[murph-almighty]

There are jobs, plenty of jobs, and yet somehow no one filling those roles.

Never mind that they're underpaying... or that we lost half a million people in the labor force...

[nvahalik]

> or that we lost half a million people in the labor force...

This is not true, unless you're considering all ages in the labor force. Stats from this page[0] seem to indicate that COVID-related deaths are <120k for people under age 65. That's quite a bit less than "half a million people" in the labor force. (Assuming, like I am that people tend to retire at 65.)

[0]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...

[kube-system]

I think they meant “lost” as in “not participating” not “lost” as in “dead”

I haven’t looked up the change in labor force stats myself, but they’re not simply the total number of living people in a certain age bracket. There are plenty of people between 18-65 who aren’t part of the labor force: i.e: disabled, retired, stay-at-home, incarcerated, etc.

[amiga]

"Pay more" does seem like the best response here

[seafoam]

That is not how this works.

Instead : capacity gets curtailed, prices are raised, and what people can afford goes down.

[newfriend]

Or that the government is paying people who don't want to work.