A lot of people took the unemployment and have started their own businesses. What an easy way to float you by while you're working on creating a new stream of income.
My granddaughter worked for Amazon in Portland and wasn't happy there, now she works at an Italian restaurant while going to Art and Film school
I worked two jobs for over three years from 19-23. People want shit gifted to them and have no clue how hard “True Survival” is.
I understand it was tough at times before. But it was never as tough for as long as it has been since 80s.
Many people are doing this now. And many of them are not getting ahead in doing so. So you did it for 4 years. That's some people's whole lives. That's how you get extreme homelessness, drug and psychological problems, as well as high rates of violent crime and murder. All of the anecdotes you can throw at it doesn't change facts.
yeah but the bulk of the resignation is from people 30 and under, no? i agree people shouldn't have to work two jobs their whole lives and those people, we need to figure out how to help aNd/or educate. But im referring to the bulk of the youth not willing to start out at the bottom and work hard to work their way up.
I've seen no evidence that there are specifically fewer young people willing to work. We have plenty of hard working young people at my shop and they started at the bottom just like I did. Is there some data which leads you to believe this is not the case at most places? Amazon is a shit job. I've known people who worked there and I sure as hell wouldn't work there.
I don't know about the work habits of youth these days. But I do know that old folks have been complaining about the laziness of younger generations for a long long time. barfo
just the look of the age of those I've seen posting videos of walking out of jobs. Is there any evidence showing its not?
i was complaining about it at 22 in the construction/government field, having to work next to people doing as little as possible and getting paid the same as me. It seems many people will work harder once they get a raise. I was brought up to work harder to get a raise. Could this mentality be part of the problem why some cant move up the ladder to better jobs and positions to not have to work two jobs?
Income inequality continues to grow. This isn't the same as 40 years ago with people taking a job to get by or working two jobs. Long gone are the days someone made 40k in the late 80s working a manual labor job and could buy a brand new house in Gresham for 50k. College, homes, groceries. All of it is substantially more expensive in comparison to what people can make nowadays.
There are many factors at play here.... but the predominate one is the policies of the Federal Reserve.
In 2008, the USPS and UPS each delivered about 3.5 billion packages in the US while FedEx delivered almost 2 billion, a total of almost 9 billion, or 30 packages/person. In 2020, the USPS delivered slightly more than 7 billion, UPS 5.5 billion, Amazon 4 billion and quickly rising, and FedEx about 3 billion, a total of 20 billion packages, or 61 packages/person, or roughly one/week. Just a fun stat I came across this morning.
Why would we assume something changed without any evidence to suggest a change has occurred? Every generation complains about younger generations being "lazy". Doesn't it make more sense that the boomers are the ones retiring and the younger generations are taking the jobs which have opened up, thereby leaving openings which immigrants can't fill because they've gone home during the pandemic?
