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Have fun with that. There is an army of teenagers who would be more than glad to pick up the empty positions.

by tekla 3y ago

FirmwareBurner 3y ago
Unionization is orthogonal to labor oversupply. In fact it's who unions should be for.
bryanlarsen 3y ago
No there isn't. Most teenagers don't want fast food jobs or any other job that won't help them get into college, and most of those who do already have one.
- tekla 3y ago
  Did something change in the last decade where teenagers suddenly stopped liking having money?
  - xboxnolifes 3y ago
    Cheaper entertainment.
  - bryanlarsen 3y ago
    Yes. It's been a gradual change, but it's become really evident over the last decade. It's not that they don't want money, but extra-curriculars have a lot more importance on college applications, and those prevent part time jobs. Also, multi-player video games are occupying kids free time, and don't require the folding money that previous hobbies like cars did.
  - salawat 3y ago
    Yes. Places stopped paying reasonable wages as they were too busy funneling it to CXO's/shareholders while completely losing track of the plot that there is no guarantee laborers are going to back what you're doing. Frankly, I like the change.
- Uehreka 3y ago
  Do you have stats on that or something? When I was a teenager (late 2000s) you definitely wanted a “good on college application job”, but you probably didn’t get it. At that point you wanted a “walking around money” job like MacDonallds, but you didn’t get that either because adults were taking all the teen summer jobs since things were so tight.
  - bryanlarsen 3y ago
    https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/youth-unemployment-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/yout...
schwartzworld 3y ago
Kids are no more deserving of abuse than grownups.
UncleMeat 3y ago
How many teenagers can staff a Burger King at noon on a Wednesday?
throwaway290 3y ago
Will those teenagers hate to be paid better?

Have fun with that. There is an army of teenagers who would be more than glad to pick up the empty positions.

by tekla 3y ago

Have fun with that. There is an army of teenagers who would be more than glad to pick up the empty positions.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

Unionization is orthogonal to labor oversupply. In fact it's who unions should be for.

bryanlarsen 3y ago

No there isn't. Most teenagers don't want fast food jobs or any other job that won't help them get into college, and most of those who do already have one.

tekla 3y ago
Did something change in the last decade where teenagers suddenly stopped liking having money?
- xboxnolifes 3y ago
  Cheaper entertainment.
- bryanlarsen 3y ago
  Yes. It's been a gradual change, but it's become really evident over the last decade. It's not that they don't want money, but extra-curriculars have a lot more importance on college applications, and those prevent part time jobs. Also, multi-player video games are occupying kids free time, and don't require the folding money that previous hobbies like cars did.
- salawat 3y ago
  Yes. Places stopped paying reasonable wages as they were too busy funneling it to CXO's/shareholders while completely losing track of the plot that there is no guarantee laborers are going to back what you're doing. Frankly, I like the change.
Uehreka 3y ago
Do you have stats on that or something? When I was a teenager (late 2000s) you definitely wanted a “good on college application job”, but you probably didn’t get it. At that point you wanted a “walking around money” job like MacDonallds, but you didn’t get that either because adults were taking all the teen summer jobs since things were so tight.
- bryanlarsen 3y ago
  https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/youth-unemployment-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/yout...

schwartzworld 3y ago

Kids are no more deserving of abuse than grownups.

UncleMeat 3y ago

How many teenagers can staff a Burger King at noon on a Wednesday?

throwaway290 3y ago

Will those teenagers hate to be paid better?