job seekers mkt: Amazon now ok with hiring pot users, others hiring known rude employees

[Demovictory9]

Businesses across the US are struggling to find workers. There were a record 10.1 million job openings in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Many are calling it a job-seekers' market, where, for the first time in years, employees have the upper hand. And some businesses are going to extreme lengths to hire new workers, beyond wage increases, bonuses, and perks.

Amazon, for example, recently recommended that its delivery partners no longer screen would-be drivers for marijuana use. Other retailers say they're so desperate for staff that they're knowingly employing workers that are rude and scare off customers.

"We had a tightening labor market before the crisis, and the war for talent was already picking up," Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton, previously told NBC News. "By both constraining supply and boosting demand, we have put the whole labor market on steroids."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/a-missouri-restaurant-worker-used-the-labor-shortage-to-get-a-new-job-at-domino-s-win-a-quick-promotion-and-buy-a-second-vehicle-a-report-says/ar-AAO99gE?ocid=msedgntp

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hire-delivery-drivers-smoke-pot-partner-driver-shortage-2021-9

[ck4829]

1. A toast to this trend. May it continue long into the future!

[Sherman A1]

5. Well, I am not too keen on the idea of rude employees

and I would suspect that if your customer service was such, you would not be either.

[ck4829]

6. I've dealt with rude people all my life, including rude managers

I coped with it, I suspect everyone else can too.

These jobs aren’t worth the emotional labor even if they did pay higher wages… so I’m OK with it.

[Politicub]

11. No one should cope with a rude manager. This is employee abuse.

And can hurt many people mentally if left to fester, especially if a manger bullies an employee or embarrasses them in front of others.

In a lot of jobs, managers and employers have an outsized amount of control over someone’s livelihood and health insurance. It is not realistic to quit and get another job for most people.

Fuck the cope with it garbage.

[ck4829]

12. It's great, wonderful, to see the shoe on the other foot

There was a phase of my life when I was a young adult, I needed a job, any job. I worked on my resume all the time, I had volunteer experience, I lowered my standards, learned interviewing skills, I was going to school, I kept my nose clean, etc.

And you know what I got?

Nothing but “don’t call us, we’ll call you”s and the same email over and over again just with the job title changed I got telling me they were looking for someone else but “best of luck in your job search”.

I had a family I wanted to make - that wasn’t going to happen.
My family thought I was lazy - despite all the sacrifices and willingness I had

All because I wasn’t a magical unicorn to these people. So I’m enjoying every minute of employers begging people to work for them.

[luv2fly]

2. Everything except raising wages so that people can live lives

Pot smoker? No problem. History of being rude to people? No problem.

You want more money? Absolutely not.

To be fair, I have seen a few employment categories raise wages in my area by anything from a quarter to a dollar an hour for entry level service jobs. So while technically they have raised wages, the wages they are paying are still not livable.

[ck4829]

3. I think we can act here

I went out of my way to flag job ads that paid minimum wage but also wanted the applicant to have “reliable transportation” as a must.

For a period of time, there were none of those ads on Craigslist.

Might be time to start doing that again…

[jimfields33]

7. Amazon is paying 20 bucks an hour in my area.

That is good for entry level. Really good.

[subterranean]

8. So is Safeway in my area.

They have signs posted all over their doors that they are hiring with pay starting at $20 an hour plus benefits. Seems like they are desperate for workers.

[iemanja]

17. exactly

So much for supply and demand.

[Pinback]

4. Maybe one day employers will get so desperate that workers over 50 are valued,

Black people can get hired as easily as Whites, and women get equal pay for equal work.

[Demovictory9]

16. Crazy talk!!!

[ForgoTheConsequence]

9. Rude customers breed rude employees.

I've had plenty of "rude" cashiers and retail workers turn around and be chatty when I was polite. If you catch someone who has to deal with covidiots and entitled customers toward the end of their shift, put yourself in their shoes.

[ck4829]

10. Exactly.

[Hotler]

13. Brothers and sisters, now's the time to start organizing unions. nt

[bigtree]

14. how they lumped together pot smokers and rude people

...polar opposites.

[Midnight Writer]

15. I've always rated the economy on the quality of workers staffing fast food places.

When the economy is bad, you see a lot of adults, even seniors, and some sharp young people.

When the economy is good, you see a lot of bad attitudes, incompetent workers, inexperienced first time workers.