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If this is happening it is truly a good thing. I have always felt that the best way to have improvements for entry-level labor is if they just refused to take t
by macinjosh 6y ago
If this is happening it is truly a good thing. I have always felt that the best way to have improvements for entry-level labor is if they just refused to take the shitty jobs and the market turned on employers. What employers refer to as shortages aren't really that at all. The truth is that the labor market is just not in their favor as it typically is.
I do not think it is ideal that the alternative option being utilized is government handouts. I'd rather people have the mindset to, for example, run their own hot dog stand on the street instead working for a fast food chain. But entrepreneurship is not easy for everyone.
- cratermoon 6y agoIt's not even the shitty entry-level labor that is underpaid. There's plenty of examples of companies offering $15/hr for mid-career jobs requiring some post-secondary education.
- djfobbz 6y agoI'm not too sure about that one! I've seen some entry level laborers getting paid $10/hr to sleep in their car. I don't think "Sleeping in your car" is a valid job description for any business.
- sthnblllII 6y agoIf there are a dozen people in line to take the job who will have to return to a third world country if they dont get it, no amount of worker solidarity with other Americans will increase your wage because every single job will be filled by a foreign worker for whom minimum wage is still many times higher than what they get in their home country. There is no way around the immigration issue. Covid wont last forever.