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Sorry to hear. Sounds like a great service.

But curious about this...

> When the economy and job market began storming back, we were inundated with inbound requests for our services. Our perseverance seemed to be paying off. Except now we were hit with a new gut punch: “The Great Resignation.” Now our workers were reticent to come back to work. And if they did accept a job, they’d often leave after only a few days.

Why were they leaving after only a few days when before they weren't?




Probably because the wages are very low and the work loads way too high. Some link: "How the current worker shortage is really a wage shortage" https://www.nynmedia.com/content/opinion-how-current-worker-...

"It’s not a labor shortage — it’s a wage and workers rights shortage" https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/570441-its-not-a-labor-s...

"Our employment system has failed low-wage workers. How can we rebuild?" https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/04/28/our-emplo...


Is this new?


I don't think it's new, but a lot of people got a taste of what life is like when they aren't breaking their back for minimum wage thanks to the pandemic


my spitballed guess- people who were working retail type jobs werent able to during the pandemic and then realized, hey, this is optional. I survived without working a shitty job for poverty wage. Why go back?




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