One of the core arguments seems to be that ”you don’t need to go finding people to hire if you never let them go”. The only people my company lost are the peop

One of the core arguments seems to be that ”you don’t need to go finding people to hire if you never let them go”. The only people my company lost are the people who were making more on unemployment than at their job. Most were making $18/hr working, and $24/hr with the extended benefits. We allowed them to leave if it made more sense for them, as a favor to them, hoping they would return, some have. All the other positions that we’re struggling to fill, are new positions. We need a sysadmin in Detroit and I can get one, not even close. So… no, I don’t subscribe to this argument. We didn’t let a single person go, and are in the same boat as everyone else. Covid was a great thing for the megacorps and I think we should consider if that was all coincidence or not. Local resturants let people go, fast food places didn’t, neither can get enough people. My local Thai place can’t pay the $20/hr and signing bonus to match the McDonalads two blocks down. This is a particular blight on small business. Maybe if we could pay a level1 IT tech $95k/yr we might get one, but big Nope on that.