Look at the code rewrite of the Tesla self driving. Fucking insanity and it’s only going to get better. Automation is knocking on our door.
A lot of automation also just changes the job. Whether there's a net gain or net loss of jobs who knows. Depends on the department. More people are getting hired (excluding covid year) and unemployment was at rock bottom, so job loss cant be that effective.
They’ll come back when they stop receiving Monopoly money from the gov. Shitty job>starving.
The theory is lots of low level jobbers are skipping going back to their old job since covid gave them time to think about life and interview for better jobs.
I hope you’re right. Personally, I am doubtful for most people.
If the theory shows everything is back to normal, it'll show the whole PR game of "covid payouts let people transition to something better" was BS the whole time. And just a stall tactic to milk the system for some free cash as long as possible before finally going back.
Florida is having the same problems and they just throw three nickels on the ground for unemployment each month.
Yeah and it’s not wholesale replacement just fewer people needed. Like I could technically pay $60k a year for an AI database and do the job of three humans.
Isn't that a bit simplistic? Unemployment benefits can possibly cover life expenses in low paying estates and that explains some of the labor shortages, however in places like N.Y. is doubtful, also people have to get things like daycare, schools, etc set to be able to get back to labor pool. And finally who wants to work in an understaffed place with irate customers?
How did you come up with $1 in 1956 being $27.44 today?As things go up in cost so do prices. So it's not like boosting everyone making low money has zero effect.
Here's a good site I found that does USA inflation math.
Inflation Calculator | Find US Dollar's Value From 1913-2025
Easily calculate how the buying power of the U.S. dollar has changed from 1913 to 2025. Get inflation rates and U.S. inflation news.www.usinflationcalculator.com
I looked at USA federal minimum wages over the years and took 1956 as a benchmark since it was $1.00 to make it easy.
If you type in 1956, using $1.00, you get $27.44. Thats 2644% inflation over 65 years at a compounded rate of 5.4%.
If federal minimum wage was set at $27.44 (and states went beyond that like now setting at lets say $30-40), the prices would be sky high and anyone making $27.44 would still be broke because a loaf of bread would probably be $10 and not $2. Anyone making $100k would probably be making $300k. The only way it would work out is if low end jobbers got a big boost and anyone making good money didnt really go up compared to now so the wage gap squeezes tight. The current USA avg wage is about $27/hr just by luck.
65 years of inflation at a compound avg interest rate of 5.4%
NC ended the fed aid as well and it IS bouncing back. Slowly.
www.dollartimes.com
Yeah Florida has no like no unemployment benefits really but I imagine most people in Florida who quit are on Onlyfans right now, sports betting, working for Amazon/doordash, or selling gatorade on the side of the road. We are survivors and entrepneuers. People just want to work their own hours
Fuck, I'm an idiot. I forgot to press calculate! The site I used came out to almost the same number as you. Just under $10.Calculate the Value of $1.00 in 1956. How much is it worth today?
According to this its under $10
www.nydailynews.com
I wonder if this is related:
Taco Bell running out of ingredients, facing food shortage
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This theory in this case is an advocate's argument masked in sheep's clothes.
where are you in the UK?
Bruh my favorite pudding has been out for like two weeks now. I need my damn pudding.
The bigger problem is everything is a fucking subscription service now. You've got rent+utilities (obviously), but then you're also paying monthly for internet, phone, streaming services, car payments, maybe Amazon, or a gym, or a who knows what. People finance their furniture, their appliances, their education. Everything is a monthly bill now. No one has any savings and no one wants to save to pay for anything up front. So everyone is on this debt treadmill.
It's been pretty weird seeing how empty some shop shelves are just now.
Yeah but let's use 1968 since thats when minimum wage peaked, adjusted for inflation. $1.60 in 1968 is close to $12.50 today.
How much does it pay? How are the benefits? How are the working conditions?
Well considering there's like 8 different positions open and benefits / pay depend on that... uh.
In their case is also brexit what's driving shortages.
Assuming that most people are just lazy and don't want to work is ridiculous. These are thankless jobs that come with little to no benefits all while not even providing a livable wage. People aren't taking the jobs because people don't want to get yelled at by angry customers while making minimum wage. These companies got too used to treating their employees like shit and/or paying them in pennies. Now they are paying the price.
I swear you people act like these jobs are slavery.
Unless it's mom and pop stores desperate for help, big companies dont care. Many of them are at record profits due to covid and people buying stuff like crazy online. No front line workers needed. And if they need more warehouse workers to fill online orders, thats the transition in jobs. You can be a burger flipper for $11/hr or work your ass packing boxes in a humid warehouse for $11/hr. Your pick.
You should read up on the Frito Lay strike that’s going on right now. Horrendous working conditions and forced overtime have driven people to the picket line because, yes, their jobs basically turned into slavery.
Can you quit? Yes/No?
I'm dying for buffets. Ontario just opened up dine in a week ago. Im going to scope out one day if pig-o-rama buffets are reopened too.I need some sushi from buffets. Those are closed still I guess. 20$ for 5 rolls is messed up yo. Wanted to do a wordy dirty.
American Airlines basically created their own labor shortage. Those people actually wanted to keep those jobs but bad decision-making at the top (even after the company was bailed out during the pandemic) led to said shortage.
I think is more about business model than business size, retail has been on a decline, and covid accelerated that trend.
If I was a low life jobber I'd be taking one of these openings and get back to work. Not just for the ethics of working and not being a weasel living off other people taxes (which deadbeats think it's their right to live off other people), but if any of these businesses are struggling with filling roles and you put up your hand and do it, not only will get the job but like a brownie point for promotion later. If these jobs are supposedly so empty, you have more control to do it your way too instead of being told how to do it.
$15 an hour is only a little over $30k a year, and that’s the bare minimum people are asking for with a shit ton of pushback.
And some people will get a pay bump. Many wont.
We are currently seeing companies offer more than that, and still people aren't applying. So what is the magic number where people decide to get up and actually work? And how long before those same people say their job is miserable and they shouldn't do it anymore.
