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1900 salaried workers with good benefits laid off from Activision 19000 to be hired by Chipotle to make burritos for minimum wage By the labor stats, this is
by oldpersonintx 3y ago
1900 salaried workers with good benefits laid off from Activision
19000 to be hired by Chipotle to make burritos for minimum wage
By the labor stats, this is a net gain of 17100 jobs
- sph 3y agoIt literally is.
- otikik 3y agoAlthough the gaming industry doesn't have a good record, they are probably better than Chipotle. https://jacobin.com/2021/05/chipotle-nightmare-employer-wage-labor-union-health-safety-workers https://jacobin.com/2021/05/chipotle-nightmare-employer-wage...
- gruez 3y agoDo you have any data that shows this is actually what's happening? For the economy as a whole, inflation adjusted wages have been slowly creeping up since the end of the pandemic, which seems contradictory to what you think is happening. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q
- maerF0x0 3y agoi believe their point was about the statistic, but its also roughly the case that the salary/value of jobs created < jobs lost here > While the headlines have been filled with news of layoffs in tech, the vast majority of jobs in the last six months have been created in health care and social assistance, the government, and leisure and hospitality. https://archive.is/1vizJ#selection-561.0-568.0 https://archive.is/1vizJ#selection-561.0-568.0