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mathematic

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25. Wouldn't this be a plan orchestrated by SMALL business?

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:19 PM

Oct 2021

All the places shutting down and putting up signs complaining are small businesses: restaurants, retail, construction, etc

Big businesses say things like, "it's been tough finding people so we've had to raise our wages and that increases our costs" and so on. Big businesses are efficient enough to actually hire when wages are increasing rapidly.

Is it just reflexive to let small businesses off the hook for their shitty politics because they're our shitty neighbors?

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Man applied to 60 entry-level jobs in September and got one interview [View all] bullwinkle428 Oct 2021 OP

Exactly. niyad Oct 2021 #1

a construction company that advertised a full-time job focused on site cleanup paying $10 an hour Celerity Oct 2021 #2

I've wondered how many of these jobs were people's second or third jobs underpants Oct 2021 #3

Good list nt spooky3 Oct 2021 #9

I've been wondering, too, about wnylib Oct 2021 #28

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #4

K&R ck4829 Oct 2021 #5

Some workers probably found better jobs and left IronLionZion Oct 2021 #6

Great Article. Bookmarked. Thanks! nt Tommymac Oct 2021 #7

"They just miss their slaves". SergeStorms Oct 2021 #8

Why hire help Demobrat Oct 2021 #10

That's not always the case, though. Jedi Guy Oct 2021 #32

Here's something else to consider about the "labor shortage". Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #11

slave wages. they would love us to service them for free. AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #12

love your screen nick bullwinkle428 AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #13

if one has to work 4 jobs in order to afford a crappy 620 sq ft apt . you r AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #14

My 17 year old was unable to find even a fast food job this summer. SunSeeker Oct 2021 #15

IDK Sgent Oct 2021 #18

It took my 20 year old nine weeks to get a part-time job in retail or food service. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2021 #22

My 19 yo daughter druidity33 Oct 2021 #24

There is no labor shortage, its an orchestrated plan by big business. Jon King Oct 2021 #16

There is that novel by Ayn Rand, called Atlas Shrugged. raging moderate Oct 2021 #20

I was wondering if I was alone, out on an island as a crazy conspiracy theorist, bullwinkle428 Oct 2021 #21

It's not collusion, it's human nature misanthrope Oct 2021 #38

Wouldn't this be a plan orchestrated by SMALL business? mathematic Oct 2021 #25

Bingo misanthrope Oct 2021 #39

It's all a bunch of bullshit vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #17

He applied to assholes who claimed publcly that they couldn't get workers because of Hortensis Oct 2021 #19

Huh... druidity33 Oct 2021 #23

I need QUALIFIED applicants. Lisa0825 Oct 2021 #26

$10 an hour? BobTheSubgenius Oct 2021 #27

Two people making $10/hour take home around what, $36K/year? Equomba Oct 2021 #29

I live in a medium-sized city on the W Coast. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2021 #30

That wasn't his larger point Jimbo S Oct 2021 #33

Does 'most' refer to population or geographical mass? Torchlight Oct 2021 #34

"Most" as in most people Jimbo S Oct 2021 #41

Please point to where I said anything would suggest that my larger point Equomba Oct 2021 #37

You're right, you didn't. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2021 #40

Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Equomba Oct 2021 #42

We are all ostensibly of one mind when it comes to the core values. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2021 #43

36k or 10$/hr for two people Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #31

$10/hr $20K/y SomewhereInTheMiddle Oct 2021 #35

Yes, we use the same shortcut, Equomba Oct 2021 #36