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There are jobs, plenty of jobs, and yet somehow no one filling those roles. Never mind that they're underpaying... or that we lost half a million people in the

• nvahalik 5y ago
  > or that we lost half a million people in the labor force... This is not true, unless you're considering all ages in the labor force. Stats from this page[0] seem to indicate that COVID-related deaths are <120k for people under age 65. That's quite a bit less than "half a million people" in the labor force. (Assuming, like I am that people tend to retire at 65.) [0]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...
  • kube-system 5y ago
    I think they meant “lost” as in “not participating” not “lost” as in “dead” I haven’t looked up the change in labor force stats myself, but they’re not simply the total number of living people in a certain age bracket. There are plenty of people between 18-65 who aren’t part of the labor force: i.e: disabled, retired, stay-at-home, incarcerated, etc.
• amiga 5y ago
  "Pay more" does seem like the best response here
  • seafoam 5y ago
    That is not how this works. Instead : capacity gets curtailed, prices are raised, and what people can afford goes down.
• newfriend 5y ago
  Or that the government is paying people who don't want to work.