Quote:The newest phenomenon to come out of the Covid pandemic is a record number of people quitting their jobs. China is even experiencing its own wave of quitters, but their reason for leaving might not be what you think.
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
Whelp, sucking on that Government tit until it runs dry. There is no hope for ROME 2.0 moving forward. Fools will be led like sheep to slaughter. Explains a lot of why there is such a shortage of workers here in SE Texas. My wife and I went to PEI WEI and they were so short staffed that we given all disposable items like Panda Express. No need to have someone washing dishes if there is no one to hire or accept the job.
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
(01-15-2022 12:11 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote: It's as if employers are offering sucky jobs and pay that no one wants..
Well, successful careers frequently start out with those "sucky" jobs.
I know that anybody armed with a BA or BS (or in many cases, even a HS diploma or even GED) has a hard time understanding why nobody wants to make him/her CEO tomorrow, but that's not the way it works.
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
(01-15-2022 12:21 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:
(01-15-2022 12:11 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote: It's as if employers are offering sucky jobs and pay that no one wants..
Well, successful careers frequently start out with those "sucky" jobs.
I know that anybody armed with a BA or BS (or in many cases, even a HS diploma or even GED) has a hard time understanding why nobody wants to make him/her CEO tomorrow, but that's not the way it works.
The kids nowadays expect to start where their parents finished. I see it everyday in the appraisal business.
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
(01-15-2022 12:23 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote: The kids nowadays expect to start where their parents finished. I see it everyday in the appraisal business.
Quote:There’s no shortage of explanations offered for the ongoing worker shortage — a shortage that has left our nation with more than 11 million unfilled jobs. Some blame delayed or early retirements. Others point to unreliable access to school and childcare. And some say the tight labor market has empowered workers to hold out for ever higher wages in ever more purposeful jobs.
But the best place to look for an explanation of the worker shortage is right over your shoulder: Big Brother.
While some of Big Brother’s most overt attempts at socialism have stalled, his methods for wreaking havoc on American lives through big-government policies have quietly continued unabated. The unemployment bonus which drove much of the initial worker shortage has already ended, and months have passed since the federal government sent the last stimulus checks, but these blatant efforts to promote dependency were never the only big-government attacks on work.
At nearly every turn during our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, federal government policies have incentivized government dependency. Putting aside unemployment bonuses and stimulus checks, we can’t forget the months-long eviction moratorium and the Medicaid rule that forces states to keep millions of able-bodied Americans on Medicaid even after they become ineligible. Nor can we forget that this administration has prevented states from adding proven work requirements to Medicaid to help more able-bodied Americans get back to work.
But sadly, that’s not all. The federal government has even suspended existing work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents on food stamps. At the same time, the Biden administration announced it would increase average food stamp benefits by a whopping 25 percent. A family of four can now receive a maximum monthly benefit of $835, while the average American family of the same size only spends $537. It’s become clear that you don’t have to work, or even show interest in working, and the government will pay for your grocery bill — and some — all the same.
When welfare pays more than work, why go look for a job?
Too many Americans have learned big government’s intended message. To get all your basic needs met, from health insurance and housing to hundreds, or even thousands, more dollars in other government handouts, you only need to do one thing: submit.
Surely, you might say, there is more to blame than big government policies for this whole mess. But don’t forget that the government has had an indirect hand in the other serious causes of the worker shortage, causes like unreliable childcare and school closures. After all, government mandates have driven both.
With all these incentives that promote dependency and mandates that prevent work, it’s almost hard to believe the worker shortage isn’t worse. But it’s already bad enough, even without our imagination. While the unemployment rate has continued to drop over the past few months, the labor force participation rate remains stagnant at just 61.7 percent. Millions of working-age Americans simply won’t go to work, and the blame lies squarely with big government policies.
We have paid American workers to stay at home — and they have.
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
(01-15-2022 12:23 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:
(01-15-2022 12:21 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:
(01-15-2022 12:11 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote: It's as if employers are offering sucky jobs and pay that no one wants..
Well, successful careers frequently start out with those "sucky" jobs.
I know that anybody armed with a BA or BS (or in many cases, even a HS diploma or even GED) has a hard time understanding why nobody wants to make him/her CEO tomorrow, but that's not the way it works.
The kids nowadays expect to start where their parents finished. I see it everyday in the appraisal business.
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
(01-15-2022 12:23 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:
(01-15-2022 12:21 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:
(01-15-2022 12:11 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote: It's as if employers are offering sucky jobs and pay that no one wants..
Well, successful careers frequently start out with those "sucky" jobs.
I know that anybody armed with a BA or BS (or in many cases, even a HS diploma or even GED) has a hard time understanding why nobody wants to make him/her CEO tomorrow, but that's not the way it works.
The kids nowadays expect to start where their parents finished. I see it everyday in the appraisal business.
Funny you should say that. Its been a real eye opener for one of my kids.
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
(01-15-2022 12:11 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote: It's as if employers are offering sucky jobs and pay that no one wants..
Its not that. These young kids have been handed everything right now. As long as they can make it by being lazy and getting the unemployment / welfare check they will continue to sit on their collective azzes. Why work when someone else will support you.
Man, would I love for Grand Dad who grew up during the Great Depression to come back and to be their supervisor for a year. He taught me the value of hard work and I have lived way beyond wildest dreams all because I never shied away from hard work. I can still hear him now. Son if you agreed to the pay and don't hold up your end it makes you a liar a thief and an untrustworthy person. Never leave a job until you find something better and always give old employer a two week notice. Never burn bridges you don't have too.
I worked in greasy heavy equipment yards , Roofing, Meat Packing Company, & Home Construction to name a few and the pay wasn't great at any of them. Hay Hauling jobs were the hardest and the worst pay but we always did what the Farmers wanted.
His generation built this nation and every other generation including my own has been slowly tearing it down.
Minimum wage when I worked in high school was $3.35/hour. Now, it's $7.25/hour. With all the labor shortages some employers are paying in excess of $10.00/hour minimum. The jobs are there with good wages for any youth of working age that wants them.
(This post was last modified: 01-15-2022 10:59 PM by UCGrad1992.)
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
(01-15-2022 12:11 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote: It's as if employers are offering sucky jobs and pay that no one wants..
Define "sucky" because you sound like a spoiled liberal that expects gilded lifestyles for you and all your friends without ever having to do meaningful and difficult work that involves sweating--work that actually builds character and defines REAL leaders in family and in life.
(This post was last modified: 01-15-2022 10:25 PM by All4One.)
Minimum wage when I worked in high school was $3.35/hour. Now, it's $7.25/hour. With all the labor shortages some employers are paying in excess of $10.00/hour minimum. The jobs are there with good wages for any youth of working age that wants them.
It was a $1.60 when I first started working. (1973) That was a long time ago but like they say. You have to start somewhere and it's not going to be at the Top.
RE: Why are so many young people quitting their jobs?
I worked some crappy jobs when I was in college back in the early 90s. I remember working a job at a fiberglass company cutting plastic, it paid $5.50/hour. It was just a temporary job I had one summer, but what opened my eyes was there were guys there were 30 year old guys working there and this was the way they were paying their bills and taking care of their families. They were making more than me but not much. A lot of these guys were not the best quality of citizen. It made me realize that this was not what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to finish my education and do something better. That is what the purpose of these minimum wage/low wage jobs are: to build up skills so that you are more more desired by an employer who can pay higher wages.
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