{"id":6735,"date":"2021-12-03T22:24:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T22:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6735"},"modified":"2021-12-03T22:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T22:24:04","slug":"hating-work-is-having-a-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6735","title":{"rendered":"Hating work is having a moment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“Many had expected people to return to the workforce en masse after federal unemployment benefits expired in September. While that\u2019s happened to some degree<\/a> \u2014 the economy added more than half a million jobs last month \u2014 there are still many more Americans holding out, thanks to a variety of reasons, from savings to lack of child care<\/a> to the ongoing risks of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importantly, the pandemic \u2014 as well as government social safety nets like extended unemployment benefits \u2014 gave people the time, distance, and perspective to reevaluate the place of work in their lives.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are still more than 4 million fewer people in the workforce than there would be if labor force participation were at pre-pandemic levels. There are 10.4 million open jobs<\/a> and just 7.4 million unemployed<\/a>, according to the latest data. Of course, many of these open jobs are bad<\/a>: They have bad pay, dangerous working conditions, or just aren\u2019t remote (remote positions on LinkedIn get 2.5 times more applications than non-remote, according to the company).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is a situation where many employers \u2014 especially those in industries with notoriously bad pay and conditions \u2014 are having difficulty finding and retaining workers. To counter it<\/a>, they\u2019re raising wages, offering better benefits, and even altering the nature of their work. Depending on their strength and duration, these various actions could have long-lasting impacts on the future of work for all Americans.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In September, a high of 4.4 million people quit their jobs, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>, which has been tracking this data since 2000. That\u2019s 3 percent of all employment and follows a summer of record quit numbers. Quitting has been especially prevalent in lower-paying, lower-status jobs like those in leisure, hospitality, and retail.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In 2021, approval of labor unions grew to 68 percent of Americans, its highest rate in more than 50 years<\/a>. This is happening as many American workers are attempting to unionize their workplaces. Recent unionization efforts include Starbucks<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, and meal-kit delivery service HelloFresh<\/a>. Last month was dubbed \u201cStriketober<\/a>,\u201d as more than 100,000 workers across industries, including workers at John Deere and in film and TV crews, participated in various labor actions. This is one of the many worker trends bulwarked by social media, which is rampant with support for unions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/22776112\/quit-jobs-great-resignation-workers-union<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Many had expected people to return to the workforce en masse after federal unemployment benefits expired in September. While that\u2019s happened to some degree \u2014 the economy added more than half a million jobs last month \u2014 there are still many more Americans holding out, thanks to a variety of reasons, from savings to lack of child care to the ongoing risks of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Importantly, the pandemic \u2014 as well as government social safety nets like extended unemployment benefits \u2014 gave people the time, distance, and perspective to reevaluate the place of work in their lives.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“There are still more than 4 million fewer people in the workforce than there would be if labor force participation were at pre-pandemic levels. There are 10.4 million open jobs and just 7.4 million unemployed, according to the latest data. Of course, many of these open jobs are bad: They have bad pay, dangerous working conditions, or just aren\u2019t remote (remote positions on LinkedIn get 2.5 times more applications than non-remote, according to the company).<\/p>\n

The result is a situation where many employers \u2014 especially those in industries with notoriously bad pay and conditions \u2014 are having difficulty finding and retaining workers. To counter it, they\u2019re raising wages, offering better benefits, and even altering the nature of their work. Depending on their strength and duration, these various actions could have long-lasting impacts on the future of work for all Americans.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“In September, a high of 4.4 million people quit their jobs, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which has been tracking this data since 2000. That\u2019s 3 percent of all employment and follows a summer of record quit numbers. Quitting has been especially prevalent in lower-paying, lower-status jobs like those in leisure, hospitality, and retail.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“In 2021, approval of labor unions grew to 68 percent of Americans, its highest rate in more than 50 years. This is happening as many American workers are attempting to unionize their workplaces. Recent unionization efforts include Starbucks, Amazon, and meal-kit delivery service HelloFresh. Last month was dubbed \u201cStriketober,\u201d as more than 100,000 workers across industries, including workers at John Deere and in film and TV crews, participated in various labor actions. This is one of the many worker trends bulwarked by social media, which is rampant with support for unions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[588,409,483,165,271,1161,1474,574],"class_list":["post-6735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-corona","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-economy","tag-jobs","tag-remote-work","tag-work","tag-workers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6736,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions\/6736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}