Stores (mostly restaurants) will up and close during the day more and more. Are people still getting stimulus type govt money, are they sick or crippled from the jab, where are they?
If nothing else the workers from all of the coincidental food processing fires should now need jobs to be filling in.
How were we fully staffed during the Trump years and now, no one can find people? It’s as if all the people disappeared. Trump touted how fully employed we were. You can’t find help in any stores. My husband and I are completely stumped by this. We don’t think anyone is still receiving stimulus checks. But we do see lots of foreigners driving around in brand new cars. Sometimes I’m not sure I’m in America anymore.
I've been seeing and wondering the same thing
For months, we've been looking to fill a couple positions, one skilled, experience required and one entry level. We get occasional calls/emails from our employment ads and we try to set an appointment. Prospects agree to an appointment time for an in-person interview and when the time comes...no show, no call. No respect!! We provide top pay in the field in the area and offer great prospects for growth but no one wants to work.
Where are you located and what are the positions?
Echoing Ranger….where are you located and what are the positions?
As far as semi-skilled labor in the southeast... Workers are just lazy now. You hire 10, you get one worth keeping, IF you’re lucky. Sporadic attendance and shoddy work ethic. If they come to work, they put in a lackluster performance. A month without an attendance occurrence is practically unheard of. These are forklift operators making 20 dollars an hour. I can imagine it’s even worse for restaurants. They’d rather stay gone and play video games.
Wife and I ate at a Burger joint today in our neighborhood, it was doing great, it had plenty of young people hired to handle its good business. Told the wife I like to see that, a business willing to hire enough people to make a good product, they'll get my business again.
In & Out Burger is the bomb in that way!🐸
Notice how bad the food is no matter where you go? Poor quality. Texas Roadhouse and Longhorn are better than most.
Unless people quit because they didn't want the jab. I know in Pennsylvania Good ole Granny Killing Gov Tom Wolfe wants to send out $2,000 stimulus to Pennsylvanians from all the surplus stimulus covid funds.
Of the jobs I have applied for I have told all of the potential employers that I am not vaxxed, that seems to be where I’m hitting an issue, even when everything else is a go. I’m thinking I need to make my own destiny and create my own way to earn a living ... As for where all the people are I don’t know I see people out and about it’s weird ...
In Portland, they required vax and also proof in order to work. Kids required vax in order to go to school. Everywhere now it's worse than prison. Paper please.
I got my cars carpet cleaned at a big full service car wash last week. A year ago the only anglos there were the ones getting their car washed. Now it is staffed by +65yo white men. The only latino was at the cash register. I believe it is a many faceted issue. Stimulous checks, increased welfare coverage, AND jab for job.
After being shut down for years, people are conditioned to not be productive anymore. I think breaking that have it is difficult for people who have gotten used to it.
What I don't understand is how EVERYWHERE is apparently short staffed.
Wonder how many new social security disability cases there are…. I think part of the lack of people is folks are getting ill. I know we have had enough call outs that they are requiring 24h notice for call outs and after 5 days you have to talk to hr before being allowed to come in
Companies are beginning to rescind job offers. Preparing for downturn.