For the past couple of weeks in my town, many of the stores here haven't had the chance to restock items, leaving many empty shelves. There are three regular stores I frequent where I have talked to the employees, and they confirmed that regular shipments aren't coming in, or they only have half the items that are usually delivered. Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon? I remeber that there was talk of a planned food shortage in the U.S on GAW about two months or so ago, so it definitely piqued my curiosity after personally encountering some weird situations.
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Not enough workers in retail and WHs. This is what happens when people wait for the government to hand them a check.
It's NOT that simple. The narrative is a set up to get us to accept foreign workers for the "jobs Americans won't do". Also as a set up for Universal Basic Income. The reality is many of those jobs only schedule people for a handful of hours. Nothing that people can live on without multiple jobs but you are expected to be available for all shifts all days. In other words, unreasonable demands are being placed on workers and workers are examining their options as would any sane person,
Macy's, which is notorious for only paying minimum wage in non-union stores, is going to be pilot testing self-scanners. They don't want to pay the wages that places like Target and Burger King do. BTW, I work part-time, and it's one of the most active jobs around. Ring, sell, stock, fold, clean, etc. It's common for new people to go to lunch on their first day and never return.
I worked at Kohls for 7 years while I went to college pt to do what I am doing now. I am so glad I left retail. For the most part it was okay and I got lots of exercise walking a minimum of 5 miles on a busy day. I think everyone needs to work retail for a year to know how difficult it can be to work with the public.
I found that by being a gas station clerk while in college. Never again will I have a job dealing with the general public.