re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and our attitude that unemployment insurance (which workers pay for out of their salaries) is somehow a form of government Free Ride that encourages laziness

and yes, we are beginning to see which jobs are truly vital and which jobs are superfluous

It’s also showing that pre-COVID business practices are no longer workable, such as running “lean” by keeping staffing levels at the bare minimum and even working understaffed to maximum profits while minimizing “costs.” Others were comfortable with high turnover rates because they regularly received so many applications from people desperate to find any job that they could pick and choose who to keep. Both practices are now biting them in the ass hard, whether it’s finding it impossible to fill out their staff as business has picked up or shitty businesses that relied upon constant turnover now struggling to keep anybody who they can find.