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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 13:46:14 EDT lnxw48a1
   I've seen a few articles (mostly linked by people opposed to wage increases) saying certain businesses are having trouble finding employees. Tek expresses in short form what I believe to be the issue: https://honeypot.net/post/cant-hire-pay-more/
   1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-May-2021 14:44:15 EDT GeniusMusing

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      Related: (Also walled but readable in FF reader.)
      
      April jobs report surprise: Is this a labor shortage or a great reassessment of work in America The Washington Post
      https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/07/jobs-report-labor-shortage-analysis/
      
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      >A Pew Research Center survey this year found that 66 percent of the unemployed had “seriously considered” changing their field of work, a far greater percentage than during the Great Recession. People who used to work in restaurants or travel are finding higher-paying jobs in warehouses or real estate, for example. Or they want a job that is more stable and less likely to be exposed to the coronavirus — or any other deadly virus down the road. Consider that grocery stores shed over 49,000 workers in April and nursing care facilities lost nearly 20,000.
      
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      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jun-2021 13:01:36 EDT GeniusMusing

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         Related:
         Return to Office: Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Work From Home Bloomberg
         https://nu.federati.net/url/281358
         
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         >It’s still early to say how the post-pandemic work environment will look. Only about 28% of U.S. office workers are back at their buildings, according to an index of 10 metro areas compiled by security company Kastle Systems. Many employers are still being lenient with policies as the virus lingers, vaccinations continue to roll out and childcare situations remain erratic.
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         >But as office returns accelerate, some employees may want different options. A May survey of 1,000 U.S. adults showed that 39% would consider quitting if their employers weren’t flexible about remote work. The generational difference is clear: Among millennials and Gen Z, that figure was 49%, according to the poll by Morning Consult on behalf of Bloomberg News.
         
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