Question: What is the employment situation like where you are?

[crimsonaudio]

I traveled across the East Coast for my honeymoon, and I saw firsthand that the labor shortage is worse than ever

The tight labor market has left some business owners feeling that no one wants to work anymore, but that's not the reality.

www.businessinsider.com

She traveled across 6 states and saw this.

Yeah, like most things involving lots of people, it's complicated, not a simple answer like so many seem to want to believe.

 

[JDCrimson]

"Nobody wants to work anymore", "He won't work", or "He wouldn't hit a lick at a snake"

I have been hearing this for forty years. It literally has to be some other reason than just laziness.

Our country cannot staff the demand to produce all we need or want domestically. Politically we can't seem to grasp this concept. It's about to get significantly worse. Alabama will lose 500,000 workers to retirement over the next 10 yrs. There are not enough in-state workers coming up to replace them.

Yeah, like most things involving lots of people, it's complicated, not a simple answer like so many seem to want to believe.

 

[uafanataum]

"Nobody wants to work anymore", "He won't work", or "He wouldn't hit a lick at a snake"

I have been hearing this for forty years. It literally has to be some other reason than just laziness.

Our country cannot staff the demand to produce all we need or want domestically. Politically we can't seem to grasp this concept. It's about to get significantly worse. Alabama will lose 500,000 workers to retirement over the next 10 yrs. There are not enough in-state workers coming up to replace them.

We could always import them. We just have to keep the xenophobes out of office.

 

[2003TIDE]

"Nobody wants to work anymore"

Heard a vendor mutter this to a customer this weekend when I was at the farmers market. I just rolled my eyes.

It is almost like they don't like free market principles. When nobody is buying what they are selling (jobs) maybe they should look at selling a better product (higher wages and better benefits.) When this many people start parroting the same catch phrase, I think it points to faux news drumming up angst against the Biden economy for the midterms.

In the end, a lot of these companies either fired their employees or treated them like they were expendable during the pandemic. What do they expect?

 

[Bamaro]

Heard a vendor mutter this to a customer this weekend when I was at the farmers market. I just rolled my eyes.

It is almost like they don't like free market principles. When nobody is buying what they are selling (jobs) maybe they should look at selling a better product (higher wages and better benefits.) When this many people start parroting the same catch phrase, I think it points to faux news drumming up angst against the Biden economy for the midterms.

In the end, a lot of these companies either fired their employees or treated them like they were expendable during the pandemic. What do they expect?

"Nobody wants to work anymore". Never trust an absolute statement

 

[NationalTitles18]

States Ending $300 Unemployment Benefits Haven’t Boosted Labor Market Yet, Morgan Stanley Finds

It’s been nearly one month since 22 states started ending the federal government’s enhanced weekly benefit.

www.forbes.com

 

[B1GTide]

States Ending $300 Unemployment Benefits Haven’t Boosted Labor Market Yet, Morgan Stanley Finds

It’s been nearly one month since 22 states started ending the federal government’s enhanced weekly benefit.

www.forbes.com

Shocking

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Shocking

I see signs everywhere that say now hiring.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I see signs everywhere that say now hiring.

Problem is, if the job or the workplace sucks, no amount of money makes someone want to be there. Maybe initially, but soon enough it's just not enough.

 

[Crimson1967]

I saw a sign outside a Wendy’s in Newnan saying they are hiring at $11 an hour.

Went to eat at a Longhorn’s tonight and they said a 15 minute wait with four groups ahead of me. The dining room appeared to be nearly empty. It was ten minutes to five. I left.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I suddenly have people calling me every day to check on me.

I'm (thisclose) to walking out the door myself. There's enough demand for my job that I can bank money, take three months off, and work on something besides work.

And while I realize the posts I put from work at times might suggest I don't do much, I'm far from lazy.

As far as the workers, I learned long ago that it's too damn complicated to find a single reason. It's not that different from trying to figure out how you wound up in divorce court. There's usually no 'single reason' for it.

 

[Padreruf]

My wife and I went out to eat brunch after my last radiation treatment. Our waiter was a nice young man...his real "vocation" is as a "kick-boxer." He is trying to save up enough money to go to Thailand for the world championships. Talk about understanding that success is not always a straight path...I admire him.

Now, let's just see some inebriated patron act up in that restaurant!!!

 

[selmaborntidefan]

If NT18 posted this or someone else did (it's about 18 months old), I apologize, but it's worth considering. Last night I made a decision - I need to get my ex and my son on board (because it affects him) with my plan, but I am still going to follow through with mine. I cannot disclose at this time for obvious reasons.

Is Your Lab Struggling with Burnout Like Other Labs? Here's How Reference Materials May Help.

A staffing crisis may be looming in the nation’s clinical testing laboratories, and many labs are already facing the problem. How can you hold on to your best technicians while getting your newest team members up to the same skill level quickly?

blog.seracare.com

For anyone considering a career as a clinical laboratory technician, the news is good. According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the need for lab technicians is expected to grow 12% through to 2026. To put that in context, job growth for any occupation is projected to increase only 7% during that same period.

Even though labs are becoming more automated, technicians will still be needed to run the equipment properly — and they will be required in greater numbers than ever before.

But what represents an opportunity to budding technicians can also create a headache for lab directors. And the crisis isn’t in the far-off future of 2026; labs are dealing with staffing shortages now.

Citing an American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) survey, the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science points out that the average vacancy rate for any type of medical laboratory is 7.2 percent. The same ASCP survey said most departments take between three and six months to replace a departed staff member.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Note that the date of the article is the month before all hell broke loose with Covid.

 

[NationalTitles18]

So what you're saying is you have a highly valuable and sought-after skillset. I hope that works to your advantage.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

So what you're saying is you have a highly valuable and sought-after skillset. I hope that works to your advantage.

Coach,

I can run, pass, kick, and block.

 

[uafanataum]

What McDonald’s minimum wage raise says about fast-food franchise future

McDonald's is raising minimum wages at its corporate-owned restaurants. Not all fast food franchisees agree, but some owners say it's time to think long-term.

www.cnbc.com

 

[selmaborntidefan]

This is not exaggerated in ANY way. In ANY way.

When I got my car a few months ago it came with free Sirius XM radio, which expires today. Also, I'm a real stickler when I stop my car to turn off the AC and the radio, etc. But for whatever reason yesterday - actually I was running to get in from a storm - I accidentally left the radio tuned to the 70s station.

(You'll only get this if you've seen "Goodfellas").

I hop in the Rogue this morning and push the key to start it. All of a sudden, the piano part from "Layla" comes through the speakers..........to say it freaked me out is an understatement.....

 

[Padreruf]

This is not exaggerated in ANY way. In ANY way.

When I got my car a few months ago it came with free Sirius XM radio, which expires today. Also, I'm a real stickler when I stop my car to turn off the AC and the radio, etc. But for whatever reason yesterday - actually I was running to get in from a storm - I accidentally left the radio tuned to the 70s station.

(You'll only get this if you've seen "Goodfellas").

I hop in the Rogue this morning and push the key to start it. All of a sudden, the piano part from "Layla" comes through the speakers..........to say it freaked me out is an understatement.....

Call Sirius XM and renegotiate your contract...I do so every year and wind up paying about $4-5 per month for each radio. If not they will charge you a bundle today...a couple of hundred for the next year per radio.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

So what you're saying is you have a highly valuable and sought-after skillset. I hope that works to your advantage.

I have two kids who are old enough to begin talking with them about "supply and demand" in the workforce and the importance of ensuring they're on the right side of the supply and demand curve. I pass on to them what my dad passed on to my siblings and me, "Make money with your mind, not your body because your body will wear out before your mind does."

My daughter works concession stands during the summer for baseball tournaments in our area. The company she works for puts A LOT of responsibility on her for a 16 year old. There are times she shows up at 9:00 am and doesn't leave until 9:00 pm, at $8/hour. She comes home completely exhausted and at times begins complaining about the labor compared to the pay. I told her, "You remember this when you're tired of doing your homework, sick of going to school, just wanting to 'get a job' etc. Remember what it is like to work like a rented mule for 12 hours in the summer heat for only $8/hour. Don't forget what that feels like."