Where have all the workers gone? Why is it that since covid, there is not enough people to run a bar at lunch? Is there not enough young people being born, or all they all dead? I find it odd that in 2 years, theres nobody around to make me a damn hamburger? I know this is a first world problem, but i am just curious. There is a lack of workers in every industry, and its strange.
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After Covid, many older Americans decided to retire. The PPR money kept many at home. Some who live with their parents can't be bothered to work for less than $75k per year.
It's a mystery.
Yeah but mostly I'm talking about entry level jobs. Waiters, apprentices, ect. I know the boomers are going away obviously. But no 18 year Olds want a bartenders job anymore? I don't believe that's the case. Something else is afoot
The young kids are now staying home, smoking dope, and collecting welfare checks. Truth, seen it first hand.
Yes, and I suppose it depends on whether or not employers are still enforcing Covid protocols.
Then there are some that are still fearful of catching Covid.
And then there are those who have just been too disabled by the vax to get a job.
It's a mystery...
Nobody is scared of covid anymore...I'm starting to think they are all dead almost. There is not many other explanations.
Maybe where you’re at, California still has entire counties with covid rules…lots of people refusing to come back to work cause they’re scared of covid…
And we have millions of illegals here. I'd think desperate business owners would hire them.
I've seen it. I just didn't think 10 million died already in the USA
You noticed that too, huh.
I've noticed this also where I live. I'm a college graduate with a decent paying job but I could make almost as much at Walmart because they are so desperate for workers. It makes no sense that during an economic downturn we don't have enough workers. That's when people take second jobs and people come out of retirement to make it. I think we are at the beginning of depopulation.
I have noticed this as well however I live in a blue state so I just attribute it to everybody picked up and left. Whole families moved down south. That takes out the entry level workforce. Teenagers looking for a first job had to follow mom and dad. Those in their late teens and early twenties are largely living at home so with the parents they go. Also we sacrificed all the elderly at the altar of modern medicine so there's quite a bit of inheritance going through the populations. After we all killed off our grandparents with arbitrary lockdowns, isolation, loneliness and then the icing on the cake the COVID shots it should be no surprise to anyone that a large generational wealth transfer took out a massive part of the workforce.
That's the best explanation I've heard yet.
Since moms took over the families kids get whatever they want without having to do anything.
My biggest accomplishment in my life, I’m 53, I served my country, have a degree and do dentistry!! But that isn’t even close to me still being married and my adult children can still say their parents are still TOGETHER!!! And madly in love!!!
Great to see a sliver of positivity in CO. Golden here.
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It's a good point. Kids get babied and have no work ethic.
My kids were not spoiled, but we’re given what was needed!! Love and discipline!!! Both my kids served their country! My son a Marine and my daughter a US Navy sailor!! Like me!!
But it's not only restaurants. It's everywhere it seems.
Short staff, more work with less people. People know when they are being played. No smiles.
The entirety of the service industry OGs(incl. myself) said "fuck your mask bullshit" and walked. We weren't there for the money. We genuinely enjoyed the work. Take our joy away? You can now fuck off with your measly $14 an hour..
I notice it heavy across all businesses and i honestly don't know because im going under while working so not working, i cant imagine?
Not everyone qualifies for free money, so i dont THINK everyones on benefits but i honestly dont know?
Edit: i forgot people can move with parents, maybe everyones doing that? Rent free?
You gotta at least work for gas money!!
It isn't just minimum wage workers. The problem in my industry is that graduation rates were already declining but thanks to COVID a large number of workers who were close to retiring, within 5 years or so, all decided to retire at the same time. This created a void and not enough new graduates to fill it.
I’ve been wondering about that too. Maybe it’s a combination of people dying and not working which runs cover for the increase in deaths. I know people who have taken an early retirement as well as the elderly who often worked part time, decided it’s not worth it. I also hear more often about family members who have passed away. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of so many deaths and it’s increasing in pace.
I stopped going to bars and restaurants when they started asking to see my papers. Not surprised they can't find people to work there.
We are seeing two big things causing this issue
1- cost of living. It is so high that working for $7-10 an hour is literally pointless. Unless you’re in college, live at home with parents, or have a high earning spouse one is forced to work elsewhere for higher wages. Why even bother applying let alone working in a job that is a guarantee of poverty.
2- COVID restrictions- yes I am well aware they are nearly nonexistent at this point for 99.9% of America, but for all those months they were present many restaurant workers simply changed fields. They found business / admin jobs they could do from home on a laptop. Why go back to dealing with rude customers only to make less than one can working from home in complete peace at this point?
They murdered them, with the poison jab! I have the same problem in Denver! Nobody wants to work or they are not hiring anymore! But it’s really weird! Maybe the Deagel report is going to come true!! Only 100 million people in America by 2025
Your sterile burger flipper is in mom's basement doing drugs, playing Xbox and collecting some kind of welfare. He shooting blanks into his barren girlfriend, repeatedly. When was the last time you saw a pregnant woman in public... anywhere? I'll wait....
I think COVID changed people's way of thinking about daily life, and made them look more closely at time and money. For instance, it really doesn't make sense to put your kids in daycare, both for the kids' sake and for money's sake. Add up the expense and someone's working for 25 cents an hour. Also, if you make over $55,000 per year, or, for a couple, $110,000 a year, you pop from the 12% federal tax bracket to the 22% federal tax bracket, with all income and payroll taxes coming to almost half the income. I think some people figured all this out and are working less, hence fewer workers. Also, the far larger number of remote jobs probably sent some people out of the big cities, where expenses are lower and you can work less hours. Even a small percentage of people figuring all this out would change the number of available workers.
My opinion is that the entry-level worker (16-20 years old) are fixated with electronic stimulation and their money comes from parents or the government. Most don't have cars since they couldn't go anywhere in lockdown. They've sat in the basement for 2+ years and have no incentive to improve themselves and get out of the bubble