why doesnt anyone want to work?

[cricman]

I found extra work by making and selling "Help Wanted" signs!




JK


cricman

[Hogmauler]

I’ll be 66 next month. I’m great health, as far as I know, and taking care of our son. I have to find someone that I would trust in our home where I can go to work. Retired at 63 in Colorado to take care of our son out of necessity.
Now there’s a ton of folks on here that have money, a huge ranch, grandchildren, boats, the whole nine yards. You have something to retire for. I’m thankful that I woke up this morning, that our son is alive and well. But working around the house trimming limbs, yard work, laundry, just aint cutting it folks. It suxx. Big time. Granted there are times when I wake up and don’t feel up to snuff so to speak that I’m glad that I’m not going in. Those have been few and far between.
The wife told me the other day “Bruce, you worked for those benefits”. Folks I could be making at least double what I getting on the government dole. I feel like a baby bird that opens his mouth and Uncle Sam drops a worm in my beak every month. If your not one of those people that I described earlier, retirement suxx. To echo This Lady, I couldn’t imagine staying home for a stimulus check.
Here’s a story I’ve shared here before. I was speaking with the lady across the street about what’s going on at the border and she has this confused look on her face. So I finish and she says “Yes but we’re getting a stimulus check”. I totally shut down and realized that some people are too stupid to talk to. She drives a new Mercedes, lives in a $450,000 home, has 4-5 kids from at least two different husbands, and, you guessed it, she,s from California. The whole bottom is gonna hafta fall out of this m f er before people like this can begin to come to their senses. Pathetic. And we’re paying for this shat.

[TX CHICKEN]

My restaurant is just recently fully staffed for the first time since Covid and we never had trouble in the past...Starting to see more covid cases so it looks a few more fun months ahead

[PoppinPiggies]

I can say I was unemployed for 10 months. Was working for United Airlines, till COVID happened.
Since then I’ve been applying over 30-60 jobs in the last 10 months, but no one wanted to hire me.
Was recently able to find work from a family friend. The issue is, it’s not something that I applied to get a job. This was more of an easy way out of unemployment.

My problems are the opposite of yours.

Your having issues with hiring, and im having issues with getting a job.

I have seen this as well and know well qualified people that were having trouble finding a job in their field because employers were being so picky. Some of these employers must not be too desperate when they have been looking for someone with 10 years experience for 11 months and won't even give a guy who has 8 years experience a look who is willing to work now. I'm glad you were able to eventually find a new job most the time its not WHAT you know, but WHO you know!

[c3products20]

This administration is following the socialist playbook to a Tee....... They are destroying the middle class one move at a time. More wealth is being transferred to the wealthy and the poor are growing more dependant on the government. Next will be the fall of the middle class. Just think about what is going on right now in congress with a 3.5 trillion dollar "infrastructure" bill. Who's going to pay for that? It sure won't be bezos, gates or musk!! It's going to be you and me....

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Try finding responsible people that will do underground work and dig ditches. Dang near impossible. Especially when fast food places are paying 15.00 an hour...and they can't even fully staff the restaurant.

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[TX_Kevin]

I have had an IT position open in the B/CS area for over a month - 2 resumes. Two.

[Deafishunter]

I have seen this as well and know well qualified people that were having trouble finding a job in their field because employers were being so picky. Some of these employers must not be too desperate when they have been looking for someone with 10 years experience for 11 months and won't even give a guy who has 8 years experience a look who is willing to work now. I'm glad you were able to eventually find a new job most the time its not WHAT you know, but WHO you know!

Yeah, not many people actually look at it this way as well.

I’m just mostly glad to get out of unemployment, but I honestly didn’t like it at all.
It just made me so mad how people think they are struggling to hire people, but then there’s also people who are struggling to get a job.

It’s going both ways, not one.

[ladybluearm]

It's pathetic. My parents and grandparents as well as my siblings and I would be completely embarrassed to take a dime from the government (aka my neighbor) to not work. I would rather clean porta cans than take money from the government, if I could work but couldn't find a job.

We need to end welfare for all able bodied people. Let them get hungry.

In this day and time, welfare is not being used for what it was intended, people are taking advantage of it and Biden is just giving money away. Buying his votes! I agree totally, take their money away and people will go to work! Total BS!

[RR 314]

Yeah really, I’m still seeing companies saying they are paying $9 an hr, and still can’t find new employees.
I’m like well, now no one wants to work with $9 an hour. It’s almost impossible to live with that wage.


If you can’t afford to pay employees the wages anywhere above $14, then you got no business in running a company. With the way how the cost of living is much higher than it was 5 years ago.

Entry level jobs are just that. Heck, I have seen some people work and can confirm they were not worth $9 an hour. People complain that they can't raise their family working at McDonalds etc. Well, those entry level positions don't pay based on the financial needs of the worker--rather on the perceived value of the position/worker.

[duckmanep]

It's right the opposite for m friends wife. She worked at a hair salon the went under. She turned in apps to several places in the Wylie and Plano area and is not getting any responses from any of them.

My problem is, while being unemployed for 10 months and sending like 30-60 applications to jobs that say they are desperately needing employees. And saying they can’t find anyone to hire.
Then I apply, I get no responses whatsoever, then a week or 2 later. They would send out a new application out saying they are desperately hiring and blah blah blah.

not saying this is the case with these 2 specific instances, but there is a right way and a wrong way to fill out an application. if a job posting says it wants a person with XYZ skills and knowledge, you should tailor your application and resume around the XYZ skills and knowledge you have. If the next job posting wants ABC skills and knowledge, you should tailor the application and resume around ABC, not XYZ or DEF. you may need 5+ versions of your resume. if you have entry level skills, you cannot apply to be the president and expect an interview. answers to questions on the application should be well thought out with no grammar or punctuation errors. and your contact email address should not be something like "iloveguns@gmail or hotmomma69@yahoo or trump2024@hotmail"

[Muskles]

Yes the food service industry is really struggling. I used to raise heck when my burger came with mustard instead of mayo the way I ordered it or my fries were missing when I got home. Hell, now I don't even complain and actually applaud every young person I see working in these places. At least they got up and went to work that day. God bless em.

Unfortunately, a lot of these "entitled" young ME FIRST generation doesn't want the entry level jobs. They want to skip over those steps and start off on the 6 figure jobs their momma and daddy told them they deserve.
Btw....I need weekends and holidays off and don't make me mad or I'll quit and sue you [emoji849]

The last part of your post describes our newest lab tech perfectly. She has 2 cracker jack box degrees and thinks she should be running the company. 35 years old and this is her first real job. Single and still living at home with Mommy.

[S-3 Ranch]

Entry level jobs are just that. Heck, I have seen some people work and can confirm they were not worth $9 an hour. People complain that they can't raise their family working at McDonalds etc. Well, those entry level positions don't pay based on the financial needs of the worker--rather on the perceived value of the position/worker.

And the wheels on the bus go round and round

Usually those jobs are filled by
1. 2nd or 3rd job folks
2. High school / college students
3. People being partially supported by government or family

[Texas452]

It's pathetic. My parents and grandparents as well as my siblings and I would be completely embarrassed to take a dime from the government (aka my neighbor) to not work. I would rather clean porta cans than take money from the government, if I could work but couldn't find a job.

We need to end welfare for all able bodied people. Let them get hungry.

I agree.
Well said!

[Cajun Blake]

why doesnt anyone want to work?
I am assuming the govt stimulus?

not hard to figure out when you do the math

$600.00 per week TAX FREE for pandemic unemployment; equates to $19.00 per hr after taxes taken out.
- over 30,000,000 (MILLION ) people receiving free checks
- Gov't providing housing relief / rental assistance where tenants don't have to pay their monthly rent
- many of the same people who are "milking the system" qualify for free food stamps.

You give lazy, irresponsible people an extra +/- $3500.00 per month to do NOTHING, they get acclimated to their new lifestyle real quick. They have ZERO motivation to return to work.

The liberal, spineless bureaucracy on the Federal and State levels have single-handedly changed the economic equation in America. This Country is beyond screwed.
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