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kracer20 t1_j19r6lh wrote

Reply to comment by dirtballmagnet in The US economy grew much faster than previously thought in the third quarter by barrinmw

All I hear about are employers saying they can't find workers. Other than not raising their wages as they should have, where did they go? Older folks have left the workforce, I hardly see HS students working anywhere. My only other guess is that as wages grew, some workers decided they could make it on two jobs, rather than three, or one job rather than two.

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uberares t1_j1a3115 wrote

Over a million dead people from covid and four years of anti immigrant rhetoric.

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reggiecide t1_j1a32gu wrote

Hundreds of thousands of working-age Americans died of COVID since 2020. Thousands Millions more have long COVID and may or may not be working.

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CAllD2B t1_j1awtwa wrote

I work in grassroots canvassing; we shut down over 45 offices because of COVID and have only been able to get maybe 5 up and running because of the way the job market has shifted.

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Morat20 t1_j1bgfl6 wrote

Well, it's almost always they didn't raise wages. Generally at all.

I've seen plenty of "20/hr" postings where it turns out they're offering 12 or 13 -- and other places are offering 15 or more.

After that, well, COVID killed off a lot of people and let a lot more disabled.

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TooManyDraculas t1_j1e04nx wrote

I still regularly see $30k listings for white collar work requiring college degrees and years of experience. With a living wage sitting in the high $40k range.

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