▲ 239 ▼ More than 28% of Americans are now searching for a new job — the highest rate in a decade (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 26 points 2 years ago* (5 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 years ago Probably because these companies keep playing hard to get (archive version). permalink fedilink source parent [–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) That COVID spike though, it's sharp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, people have forgotten what a fuckin apocalypse was happening as of like not that long ago permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Osito@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Much different than the apocalypse scapes shown on TV, where in real life, we hoard TP and sanitize r permalink fedilink source parent [–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Are you drawing a conclusion from this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 17 points 2 years ago Mostly just posting some accurate information for context I also am implying yes that the metric of “number of Americans who are looking for a new job regardless of whether or not they’re currently employed” is kinda bullshit And by implication that posting this article in this particular way (with its implied incorrect meaning of “searching for a new job”) is likewise bullshit “Unemployment” as a metric is actually bullshit also, for a couple different reasons, but this article I think is probably substantially worse permalink fedilink source parent [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* What you're showing is the past. People's expectations drive the future, quite literally, by changing their spending and other decisions based on those expectations. If a third of people are looking for a job, this will have significant effects in the near term. permalink fedilink source parent [–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) US Chamber of Commerce doesn't exactly seem like the most impartial source... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago I also don't recall a recession happening in 2020 and during COVID, employers were fighting tooth and nail to get bodies in the door with increased pay and benefits, which seems to completely contradict this graph. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 years ago Probably because these companies keep playing hard to get (archive version). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) That COVID spike though, it's sharp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, people have forgotten what a fuckin apocalypse was happening as of like not that long ago permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Osito@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Much different than the apocalypse scapes shown on TV, where in real life, we hoard TP and sanitize r permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, people have forgotten what a fuckin apocalypse was happening as of like not that long ago permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Osito@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Much different than the apocalypse scapes shown on TV, where in real life, we hoard TP and sanitize r permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Osito@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Much different than the apocalypse scapes shown on TV, where in real life, we hoard TP and sanitize r permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Are you drawing a conclusion from this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 17 points 2 years ago Mostly just posting some accurate information for context I also am implying yes that the metric of “number of Americans who are looking for a new job regardless of whether or not they’re currently employed” is kinda bullshit And by implication that posting this article in this particular way (with its implied incorrect meaning of “searching for a new job”) is likewise bullshit “Unemployment” as a metric is actually bullshit also, for a couple different reasons, but this article I think is probably substantially worse permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 17 points 2 years ago Mostly just posting some accurate information for context I also am implying yes that the metric of “number of Americans who are looking for a new job regardless of whether or not they’re currently employed” is kinda bullshit And by implication that posting this article in this particular way (with its implied incorrect meaning of “searching for a new job”) is likewise bullshit “Unemployment” as a metric is actually bullshit also, for a couple different reasons, but this article I think is probably substantially worse permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* What you're showing is the past. People's expectations drive the future, quite literally, by changing their spending and other decisions based on those expectations. If a third of people are looking for a job, this will have significant effects in the near term. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) US Chamber of Commerce doesn't exactly seem like the most impartial source... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago I also don't recall a recession happening in 2020 and during COVID, employers were fighting tooth and nail to get bodies in the door with increased pay and benefits, which seems to completely contradict this graph. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago I also don't recall a recession happening in 2020 and during COVID, employers were fighting tooth and nail to get bodies in the door with increased pay and benefits, which seems to completely contradict this graph. permalink fedilink source parent
