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Re:Poll: 1.8M Americans have turned down jobs due to unemplo... by greedo on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:03PM (#27862142)
Funny that all the news articles I read where a restaurant or business increases their starting wage to north of $13/hour, they get thousands of applicants.

I think it's amazing that all the free market advocates don't want a free market for labor. If employers want more employees, they simply have to pay more.

Workforce participation is at a low because workers in low paying jobs have looked around and realized their jobs suck, are low paying, and are looking to change to a better career.

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Re:Poll: 1.8M Americans have turned down jobs due to unemplo... by blooalien on Saturday July 17, 2021 @12:57AM (#27863612)
> … "and are looking to change to a better career."

Lotta folks done or are in process of exactly that. I know folks who learned or improved various computer skills during the lockdown time and now have zero plans of goin' back to their crappy job from before.

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