[supermatt]

Im not sure where you have been for the last year and a half, but a lot of retail workers and restaurant workers have been laid off or suspended on reduced pay. Shops were empty, restaurants were empty. Thats still mostly the case. Thats why there is a shortage.

Its those same companies that laid people off that are now trying to tempt them back with increased wages. Chipotle, for example.

[namdnay]

> Shops were empty, restaurants were empty. Thats still mostly the case. Thats why there is a shortage.

Why is there a shortage of labour if restaurants and shops are still mostly empty?

I think the real reason is that people took the opportunity (or were forced to financially) to try other careers.

[supermatt]

there is only a shortage of people willing to go work for the same companies that shit on them when covid happened.

[b9a2cab5]

My local Chipotle is advertising $17.50/h wages and $750 signing bonuses. My local Amazon starts at $19/h. The market for entry level unskilled labor has never been better in the last decade.

Maybe you live in Europe or another country where growth is stagnant?

[Invictus0]

When was the last time you stepped outside? The shops and restaurants are not empty anywhere in the country.