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Where Did Young Male Workers Go?
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Dec. 2, 2022

Posted on 12/03/2022 3:10:01 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

The Labor Department’s November jobs report on Friday certainly didn’t make the Federal Reserve’s anti-inflation task any easier. Strong job and wage growth suggests demand for workers still exceeds the supply, and inflation is still too high.

Employers added 263,000 jobs last month though gains were revised down by 23,000 during the previous two. Private payrolls increased by 221,000 with hiring broad-based, including in leisure and hospitality (88,000), healthcare (45,000), construction (20,000), media and tech (19,000), manufacturing (14,000) and real estate (13,000). There’s no sign of a recession in this jobs data.

Retail lost 30,000 jobs, probably owing to spending shifts to services from goods, which was bound to happen as the pandemic faded. Workers who lose jobs in department stores are finding them in other places. Notwithstanding reports of layoffs in Silicon Valley, plenty of businesses are hiring.

The problem is they still can’t find enough workers. The civilian labor force on the household survey shrank by 186,000 last month while the participation rate ticked down 0.1 percentage point to 62.1%. As a result, the unemployment rate stayed flat at 3.7%. Labor force participation remains significantly down from 63.4% before the pandemic.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: bideneconomy; labor; men; workers
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1 posted on 12/03/2022 3:10:01 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

They’re home painting their nails.


2 posted on 12/03/2022 3:12:01 PM PST by dljordan
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To: MinorityRepublican

Galt


3 posted on 12/03/2022 3:12:33 PM PST by Hieronymus
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To: MinorityRepublican

College, on the taxpayer’s dime.


4 posted on 12/03/2022 3:12:55 PM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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5 posted on 12/03/2022 3:13:01 PM PST by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Drugs. Video games. Porn.

6 posted on 12/03/2022 3:13:07 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: dljordan

Long time passing…


7 posted on 12/03/2022 3:14:04 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Remember August 8!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Where Did Young Male Workers Go?

Probably mucking around on some internet forum.
8 posted on 12/03/2022 3:14:09 PM PST by Izzatso
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To: MinorityRepublican

In the basement, playing video games-—


9 posted on 12/03/2022 3:14:21 PM PST by scott says (Servant of the Living God--YHVH)
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Where Did Young Male Workers Go?

They're writing blogs and drinking soy-coffee.

And ordering skin product from Amazon.

All the while posing as "Anons".

Yup. There they are.

10 posted on 12/03/2022 3:14:24 PM PST by humblegunner
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I saw that article yesterday and read the comments. Most of the comments were dead on as to the causes. From the deliberate pushing of white men out of the work force in favor of women, especially minority women, to paying them more to stay home and play video games.

Men have been told they are toxic. Any and all problems in a work environment are their fault. Why would they willingly put themselves in such a position?


11 posted on 12/03/2022 3:14:26 PM PST by CFW
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They’ve transitioned?


12 posted on 12/03/2022 3:15:17 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Tik tok and gig economy jobs


13 posted on 12/03/2022 3:15:41 PM PST by newzjunkey (Vote for Hershel Walker by Dec 6th to stop Warnock (D) in Georgia)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mommy’s basement.


14 posted on 12/03/2022 3:17:36 PM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: humblegunner

Here in the ghetto they are honing their sales experience in all sorts of fun pharmaceuticals.


15 posted on 12/03/2022 3:20:48 PM PST by packagingguy
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"Where Did Young Male Workers Go?"

...... They are living at home free of charge trying to figure out their pronouns to use in the coming utopian Soyboy New World Order .....

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16 posted on 12/03/2022 3:21:04 PM PST by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“Drugs. Video games. Porn.”

Isn’t that work?


17 posted on 12/03/2022 3:22:02 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: CFW

I’m in my 40’s, but every path I chose was to surround myself with other white dudes in the workforce.
After working every crappy job in the world for 8 years first…
No HR complaints with just blue collar white dudes.


18 posted on 12/03/2022 3:22:11 PM PST by EEGator
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Working for a living is so 20th century. And, for many young me, apparently so is dating & sex with women.

There are a lot of young men out there who look extremely feminine and/or like weaklings. I know it was not this way in the past. This has to be by grand design.


19 posted on 12/03/2022 3:24:02 PM PST by rbg81
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The comments aren’t wrong. Didn’t we just see a public official fired in San Francisco because he was a white male who was taking up a spot that could go to someone to help fill their diversity agenda?

I’ve been in the room with female superiors making comments that would amount to sexual harassment, hostile work environment if spoken by a man. Men tend to be results focused. Women often focus on personalities and gossip and many women don’t like working in that environment. I’ve seen women engage in campaigns of harassment in the workplace against men, women and gays. Men are dropping out, fewer college degrees, less workforce participation. Men have a tough time understand what their roles are. They’re mocked as foolish, for being toxic, for their feelings or not sharing their feelings, etc, etc.

20 posted on 12/03/2022 3:26:21 PM PST by newzjunkey (Vote for Hershel Walker by Dec 6th to stop Warnock (D) in Georgia)
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