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• teft@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Then he needs to charge more if he can’t afford to pay his employees more.

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  • Tinidril@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Exactly. There is no such thing as a labor shortage, only activities that people don’t think are worth the cost.

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    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There is no such thing as a labor shortage, only activities that people don’t think are worth the cost.

      I wonder, do you realize that’s also true on the demand side?

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      • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        NTA but can you elaborate on this a bit? Never heard someone put this argument before I’m just curious exactly what you mean

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If people are willing to pay, sure. But you can pay as much as you want but people won’t necessarily be interested in a skilled trade if the pay in general is low. That is a long term commitment and not solved by a single employer.

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• resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s a labor market. Employers are not owed slaves.

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  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The other side of the coin is that customers aren’t obligated to buy. There’s always a limit to how expensive you can make a product/service before people will simply stop paying for it. Trying to find that balance point can be damned difficult.

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    • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s a market.

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