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My customer owns a metal factory and complained about this: the unemployment boost made it impossible for him to fill low level positions as most would make mor
by dkdk8283 6y ago
My customer owns a metal factory and complained about this: the unemployment boost made it impossible for him to fill low level positions as most would make more to stay home.
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- asdff 6y agoYou are taking a risk coming off unemployment in a pandemic. If you get laid off again, good luck getting back on unemployment. If people aren't taking the job, that means the pay is lower than the perceived risk to the worker, and should be raised.
- calmworm 6y agoSo, pay more?
- mywittyname 6y agoI think that explanation is more of a political talking point than reality. I guess if you make people desperate enough, then they will start looking for new jobs. But I think he's grossly underestimating what's going on with society. Most people on unemployment are laid off. They are not applying for new jobs because they assume that they will have a job to go back to shortly. These people are also dealing with the clusterfuck surrounding schooling & childcare. From what I've seen, it's close to impossible to get your younger child back into childcare. The older ones taking remote classes in school require a good deal of adult attention. I don't think a lot of people would change jobs even for a big raise because things are so hectic right now. Even people here on HN are struggling to balance their lives, and these are people who earn good wages and have a lot of flexibility with their schedule.
- orev 6y agoDuring a pandemic, that’s the point! You don’t want desperate people staying in the workforce and spreading the virus which kills more people. Having people stay home is what was supposed to happen!