Changing Work Preferences Lead to Jobs Going Unfilled

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Changing Work Preferences Lead to Jobs Going Unfilled

July 12, 2021 at 1:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/07/12/changing-work-preferences-lead-to-jobs-going-unfilled/

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Wall Street Journal: “A recent ZipRecruiter survey found 70% of job seekers who last worked in the leisure and hospitality industry say they are now looking for work in a different industry.”

“In addition, 55% of job applicants want remote jobs. An April survey of U.S. workers who lost jobs in the pandemic, conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, found that 30.9% didn’t want to return to their old jobs, up from 19.8% last July.”

“Another form of mismatch is geographic. Job openings and available workers are in different places, in part because people moved during the pandemic, and in part because business boomed in unexpected locales.”

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[Midnight Writer]

1. Based on nothing but my personal musings, I am guessing that:

1) Many people who were furloughed during the pandemic realized that the loss of income from low-paying jobs was not that big a deal

2) Many people who were furloughed realized their bosses didn't give a damn about them and were in fact exploiting them

3) Many people in the hospitality industry are fed up dealing with the explosion of dickhead customers

4) Many people who were furloughed were free to explore other areas of their lives and found that more fulfilling

The work 'til you drop ethos our society has imposed on us does not always benefit the worker.