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what i dont understand is how are workers who are quiting managing to get by.
by dominotw 5y ago
what i dont understand is how are workers who are quiting managing to get by.
- XorNot 5y agoPeople keep interpreting this as "they're just not working!" whereas the actual answer is much closer to "people have utterly lost their tolerance for terrible bosses, and 'worker shortage' means there's plenty of ability to shop around".
- smt88 5y agoThe majority of retail and restaurant workers who quit have gone into white-collar administrative jobs.
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- rsj_hn 5y agoCurious, where are you getting your data?
- Jensson 5y agoWhy didn't they do that before the pandemic?
- Sargos 5y agoThe upgraded unemployment payments might have acted as a sort of UBI that gave those looking to change careers or get a better position time to plan, learn, and complete the long and arduous process. Having a buffer lets people focus on what's important for them and this pandemic gave nearly everyone more time and, for some, the means to safely take the next step.
- smt88 5y ago1. I doubt there is one answer that applies to everyone. 2. I don't know, and I doubt anyone else does either at the moment. My guess is that it was a combination of issues: - more time, freedom, and money to look for a new job - worsening treatment of workers - vicious cycle of turnover leading to burnout leading to more turnover - increased demand for low-skill white-collar jobs as services (especially technology) boomed - continued urbanization, forcing low-wage workers to move away from urban jobs and into remote work
- baq 5y agoit's expensive to be jobless. switching jobs with a cushion of safety in the form of stimulus checks and additional motivation of not being paid in the current job anyway is much easier in the sense that there's much less opportunity cost.
- IAmGraydon 5y agoSource?
- dominotw 5y ago> into white-collar administrative jobs how did all these jobs materialize in the millions.
- heartbreak 5y agoThere are so many ways, but the obvious one is getting a job in a different industry. Warehouses and logistics exploded last year when the tourism and hospitality industries essentially stopped. Don’t forget how much fraud was introduced into the unemployment data last year.
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