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35. "Less People" is probably not a significant factor

Tue Sep 21, 2021, 01:42 AM

Sep 2021

Almost 78 percent of the COVID deaths (510,000+) are people aged 65 or older.

Low wages, holding out for a better opportunity, staying home with kids, elderly parents all probably are more responsible.

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Employers Are Baffled as U.S. Benefits End and Jobs Go Begging [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP

What we've got heah is failure to communicate! ret5hd Sep 2021 #1

Maybe Beth can explain the situation to them malaise Sep 2021 #2

Maybe "Beth" could be coined as the term... ret5hd Sep 2021 #3

What a great idea malaise Sep 2021 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Sep 2021 #5

Now that was a great post! Good for Beth McGrath. PatrickforB Sep 2021 #19

Wow, unemployment benefits aren't being used by lazy workers to stay home? relayerbob Sep 2021 #6

people get tired of working 3 job's just to pay the damn rent ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #7

They keep telling themselves it was all about lazy people staying home crickets Sep 2021 #8

I agree with Yo_Mama. love_katz Sep 2021 #9

We have lost at least a million workers. Data indicates we're under counting Covid deaths Arazi Sep 2021 #10

Am I wrong to suspect these reasons? StClone Sep 2021 #13

Exactly mountain grammy Sep 2021 #24

I also know a handful of people who realized that Bettie Sep 2021 #42

I never had a job I did not richly enjoy quitting. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #11

Ha! Same here. I temporarily and single-handedly brought a business to it's knees when I quit. Progressive Jones Sep 2021 #14

Last employer before I retired The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #45

Life goal hibbing Sep 2021 #16

Similarly, I have never had a job that was better than not working. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #17

I hear that. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #43

or when you quit and they have to hire 2 workers to replace you? DBoon Sep 2021 #55

Pay. More. Iggo Sep 2021 #12

People in two-parent households are finding out that Demobrat Sep 2021 #15

That is much truer than most people realize. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #21

There are jobs and there are careers. Demobrat Sep 2021 #30

Excellent analysis. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #31

That would be the scariest thing about making the decision to stay home. Demobrat Sep 2021 #32

Just sent you a PM. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #34

And lack of childcare. tblue37 Sep 2021 #18

we had a chance to raise the minimum wage to $15.00. the rs and businness blew it. AllaN01Bear Sep 2021 #20

Two words: less people mountain grammy Sep 2021 #22

"Less People" is probably not a significant factor onenote Sep 2021 #35

fewer sammythecat Sep 2021 #36

We may be seeing and undeclared general strike ThoughtCriminal Sep 2021 #23

Why should they go back to work crap hours AllyCat Sep 2021 #25

Who pays the bills? former9thward Sep 2021 #33

Do those jobs pay the bills? AllyCat Sep 2021 #47

Deflecting the question. former9thward Sep 2021 #49

Not really. Those jobs do not pay the bills. AllyCat Sep 2021 #51

So when people are sitting at home -- as you put it -- how do they eat? former9thward Sep 2021 #52

Same way they were doing when the economy was bad AllyCat Sep 2021 #53

Maybe some of the workers found better employers. nt GoodRaisin Sep 2021 #26

Pretty simple to understand. Xolodno Sep 2021 #27

Just a little clue for employers Leith Sep 2021 #28

Or talk about your lovely executive retreat in Florida (in January) GopherGal Sep 2021 #50

It doesn't pay to have employment that doesn't pay for medical plus benefits. twin_ghost Sep 2021 #29

I think it will just take more time. Steelrolled Sep 2021 #37

Maybe they died of Covid, or got evicted, and Captain Zero Sep 2021 #38

Things must be different all over the place back there. DFW Sep 2021 #39

So much good sense. In a wealthy nation, many people who aren't Hortensis Sep 2021 #40

This is pure awesome Johnny2X2X Sep 2021 #41

Many of them are too fussy durablend Sep 2021 #44

The number of baby boomers retiring at 62 has increased significantly because Roisin Ni Fiachra Sep 2021 #46

Surprise, surprise, surprise! nt drmeow Sep 2021 #48

An ongoing study found there was no county in the US librechik Sep 2021 #54

Another factor is so many companies use screening software for online applications. halfulglas Sep 2021 #56