I live in an area where tourism is huge, I know quite a few folks in the restaurant business (my best friend owns a BBQ place and sells his sauce across the region) whose employees have never thought about leaving because of how well they've been taken care of, and I know quite a few folks who work in the food service industry that have flat out said they won't go back until they feel safe and get paid what they should as a front-line worker.GeorgesGoons wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 11:11 amYou have more faith in people thinking they'd rather work than get free money sitting at home. I highly doubt that covid is the reason any longer. People are inherently lazy, so why work for your money if you get it for free.jsence2 wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 10:29 amIt's not about "sitting at home"; it is about workers 1) not wanting to risk their safety when people don't want to wear masks around them,GeorgesGoons wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 1:47 pm Extremely short staffed here in Omaha. The Bar and Grill I go to was looking for 2 cooks for 3 months, they finally hired one last week.
Wife's friend said where she works has been looking for servers since January and nobody is applying.
Son works at Jimmy John's and they need drivers, but nobody is applying there either. He got a .50 cent raise because he has to work more. So he makes over $20/hr with tips delivering subs.
Until we don't give incentives to sit at home I don't see this trend going away.
It's not about being "lazy", they realize that they make more on unemployment with zero risk than they would working for Subway or Chipotle with a lot more risk. You know what you don't have "sitting at home"? An irate customer mad because he read on Facebook that COVID is fake, so why should he have to wear a mask in the lobby while he waits for a table?
These folks deserve to be paid a living wage. They've realized that they have power, for once, in the bargaining stage and good on them for using it. Like I said, almost all of the businesses that I'm seeing struggle for workers are chain places, franchises, etc. Smaller places usually take better care of their workers, and they're thriving right now.