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economy is crashing and not enough jobs so everyone has gone on sick benefits. It's arguably better to have a bit less income per week but have all your own tim
by benbojangles 3y ago
economy is crashing and not enough jobs so everyone has gone on sick benefits. It's arguably better to have a bit less income per week but have all your own time to prioritise your life/health balance than it is to be a gig economy worker with low pay and high workload. Simples.
- ajmurmann 3y agoWhich metrics are you basing the assertion on that the economy is crashing? Edit: rereading your comment it seems that you have concerns about unemployment. It seems that in both UK and US we are looking at record-low unemployment numbers. At least in the US, I know that finding workers is a real challenge right now and many businesses are only open limited hours because they cannot find staff.
- Broken_Hippo 3y agoI know that finding workers is a real challenge right now and many businesses are only open limited hours because they cannot find staff. Your comment sounds eerily similar to the false "no one wants to work any more". It isn't like they are generally offering enough pay to cover basic things nor are they willing to actually treat people better to fill those jobs. Not to mention that there are fake job ads out there - companies put ads out, but aren't hiring. Example article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-plum-job-listing-may-just-be-a-ghost-3aafc794 https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-plum-job-listing-may-just-...
- ajmurmann 3y agoAgain, US has the lowest unemployment since the 70s. I'm not doubting anyone's motivation to work. I'm wondering about the claim about a crashing economy and high unemployment.