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Layoffs were mostly in tech no? I don’t see much complaining about a shortage there anymore. Certainly not compared to some years ago when every HN idiot was co
by the_only_law 3y ago
Layoffs were mostly in tech no? I don’t see much complaining about a shortage there anymore. Certainly not compared to some years ago when every HN idiot was copy pasting some phrase about software eating the world in response to concerns over the future of the labor market.
Mostly I see this from places offering low skill work, and IME, there’s a host of problems there. Pay is one everyone talks about. A lot of these crappy jobs looks like they pay more than they used to. I see very few jobs paying minimum wage anymore, but they don’t seem to hire full time workers anymore. Funny enough $7.25/h at 40 hours is more than $15/h at 30 hours. There’s also process issues. Not sure I want to go into all that I’ve noticed right now, but I really believe these companies are lazy as shit and could help themselves by being a little more proactive and adaptive to the current market.
- gensym 3y ago> Funny enough $7.25/h at 40 hours is more than $15/h at 30 hours. What?
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoLabor shortage of people who can't do math?
- credit_guy 3y agoI think GP wanted to say “less”. Meaning that some companies are willing to pay $30/h for part time work rather than $7.25/h for full timers, although 30 hours of the former costs (much) more than 40 hours of the latter. Of course, part time workers can be fired much more easily than full time ones, so it’s not such a paradox.