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Know so many people who worked in food-service, but were always kept below 20hrs a week. Couldn't really work another job to make up for it either, because the

• nuerow 5y ago
  > Real BS. I'd say there is no labor shortage, only a exploitable labor shortage. Employers who respect their employees, offer decent salaries, and adequate working conditions don't have a problem attracting candidates. Somehow the businesses we see whining about their employees quitting in droves and having a hard time replacing them sound awfully nightmarish and highly disrespectful and outright abusive of their current and former staff. A telltale sign is how this class of employers are blaming unemployment benefits and relief payments for eliminating their leverage over the poor souls who felt obligated to tolerate these jobs, and how they are no longer able to coerce them into falling in line.