Employers are the biggest whiners ever. Most of the time there is an artificial job shortage that allows them to underpay and overwork and abuse employees. Sometimes, like now, there is a rare labor shortage. But when it’s their turn to adjust to economic reality, all they do is whinge and complain.
But I Can’t Afford to Accept Economic Reality!
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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I question the “rare labor shortage.” It seems that most of the gaps are for very specific (albeit low-skill) positions that are so demoralizing and low paying that they’ve always been difficult to fill (high turnover/high burnout). Personally, I’ve been looking for a new job off and on for a year now.