant wreaked havoc on the job market in August. As COVID cases surged, quits jumped in restaurants and hotels and rose in other public-facing jobs, such as retail and education. …Wow, talk about a blatantly false correlation. That is not the reason for the resignations.
Bungle Bidumb’s got his filthy hands on our tax dollars.
The only ones getting rich are the greedy Biden Crime Family ....... and their collaborators.
A trillion tax dollars were spent on the pandemic......paying people NOT to work.
AND THIS
The art gallery showing Hunter’s “art” got $580,000.00 tax dollars, including federal Paycheck Protection monies.......the gallery has only two employees.
No big deal, right?
After all, Ivanka’s clothing shop was mentioned in public by the White House press Secretary. THAT was a criminal act!
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, sponsored by The ANTIFA by Jack Posobiec, for Tuesday shows that 41% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden’s job performance. Fifty-seven percent (57%) disapprove.
The latest figures include 20% who Strongly Approve of the job Biden is doing and 50% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -30.
Pure BS.
Vaccine mandates more likely the culprit.
Vaccine mandates
They quit because of Brandon’s vaccine mandate.
About 95% of them have found better jobs at higher pay, and are turning in their two-week notice. There are signing bonuses and good salaries being offered out there.
What do you think the reason(s) is(are)?
As the consensus appears to be on the thread already, the “man dates” for the “vaccines”.
Thanks for asking what I think.
Associated Pravda is at it again, spewing propaganda that it was the Delta variant which first increased in June that caused August resignations while ignoring the illegal Jim Jones Jab diktats.
Yep vaccine mandates.
No there is no evidence to support their assumption. The face that there is no shortage of home delivery drivers working for Doordash, Grubhub etc suggest that their assumption is actually full of poltical crap.
It just more of the desperation to use Covid as a scapegoat to avoid addressing the fundamental failure of all the Biden Democrat’s policies.
Boy they’ll blame everything but the real cause.
Half those with jobs are will to quit or get fired over it.
Helluva job, Marty (Walsh). Boston’s gain is America’s loss.
Imagine the hue and cry if this had happened on Trump’s watch.
Yeah. And almost everyone with kids getting $250/$300 per month per kid in cash now, plus something like a 23% increase in food stamp benefits. Who needs to work?
No need for jobs outside home now....
Some will send for training video on learning calligraphy so they can make a fortune off cards, invitations and letters hand made at home.
Others will experience the thrill of making telemarketing calls all day to acquaint grateful people with auto warranty extensions, medical equipment that may partially be covered by Medicare and better credit card offers.
I always appreciate others opinions (except leftists). Yeah, as I read further I saw the consensus but thank you for taking the time to answer.
The media may ignore these stories, but the tragic news of Biden's continual failings gets out. Hard to hide the soaring price of gas from people filling up their cars. Landslide GOP victories in 2022.
they stayed all thru the pandemic and the delta scared them away...hmmm
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