People Not Wanting To Work

[MoCarp]

15 minutes ago, SpoonDog said:

Isn't it?  If you need to clear $300/week to cover rent, utilities, groceries, gas, car payment, healthcare, childcare- that's what you need.  No one needs to compromise their financial stability so Walmart and McDonald's can make an easy buck.  No one owes them that. 

I think a lot of folks grew up watching Walmart gut business districts and still think Wally World's the only game in town.  But if they have an internet connection, folks can work remote as a data entry technician for $12-$25/hr.  They can make $20/hr or more with Uber or DoorDash or Instacart.  Set their own schedule- work when they want, for how long they want, make as much as they want.  Laziness has nothing to do with it, they're not applying to Walmart for the same reasons as you.  It's not worth their time.  Every hour spent there is an hour they could've made more somewhere else. 

I have a friend undergoing chemo.  Can't get the vaccine.  Can't go back to work safely until we've reached herd immunity. Complaining on the internet isn't going to get him back in the workforce, but getting vaccinated will.  If you haven't been vaccinated, and you're complaining folks like him won't stock your shelves or flip your burgers- these are the consequences of choices you've made. 

 

Unfortunately people’s wages in our area didn’t keep up with inflation. Buying power has suffered.
I worked at a Schreiber cheese until a back injury sent me back to college in 90...in the 80s schreibers parking lot was full of new cars, nothing less than 2 or 3 years old, all of us had toys bikes, nice bass boats etc...I noticed when I moved back to Missouri in 2011 that had changed, most cars were second hand and 10 year old stuff, no one could afford the nice bass boats anymore....I calculated for a couple bubbies of mine that still worked there if their pay had just kept up with inflation the lowest pay in the 80s was general plant worker at 8.70 an hour...operators over 10...just figure flat % to have the same buying power as they did in 1989 was 35 an hour🤬🤬🤬😳😳😳...

So the 22 they pay operators or the starting @ 19 an hour is still underpaying

[MoCarp]

This is political but notice the paying people while allowing waves of illegals in? What better way to lure in millions of leftist socialist future vote....the great reset...orange man bad my posterior🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[MrGiggles]

Generally speaking, there's usually a good reason why certain places have a high turnover. There has never been a line to work at Walmart or fast food joints. 

If nothing else, seems like getting unemployment checks made people start to realize how much they've been getting screwed. I'm glad these companies are finally upping the ante to get people in the door.

 

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16 minutes ago, MrGiggles said:

Generally speaking, there's usually a good reason why certain places have a high turnover. There has never been a line to work at Walmart or fast food joints. 

If nothing else, seems like getting unemployment checks made people start to realize how much they've been getting screwed. I'm glad these companies are finally upping the ante to get people in the door.

 

Although I agree with you those recent higher wages are getting eaten away by today’s higher prices.  Year to date everything is way up in price.   Gasoline up nearly 50% from last year.  And that’s just one metric.   
 

 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/12/consumer-price-index-april-2021.html

[SpoonDog]

On 6/21/2021 at 7:58 AM, oneshot 1 said:

My Son works Part Time for UPS just for the Benefits.

 

There's another reason folks aren't going back.  Couple folks I know had employers cut their benefits during the pandemic, when they dipped under 40 hrs/week due to stay at home orders, office closures, etc.  Employers weren't willing to work with them on it, and they're basically back at square one. 

At that point, why not look elsewhere?

[Flysmallie]

Anyone that works for Walmart will get screwed eventually. They don’t care about their employees or customers at all. 

[Devan S.]

52 minutes ago, SpoonDog said:

There's another reason folks aren't going back.  Couple folks I know had employers cut their benefits during the pandemic, when they dipped under 40 hrs/week due to stay at home orders, office closures, etc.  Employers weren't willing to work with them on it, and they're basically back at square one. 

At that point, why not look elsewhere?

Or cut pay,  mandatory layoffs, "right sizing the business", postpone yearly performance salary adjustments then in Q1 have record sales, record profit, increase dividend 10% and yearly raises of 1.4% after being labeled Key Contributor.

Been there done that. 

[Mitch f]

The cost of education for some "unknown" reason has outplaced inflation by an order of magnitude. A good boycott may be in order...or a better alternative to run them out of business. 

[MrGiggles]

On 6/22/2021 at 3:58 PM, Mitch f said:

The cost of education for some "unknown" reason has outplaced inflation by an order of magnitude. A good boycott may be in order...or a better alternative to run them out of business. 

Demand increased significantly, and along with that, the government provided an almost endless supply of loans and grants. It's capitalism, supply and demand.

I don't know of any easy solution. 

We are at the point now where a bachelor's will hardly pay for itself under most conditions, but at the same time you pretty much need it just to get an entry level position.

You can make excellent money in trades, at the cost of your body. That said, things are a lot better in that regard than they used to be. Although sitting in an office chair isn't all that good for you either.

And people wonder why millenials aren't having kids, aren't buying houses, and are generally pissed off... Gen Z has it even worse.

 

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6 minutes ago, MrGiggles said:

We are at the point now where a bachelor's will hardly pay for itself under most conditions

Depends on the degree.  Data analytics, engineering, project management, computer science, information science and technology all pay well and are in high demand.  A bachelors in applied math will get you a very good job.    
A degree in history, communication or English will not get you much.