• butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    “I don’t understand why turnover is so high. Ever since COVID people just don’t have any work ethic. The lockdowns really destroyed our economy in irreparable ways. Wait no, don’t quit.”

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      3 months ago

      The “people don’t want to work anymore” rallying cry has always confused me. Who ever wanted to work in the first place?

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        3 months ago

        That’s always been my response when manager and owner use that whole “nobody wants to work anymore,” thing because they can’t get people to take offers for six bucks a year.

        Every single time I hear that, I say out loud, “Well I certainly don’t want to work. Who in their right mind does? That’s why we get paid to do it.”

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            3 months ago

            High pay means nothing when the cost of living is even higher. Making 20 bucks an hour sounds great until you have to pay 3000 bucks in rent each month.

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            3 months ago

            Part of that is because those jobs are fucking horrible to do.

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              3 months ago

              I’ve spoken with many, many people about their jobs and McDonalds is not that bad

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                3 months ago

                Good for them. I’ve done it as well, and it was fucking horrible.

                Did you speak with the best people? All the best people told you that? All of the “many, many” people. Hundreds of them!

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              3 months ago

              Nok, kids these days are just lazy. My first job was BK. It was fine. Not horrible at all.

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                3 months ago

                Oh it’s the kids that are wrong, huh? Ok Skinner.

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                    3 months ago

                    I agree 100%.
                    You using the “no one wants to work anymore” card is very weird when it’s probably one of the laziest thought processes ever.

                    Were you born in 1915?