Labor shortage, really?

mofn · 02-14-2022, 03:03 PM

To pick up on the hours aspect, there was a food establishment on the lake that put up a sign on the front door last summer cutting back hours on a certain day “due to Covid” implying lack of help.
We asked why?
Was told by employees, owner was tired wanted time off, so Covid & lack of help was the excuse used, not the real reason.
The employees wanted to work and they had the help; the change was 7 hours cut in one day.

Things will change, but it takes time. The narrative out there is all these people are home collecting.
Last Friday (2/5) we passed 916,000 dead from Covid.
Last week the Brookings Inst. released a study as of now 1.6 million Covid long-haulers, a VAST percentage will never work again.
Using the expected 1 in 300 deaths for Omicron, a further 850,000 unvaxed dead, not factoring in the long haulers.
Again last Friday reported cases to deaths nationwide 1 in 175 well past 1 in 300.
Add in all the dead from drugs the last 11 years (600,000), baby boomers dying off etc. etc.
The business model will change as we already are seeing since 3/2020, like anything change comes SLOW!

02-14-2022, 03:03 PM	#33
mofn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 69 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	To pick up on the hours aspect, there was a food establishment on the lake that put up a sign on the front door last summer cutting back hours on a certain day “due to Covid” implying lack of help. We asked why? Was told by employees, owner was tired wanted time off, so Covid & lack of help was the excuse used, not the real reason. The employees wanted to work and they had the help; the change was 7 hours cut in one day. Things will change, but it takes time. The narrative out there is all these people are home collecting. Last Friday (2/5) we passed 916,000 dead from Covid. Last week the Brookings Inst. released a study as of now 1.6 million Covid long-haulers, a VAST percentage will never work again. Using the expected 1 in 300 deaths for Omicron, a further 850,000 unvaxed dead, not factoring in the long haulers. Again last Friday reported cases to deaths nationwide 1 in 175 well past 1 in 300. Add in all the dead from drugs the last 11 years (600,000), baby boomers dying off etc. etc. The business model will change as we already are seeing since 3/2020, like anything change comes SLOW!