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Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? by encryptluks2 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:43AM (#28018066)
> people reconsidering their lives is pretty much a sideshow of projected narrative that is detached from what is really going on

I disagree... COVID-19 made a lot of people reconsider their priorities. If you only had limited time left with a family member, would you really want to spend your time working a crappy job while struggling to pay rent?

Pretty soon I imagine the government will start doing something like what they did to people who went on strike.. they'll find ways to start punishing people that don't want to work certain jobs anymore and changing careers will rarely be an option.

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Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? by pessimizer on Saturday July 31, 2021 @10:08AM (#28018253)
> would you really want to spend your time working a crappy job while struggling to pay rent?

Nobody ever wanted this, they did this because they had to. There's nothing to reconsider. They would have always preferred doing something else.

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Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? by ajsnigrutin on Saturday July 31, 2021 @10:04AM (#28018231)
If only there was a better way to get people to work shitty jobs... like maybe paying them more...
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Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? by dazc on Saturday July 31, 2021 @11:22AM (#28018911)
I agree but I think a lot of the problem also is that there were/are many businesses that are not finacially viable and cheap labour has carried them along thus far. Now the tide has gone out they are facing reality.
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