There was something to be said for being able to get jobs fast because the relationship and obligations between employees and employers was so minimal, when you

There was something to be said for being able to get jobs fast because the relationship and obligations between employees and employers was so minimal, when you could "give the boss a firm handshake" and start working that day, then find a new job just as fast if your boss turned out to be an abusive prick. These days if an adult wants to get even a basic unskilled labor job it takes weeks or months to get through the application and review process and the temp-to-hire run-around that follows it. The result is mostly the same for employers, they ultimately only hire people they feel they can count on and the extra overhead just represents a few more people in HR for them. But for employees, the lengthy process makes switching jobs a stressful ordeal of getting tangled in inhuman bureaucracy while your need to pay rent looms.