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Dr. Jack

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10. When I was in college in the early to mid 2000s

Fri Oct 15, 2021, 08:16 AM

Oct 2021

They preached the virtues of working crazy hours and making work your #1 priority in life. The expectation was that a 9-5 Monday-Friday schedule is for lazy people who didn’t care about their careers. You need to be available 24/7 for your employer or else you would never be successful. Absolute, unsustainable horse shit. I hope we are finally getting out of this mindset and workers don’t feel pressured to work insane hours and give up all joy in life just to barely get by financially.

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The Great Resignation led to 4.3 million Americans quit jobs in August. This trend is here to stay. [View all] Dr. Jack Oct 2021 OP

I see a lot of help wanted signs at convenience stores jpak Oct 2021 #1

A local McD's here in PA is even offering hiring bonuses for coming on the team dutch777 Oct 2021 #2

Some of these places aren't getting the hiring done because of incompetent managers. lark Oct 2021 #11

Management has the same retention issues probably as employees dutch777 Oct 2021 #40

our local Buzz Inn ( ranchers delight) had a big sign on their front door with new hours.. samnsara Oct 2021 #3

There's a sweet spot...they need to actually work to find it. Same old ain't it. dutch777 Oct 2021 #41

Working all hours and every holiday EYESORE 9001 Oct 2021 #4

It's not just convenient stores or fast food places jpak Oct 2021 #16

IDK - a lot of high wheelin' and dealin' and store-level personal chaos Backseat Driver Oct 2021 #14

I watched the Help Wanted sign at local McDonald's go from $11 to $12 to $14 and now at $15. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #5

And they have had to raise prices to cover that madville Oct 2021 #13

madville.. eeekkk do you actually EAT that stuff?? HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #20

I don't eat anything from McDonalds lol madville Oct 2021 #21

Whew!! I feel better, now.. I was worried about ya.. HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #22

I wonder if this is a course correction after the Great Recession Dr. Jack Oct 2021 #6

Not soon enough for some OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #9

Employers have had the upper hand for decades. Lonestarblue Oct 2021 #7

When I was in college in the early to mid 2000s Dr. Jack Oct 2021 #10

The cellphone becoming ubiquitous didn't help. Ligyron Oct 2021 #25

Yep. If you have a smart phone, C Moon Oct 2021 #27

The work around: Jimbo S Oct 2021 #33

For corporate America, it's even worse than that bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #8

"Working for yourself where the profits are yours" BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #12

I wonder if college-debt is a factor in young people avoiding jobs that offer a steady paycheck? 70sEraVet Oct 2021 #18

Working for yourself requires additional skills HariSeldon Oct 2021 #36

And I thought it was either blueinredohio Oct 2021 #15

It's that damn Free Market. multigraincracker Oct 2021 #24

Among them mothers who have to stay home when schools send kids home question everything Oct 2021 #17

Those in their 50s DownriverDem Oct 2021 #19

Ding ding ding! That's it right there. LittleGirl Oct 2021 #32

Of course they can't *say* you're too old Bucky Oct 2021 #39

HR is company only LittleGirl Oct 2021 #42

It's happening here in Canada as well. OnlinePoker Oct 2021 #23

My favorite Chinese closed shop. Ligyron Oct 2021 #29

Towards the end of the Downton Abbey series, people didn't want to work in service any more OnlinePoker Oct 2021 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Ligyron Oct 2021 #31

I know that jobs in Education BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #26

I work for a small move management company that pays pretty well starting at $25 an hour kimbutgar Oct 2021 #28

Corporate Starvation wage structure has met its end Angrius Oct 2021 #34

Exactly! love_katz Oct 2021 #35

Only reason I stay employed by a corporation is health insurance. roamer65 Oct 2021 #37

Maybe Republicans will finally support more jobs training programs... Bucky Oct 2021 #38

My husband left his job at the end of September Deep State Witch Oct 2021 #43

I think a lot of this is women staying home with their kids speaktruthtopower Oct 2021 #44