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It sounds just like the private sector: Lack of staff everywhere. Perhaps talking too much about comfort of life led too many people to walk away; Meanwhile, we

It sounds just like the private sector: Lack of staff everywhere. Perhaps talking too much about comfort of life led too many people to walk away; Meanwhile, well, we obviously generate enough wealth since they are walking away satisfied with their new standard of living. The danger is, as a society, perhaps the feedback look has inertia: WAY too many people have resigned from the “hustle life” and we are not yet feeling the effect of what happens when so few people work. Maybe, after 10 years, the Western countries will drop off the G8, and be replaced by cultures who are more willing to work.

netsharc 4y ago
The pandemic had the effect of the wake-up call of "Why hustle all of your life, enjoy it more, for it may end sooner than you expect.", although I don't know how great that effect is. Maybe in the West/all over the world the workers have also noticed that the wealth is getting funneled more towards the top (Bezos can now send Captain Kirk up to the sky in a penis and buy a yacht that made headlines because a bridge in the Netherlands had to be allegedly disassembled so it would fit through...). Even in China the youth are (or they were, was it just a fad?) doing the "lie flat" movement that the government has made statements of "Everyone has to work hard for the greater good!".
XorNot 4y ago
You're hiring at a pittance rate and then when no one wants to work for your company throwing red flags in the interview stage, and rather then asking "should we offer more money" you turn around and go "guess no one wants to work!" No. No one wants to work for you at the rate you're offering.
- ghaff 4y ago
  Except the public sector, especially at the local level, only has a pot of money as big as the voters approve. You can pay more for fewer people (and it's often hard to layoff people) or pay less for more. So you can decide to pay more but that means hiring fewer people and doing fewer things (like filling in potholes) or staffing a DMV location. Private companies have constraints too of course but generally have more flexibility in dealing with them--which can of course be to decide that some job isn't worth it if they have to pay $X to fill it. We do this all the time at a personal level. While there are some service people who I would pretty much have to grin and bear it. There are plenty of other things I'd just let go, do it myself, etc.
  - rdtwo 4y ago
    The right thing is to just do less at the right staffing levels. Trying to do the same amount causes everything to grind to a halt. Most managers end up doing the latter because slowing things down against organizational inertia is really hard

netsharc 4y ago

The pandemic had the effect of the wake-up call of "Why hustle all of your life, enjoy it more, for it may end sooner than you expect.", although I don't know how great that effect is. Maybe in the West/all over the world the workers have also noticed that the wealth is getting funneled more towards the top (Bezos can now send Captain Kirk up to the sky in a penis and buy a yacht that made headlines because a bridge in the Netherlands had to be allegedly disassembled so it would fit through...). Even in China the youth are (or they were, was it just a fad?) doing the "lie flat" movement that the government has made statements of "Everyone has to work hard for the greater good!".

XorNot 4y ago

You're hiring at a pittance rate and then when no one wants to work for your company throwing red flags in the interview stage, and rather then asking "should we offer more money" you turn around and go "guess no one wants to work!" No. No one wants to work for you at the rate you're offering.

ghaff 4y ago
Except the public sector, especially at the local level, only has a pot of money as big as the voters approve. You can pay more for fewer people (and it's often hard to layoff people) or pay less for more. So you can decide to pay more but that means hiring fewer people and doing fewer things (like filling in potholes) or staffing a DMV location. Private companies have constraints too of course but generally have more flexibility in dealing with them--which can of course be to decide that some job isn't worth it if they have to pay $X to fill it. We do this all the time at a personal level. While there are some service people who I would pretty much have to grin and bear it. There are plenty of other things I'd just let go, do it myself, etc.
- rdtwo 4y ago
  The right thing is to just do less at the right staffing levels. Trying to do the same amount causes everything to grind to a halt. Most managers end up doing the latter because slowing things down against organizational inertia is really hard