Bad Idea Creates Slow Recovery

Blazer Bob wrote:

homeagain wrote: ACTUALLY, IT IS SKILL GAP.....

hiring.monster.com/employer-resources/bl...f-work-2021-summary/

Well lets see. If the Montana policy works it will prove that the problem is not a SKILL GAP.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/montana-gov...er-shortage-n1266346


Do you agree?

Yes I would agree, HOWEVER I think it is a bit premature to make that assumption.

thehill.com/policy/finance/552419-five-t...gly-poor-jobs-report

Wayne Harrison wrote: Restaurants are notorious for low paying positions.

That they can't fill those positions says more about their pay scale than it does about people wanting to work.

Have you ever worked in a restaurant? I heard idiot Stephanie Ruhle the other morning saying that people in restaurants have moved to higher paying jobs like Walmart that pay a lot more than $2.50 an hour. I don't think she understands how much people in restaurants actually make, especially tipped employees. I have a lot of friends in the business and most tipped staff make more than $20 an hour with tips (they may not report all to the IRS).

If you combine the idiotic policies of limited restaurant capacity with incentives to not work, there should be no surprise that restaurants can't get people to come back.

homeagain wrote:

Do you agree?

Yes I would agree, HOWEVER I think it is a bit premature to make that assumption.

thehill.com/policy/finance/552419-five-t...gly-poor-jobs-report [/quote]

THANK YOU. I am not making any assumptions. We now have a laboratory where we can observe the empirical results rather than trade links back and forth.

apnews.com/article/lifestyle-coronavirus...a22918d010c55b5e55b3

MULTI LAYERED reasons explained.....look to MAY/JUNE numbers to see if paradigm shifts...Q2 will
be interesting.

One-quarter of a year (particularly the first four months of a presidency) does not a trend make.

On another note, what happened to the Right's previous argument that the government does not create jobs? What happened to "free market"? If you can't get workers, perhaps you're not offering enough incentive?

It is difficult when you are running a business to offer sufficient incentives when your competitor is the United States government.

It's what happens when people don't want to contract a deadly disease for starvation wages.

Hyperbole Sunday, Wayne?

GEE, empathy eludes some......U stand next to someone in the kitchen,U stand within a foot of a patron
placing an order, U stand in the meat packing line,inches away from another person,U bus the table, while
the patron stands right next to u,waiting. THEN, U think about the lack of health plan if U get the virus.
THE PICTURE COMES INTO FINE FOCUS.....Is my life worth the minuscule money payed me?

I think the market will correct itself, businesses will have to increase their wages. Those businesses that can't afford to raise their pay will shut down or adopt business strategies so they don't need as many employees. Expect to see less table service at restaurants. And more kiosks to place your orders.