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The jobs employers just can't fill
If you drive along a street in any US town, you may find “Now Hiriging” or “Sign-on Bonus” signs outside fast-food restaurants, convenience stores, and even motels and hotels. In the hospitality and service-work industries, the labor shortage has been even more serious than the recent inflation. You could raise the prices to absorb the rising cost, but these businesses cannot fill their open positions even if they offer more-than-lucrative pay. Why? Lack of flexibility, respect, and future advancement opportunities along with demanding work schedules discourage people to take or return to jobs like dishwashers, truck drivers, retail workers, food servers, airport agents, and home health aides. In fact, the average employment attrition rate, the rate at which people leave, went up to over 60% in retail, and 80% in accommodation and food service industries. Indeed, during and after the pandemic, there are other more flexible, stable, rewarding, and safer jobs out there that people can choose from, such as online services, gig-working, and manufacturing. So, what will those employers do? Raise more or hire robots?
Enjoy reading the article to learn about what makes people work or leave.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220908-the-jobs-employers-just-cant-fill
The jobs employers just can't fill
If you drive along a street in any US town, you may find “Now Hiriging” or “Sign-on Bonus” signs outside fast-food restaurants, convenience stores, and even motels and hotels. In the hospitality and service-work industries, the labor shortage has been even more serious than the recent inflation. You could raise the prices to absorb the rising cost, but these businesses cannot fill their open positions even if they offer more-than-lucrative pay. Why? Lack of flexibility, respect, and future advancement opportunities along with demanding work schedules discourage people to take or return to jobs like dishwashers, truck drivers, retail workers, food servers, airport agents, and home health aides. In fact, the average employment attrition rate, the rate at which people leave, went up to over 60% in retail, and 80% in accommodation and food service industries. Indeed, during and after the pandemic, there are other more flexible, stable, rewarding, and safer jobs out there that people can choose from, such as online services, gig-working, and manufacturing. So, what will those employers do? Raise more or hire robots?
Enjoy reading the article to learn about what makes people work or leave.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220908-the-jobs-employers-just-cant-fill
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