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Doesn't add up (discuss.online)
submitted 6 days ago by to c/workreform@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 6 days ago (1 child)

Tangentially related a bit, but I feel like this is part of why the "no one wants to work" became a meme after COVID.

Because everything shutdown, some of these people realized just how much they were paying for day care and getting lunch and gas, and how little they made formit, that they realized they were better off just, not working that secondary income job and didn't go back.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    On the other hand, that was also the time where there seemed to be an increase in the online bullshittiness jumping through flaming hoops to apply for jobs that ultimately didn't exist because companies had to show that they were trying to hire so they didn't have to pay back loans, while saying people weren't taking the positions or weren't qualified so they could keep the money.

    I remember at the tail end of things waiting for my order in a burger place where the owner was working because they were short staffed and he was bitching about "no one wants to work anymore" with a customer. The guy sounded like a dick, and all I could think was that either he's not paying enough or he's treating his employees like shit - that's probably why they don't want to work for him. Either way that was the first and last time I went there.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    I was in a corpo burger joint the other day (I know, not my choice, but an elderly neighbor I help out). It was filthy, understaffed, with kiosks for ordering. We refused to use it, and a 50ish guy in line told us it was faster. I said they don't pay us to do that, they can hire enough employees, and he made that no one wants to work comment. I said they can pay enough to live, and he said something about life choices. I said I know people with degrees working at Starbucks, he said he was a high school drop out and doing well, it was poor choices. I snapped and said, "No! They can afford to pay people a living wage, aren't doing that, and your burger still costs as much as Olive Garden!" He didn't say anything else, I continued chatting with the lawn guys ahead of us, as we waited.

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