Comment on More than 28% of Americans are now searching for a new job — the highest rate in a decade

mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Rentlar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably because these companies keep playing hard to get (archive version).

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• ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That COVID spike though, it’s sharp.

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  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, people have forgotten what a fuckin apocalypse was happening as of like not that long ago

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    • Osito@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Much different than the apocalypse scapes shown on TV, where in real life, we hoard TP and sanitize r

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• ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you drawing a conclusion from this?

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  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mostly just posting some accurate information for context

    I also am implying yes that the metric of “number of Americans who are looking for a new job regardless of whether or not they’re currently employed” is kinda bullshit

    And by implication that posting this article in this particular way (with its implied incorrect meaning of “searching for a new job”) is likewise bullshit

    “Unemployment” as a metric is actually bullshit also, for a couple different reasons, but this article I think is probably substantially worse

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• anachronist@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  US Chamber of Commerce doesn’t exactly seem like the most impartial source…

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  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I also don’t recall a recession happening in 2020 and during COVID, employers were fighting tooth and nail to get bodies in the door with increased pay and benefits, which seems to completely contradict this graph.

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• avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What you’re showing is the past. People’s expectations drive the future, quite literally. If a third of people are looking for a job, this will have significant effects in the near term.

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