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Jimbo S

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33. The work around:

Fri Oct 15, 2021, 02:38 PM

Oct 2021

is to not buy a smart phone. "Sorry, you won't be able to get a hold of me. I don't have a smart phone." It's worked so far, but Saturday will be the day I join modern society.

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The Great Resignation led to 4.3 million Americans quit jobs in August. This trend is here to stay. [View all] Dr. Jack Oct 2021 OP

I see a lot of help wanted signs at convenience stores jpak Oct 2021 #1

A local McD's here in PA is even offering hiring bonuses for coming on the team dutch777 Oct 2021 #2

Some of these places aren't getting the hiring done because of incompetent managers. lark Oct 2021 #11

Management has the same retention issues probably as employees dutch777 Oct 2021 #40

our local Buzz Inn ( ranchers delight) had a big sign on their front door with new hours.. samnsara Oct 2021 #3

There's a sweet spot...they need to actually work to find it. Same old ain't it. dutch777 Oct 2021 #41

Working all hours and every holiday EYESORE 9001 Oct 2021 #4

It's not just convenient stores or fast food places jpak Oct 2021 #16

IDK - a lot of high wheelin' and dealin' and store-level personal chaos Backseat Driver Oct 2021 #14

I watched the Help Wanted sign at local McDonald's go from $11 to $12 to $14 and now at $15. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #5

And they have had to raise prices to cover that madville Oct 2021 #13

madville.. eeekkk do you actually EAT that stuff?? HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #20

I don't eat anything from McDonalds lol madville Oct 2021 #21

Whew!! I feel better, now.. I was worried about ya.. HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #22

I wonder if this is a course correction after the Great Recession Dr. Jack Oct 2021 #6

Not soon enough for some OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #9

Employers have had the upper hand for decades. Lonestarblue Oct 2021 #7

When I was in college in the early to mid 2000s Dr. Jack Oct 2021 #10

The cellphone becoming ubiquitous didn't help. Ligyron Oct 2021 #25

Yep. If you have a smart phone, C Moon Oct 2021 #27

The work around: Jimbo S Oct 2021 #33

For corporate America, it's even worse than that bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #8

"Working for yourself where the profits are yours" BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #12

I wonder if college-debt is a factor in young people avoiding jobs that offer a steady paycheck? 70sEraVet Oct 2021 #18

Working for yourself requires additional skills HariSeldon Oct 2021 #36

And I thought it was either blueinredohio Oct 2021 #15

It's that damn Free Market. multigraincracker Oct 2021 #24

Among them mothers who have to stay home when schools send kids home question everything Oct 2021 #17

Those in their 50s DownriverDem Oct 2021 #19

Ding ding ding! That's it right there. LittleGirl Oct 2021 #32

Of course they can't *say* you're too old Bucky Oct 2021 #39

HR is company only LittleGirl Oct 2021 #42

It's happening here in Canada as well. OnlinePoker Oct 2021 #23

My favorite Chinese closed shop. Ligyron Oct 2021 #29

Towards the end of the Downton Abbey series, people didn't want to work in service any more OnlinePoker Oct 2021 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Ligyron Oct 2021 #31

I know that jobs in Education BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #26

I work for a small move management company that pays pretty well starting at $25 an hour kimbutgar Oct 2021 #28

Corporate Starvation wage structure has met its end Angrius Oct 2021 #34

Exactly! love_katz Oct 2021 #35

Only reason I stay employed by a corporation is health insurance. roamer65 Oct 2021 #37

Maybe Republicans will finally support more jobs training programs... Bucky Oct 2021 #38

My husband left his job at the end of September Deep State Witch Oct 2021 #43

I think a lot of this is women staying home with their kids speaktruthtopower Oct 2021 #44