You’re right. Instead of supporting people asking for what they’re worth in the job market, and instead of putting the pressure on corporations to stop exploiting workers, we should just cut off all public services so those bums just die in the streets.
I have seen it first hand with my parents. They were absolutely ruined by an unfortunate health issue and they've never recovered financially for the last 20 years.
They are almost all back in the work force in one way or another now that those requirements have all but been abandoned. But it had an impact, to be sure.
If you are in healthcare that requirement never went away...
I know someone that worked in healthcare that refused to the get the shot and got fired. Now, she has a new job, but it pays way less.
It has for some, but that is a great point. But the way that healthcare workers have been treated through this crisis, we are lucky to have any left, immunized or not.
Very much agree. Healthcare workers have been treated horribly for years in most places and now with the vaccine mandates on other requirements it is just ridiculous...
The vision requirement to be a bus driver is sadly also still in place.
Not to mention 2+ years of significantly reduced immigration. US population is reducing based just on domestic births.
There is no such thing as zero unemployment. Zero unemployment is a bad thing. Full employment is considered around what 4%.
Totally off topic, but as a professor of management I have to interject that 0% unemployment being a bad thing that we were all taught is only from the perspective of a capitalist market. For labor it’s a good thing as it drives up wages.
As someone who has been unemployed for almost a year and a half, I find this type of post very painful. I had a job I enjoyed, a department of people I enjoyed working with, and a great manager. Covid took that away, right around the time the extra unemployment benefits went away. My unemployment lasted 13 weeks. I have excellent qualifications, and that is my problem. I can’t get an interview because when a company looks at my resume, they see one of two things: either they will have to pay me for my experience (so they decide to go cheap) or if it’s an entry level position, they know as soon as I can find something better, I will leave (because I can’t live on the low entry level wages). It’s not just me. Others who worked with me are running into the same issue. We want to work and we can’t even get an interview. I am living on savings right now and believe me, if I could find a position paying 2/3 of what I used to make, I would be the most loyal employee on the planet. It’s frustrating and discouraging when others assume people are lazy or unmotivated because they aren’t working.
I agree 100%. During Covid I was working a minimum wage job and I was job hunting on the side. It was like pulling teeth trying to get an interview. And what happened when I managed to get one? Ghosted immediately afterwards. It feels like employers are putting up "We are hiring" signs but are not actually hiring. Keep in mind that even places like Dick Sporting Goods were ghosting me LOL. I eventually found a better paying job where I could work from home but it took A LOT of work to do so.
LOL - nailed it
Not exactly the same thing and I think you know that. Just pointing out that the vaccine requirement didn't go away everywhere and whether you think it should be a requirement or not there are people leaving the healthcare field due to not being able to or not wanting to take the vaccine. It is just a fact.
