Re:Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment
by lotsofpulp on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:29PM
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Additionally, the demand may not be sufficient to support higher wages. Even if no one is willing to flip a burger for less than $50 per hour, who is willing to pay for a burger flipped by someone earning $50 per hour?
Re:Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment
by CydeWeys on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:46PM
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And yet people are totally willing to contribute to servers earning much more than $50/hr in tips (on busy nights). $50/hr spread across a lot of customers works out to not actually being that much per customer.
Admittedly this is relatively expensive sit-down restaurant service we're talking about here, which is different from the fast food market.
Re:Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment
by crdoconnor on Thursday October 31, 2019 @02:23PM
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You typically have to pay a lot more if public sector jobs and wages aren't being cut.
Pretty sure it's mostly the other way: They're low status because they're low paid.
Jobs are low paid when there is a big supply of people who can and want to do them. Which is pretty much equivalent to the jobs being low skilled.
Since everyone can flip a burger, you don't have to pay much to find someone to do it.