Workers vs. bosses: Battle of a shifting job market

Workers who’ve left demanding jobs and employers who can’t find enough staff come together for a frank conversation about what’s fuelling an unprecedented shift in the global labour market.
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[@CDN1975]

The pandemic made people realize their worth. Can't blame anyone for not wanting to work for minimum wage.

[@gozimusable1]

interesting angle.... 🤔

[@sandpast]

One of the main problems is the cost of living. Rent is so high now that it is almost pointless to have a job

[@fangslaughter1198]

No mention of raising the wages of the long term employees. Just piling on the workload. The employers all denigrate the employees for not having employees. They don't deserve to be in business.

[@paperlessbooks]

Business owners fail to understand that employees are not interested in carrying their business on their back for minimum wage and no stake in the business. For the first time in a while, employees have the power to truly shape how the work/life relationship should be. Business owners need to understand that a job is simply a means to pay bills. Therefore, businesses should strive for relationships with employee that garner a well balanced work and personal life.

[@venusianlilac]

🎯🎯🎯

[@williamrosswhite]

don't worry, the working class will be appropriately disciplined into submission with monetary policy

[@FitChickGlows]

In Australia where the exchange rate is EXACTLY the same as Canada they believe in paying their employees a LIVING WAGE. So their minimum wage is $25 an hour AND benefits. Compare that to Ontario’s which is around $15 or $16 with NO JOB SECURITY. No one can live on that in Toronto. No wonder they don’t show up for interviews etc. Thing’s need a BIG DISRUPTION in the workforce to make employees people again and give them to start a LIVING WAGE AND JOB SECURITY again. And a culture change us a MUST.

[@flywithme7]

@@FitChickGlows No it's not 🤔

[@speciallevo3170]

You haven’t worked in a good restaurant have you. Will make more than a teacher with a four year degree. You whiners about minimum wage have fuelled a growing robotics industry.

[@brandonlongbottom5747]

I'm not putting money in someone else's pocket anymore

[@Itoshimi]

You wanna know why you can’t hire people? Because you pay $11 an hour, no benefits, no vacation, entry level BUT requires 6 years of experience

[@DaydreamStation]

Exactly

[@Empericalmonkey]

So you had 160 people apply, 18 you called back, 1 showed up for the interview. Sounds like your HR department is doing bang up job.

[@MrThe3hobos]

The fact that the employers can’t recognize that overworking your staff is just bad management shows a clear lack of understanding.

[@keenanhosfield6734]

Gotta love the language and euphemisms of the managers referring to workers like a supply commodity.

[@stevencollins8348]

Human Resources

[@robertfoerster566]

Oh you're good, I'm stealing that one. :):):) Thank you!

[@Sophie-and-Ken]

That is exactly how they were taught to manage. There philosophy has always been “anybody can be replaced” and “no employee should have more control than the boss.” So employees in may companies are treated worse then the hardware they work on. That won’t work anymore.

[@ES-ls5tc]

The person saying that money is no longer an issue must be blind... there are plenty of shitty paying jobs out there, for sure. People can't afford to be out of the house for $15/hr or even $17/hr when the cost of living is so high.

[@platypussex1]

There was 150 applications for 4 jobs . So obviously the wrong people were chosen for interviews or the potential employees didn’t like what was offered or how it was offered….that’s not a labour shortage .

[@plav032]

Ask the owners what they made for profits since the labor shortage and see where the problem is, doubt they lost money during that time while they saved wages getting their existing workers to work harder... I'm working with 50% less staff than pre-pandemic, our company outright refuses to acknowledge industry bottom wages as the culprit as they shovel finances into unnecessary passion projects that the owner wants. Put it simply, workers now know they have value, and they can shop around for the best fit for them. Businesses need to decide if they are going to be that best fit, and working people to the point of burn out for substandard pay isn't it.

[@FitChickGlows]

In Australia where the exchange rate is EXACTLY the same as Canada they believe in paying their employees a LIVING WAGE. So their minimum wage is $25 an hour AND benefits. Compare that to Ontario’s which is around $15 or $16 with NO JOB SECURITY. No one can live on that in Toronto. No wonder they don’t show up for interviews etc. Thing’s need a BIG DISRUPTION in the workforce to make employees people again and give them to start a LIVING WAGE AND JOB SECURITY again. And a culture change us a MUST.

[@thiswasamistake9408]

Pay. Your. Employees. More. That’s all you have to do. It makes zero sense to me how all of these businesses have so many job openings but they somehow can’t justify paying the staff they already have more. There’s obviously money available to hire more people, and the employees are picking up the slack to make up for the staff shortage. So…. Pay them more. I don’t understand why that can’t happen. Someone please make this make sense.

[@kvmairforce]

Own your own business and you will understand. Nothing I write here will enlighten you, it is too complex.

[@abcdedfg8340]

Also, match international paid time off standards, typically 3 to 5 weeks, it takes 15 minutes on google lol. Employees may have places to visit, family to see, or friends to catch up with. Let them do it while healthy and young. Ofc make performance expectations clear to them as well. Give them something to look forward too so they will be more productive.

[@chanceryan7760]

I assume you have to be young with limited life experience. What you're saying to business owners when you say this is they themselves should make take home less so others can have more. What you fail to realize is that many of these business owners have everything they own invested in these businesses, people always assume if they're a business owner they must be wealthy, often times business owners especially restauranteurs have a 2nd 3rd mortgage taken out on their homes to support their business so if the business goes under they lose everything EVERYTHING! Simply paying staff more is an ignorant solution, look at the administration in DC they suggest a $15hr min wage, facts are you can't pay the avg bills off a $20hr job. Let's say a business owner needs a 30% return on everything they sell, well paying staff more cuts into that big time, so what now does the business owner have to do to retain that 30% return increase the cost of their products, and there starts the Domino effect then everything continues to go up in price and nothing changes

[@ceilidhmacmullin]

“People have money burning holes in their pockets” WHO are these people?! 😂 clearly they aren’t living in BC and they DEFINITELY aren’t capable of working in food industry where you make minimum wage (which isn’t enough to live off of)

[@Landstalker1999]

She's talking about rich Chinese immigrants who are connected to the CCP buying up North/West Vancouver homes like kids picking out candy at a candy store.

[@BullyCanadian]

Of course the money is the issue. I bet you these companies aren’t paying well and/or treating their employees badly. These businessss should go out of business. No sympathy. Hope their vacancies stay vacant.

[@maxgo9106]

for decades these bosses are getting very rich on the back of their workers. for once, let them suffer.

[@princesskaitlinhazelwood4703]

The problem is that workers feel no long term stake in the company. When there was more profit sharing, workers had an incentive for the business to do well

[@abcdedfg8340]

Its not just stake, it a work life balance. In most of the developed world, people get 3 to 5 weeks minimum as basic paid time off. People may have travel plans, family etc, best to let them do it while young and healthy. Ofc make performance expectations very clear too.

[@bobpoop6025]

Pay us more.

[@janiekcarney5482]

Businesses abused their workers and people aren’t going to come back. At any price. People want to be treated with respect.

[@robertfoerster566]

Stop hiring as if one is on e-harmony. I'm reminded of an online post that said - along the lines of, "Instead of dumping every possible want into a job description to find that non-existent Unicorn, perhaps see what skills are out there, and shape one based on what is really available." Regarding "people not wanting work," People assume everyone in specific jobs is desperate to survive. While that is undoubtedly the case in any workplace, that's not true for everyone. Perhaps they have a spouse or partner who makes enough for both, and maybe they have a family to help them step away from something they don't enjoy. Personally, I would happily handle the costs of living for a partner that was in a miserable position. If the household doesn't REALLY need that second income, why force someone into a place that exhausts them. Work isn't supposed to be an endurance test. We've made "mercurial" the soup du jour of the work world, and while sensible business is always wise, turning it into a hellscape of penny-pinching and piling work onto less and less people, isn't what was intended. Finally, do some of these industries look beyond a certain age or type of person? Or are they smitten with a look or feel. There are a terrible number of "ism's" in hiring and don't think for a moment they aren't still very much in force.

[@janiekcarney5482]

We have too many restaurants. Some need to fail. If you don’t know how to do anything they open a restaurant.

[@KailuaChick]

Yup exactly.

[@speciallevo3170]

And how do all these people with no job or on minimum wage afford to eat out?

[@drmdmd1]

Pay livable wages…nurses leaving for USA getting paid more lower taxes free parking

[@alelectric2767]

Nurses are paid well in Canada

[@drmdmd1]

@@skyguymd doctor pay are comparable on average to the USA, Canada went through this conundrum in the late 90s and early 2000s…also Canadian doctors don’t have to fight for there money from insurance companies and they have government malpractice so there not sued as often and very low malpractice insurance rates, when you take these factors in, its adjust for the cost difference.

[@James-vj5hz]

@@alelectric2767 No they are not. Nurses aren't leaving the USA to work in Canada, it's the other way around.

[@alelectric2767]

@@James-vj5hz Didn’t say they were better paid than the US. Said they are well paid in Canada. Which they are.

[@matcrispy3748]

good - employers’ have been lousy for decades, and they’ll be lousy again, but now they’ll complain complain how hard they now have it, long-term: most employees are ok and employers are lousy

[@williamrosswhite]

what pay were you offering to those people who declined the interview / job? sounds like a really important part of the equation of this conversation?

[@WraithDesignz]

Exactly. Because they know if we find out what they pay, it will tell all of us why they cant find help and why nobody stays. Pay people garbage wages, you end up with a garbage business with no workers. Not hard to understand, but I guess these people got so lazy and so use to living off the backs of workers, they no longer had to think this way, they just expect slaves to work and show up and deal with it all without a peep.

[@williamrosswhite]

@@WraithDesignz Amen, Comrade 👍⚒️

[@ridds777]

What are you paying? That's why.

[@Itoshimi]

$10 an hour with no vacation and no benefits but nobody wants to work for me?! - these owners.

[@babartahir9004]

The restaurant owners are too cheap to pay more than minimum, but like to complain 😂

[@azizagul1]

Pay them more.

[@TalwinderDhillonTravels]

If you can’t pay your employees a living wage, you should shut down your business. Running a business is not a birth right

[@chanceryan7760]

Over simplification, 1st define a living wage, you'll find it hard to put a # on that. 2nd if businesses did shut down because they were given that ultimatum you'd be shocked at how disparaging that'd look on a national landscape. Lastly it's a domino effect, if a business began paying more overnight the only way to recoup their losses is charge more for the product they're selling and here begins the Domino effect

[@chanceryan7760]

@Sarmatian Cat-a-phract 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@TalwinderDhillonTravels]

@@chanceryan7760 yeah maybe your pizza should cost $30 and not $15. Your purchases should not be subsidized on backs of other people being paid low

[@chanceryan7760]

@@TalwinderDhillonTravels Looks like u missed the point

[@chanceryan7760]

@Sarmatian Cat-a-phract Obviously you don't understand how that works, have you been bitching about gas prices and how it impacts everything else, this is no diff. You people are so short sighted

[@tahmidchowdhury8539]

Issue is no one wants to work unskilled low wage jobs anymore. How can you honestly convince someone to work for minimum wage after attending school from age 4 to 18 and then onto post secondary education. Part-time gig is okay for survival while attending school or developing a professional skill (trades), but full-time: HELLO NO!. All the government's fault for putting so much red tape on constructing new homes that it drove rent prices up through the roof.

[@ghayath2011]

They leave because they get paid higher somewhere else . Each extra $1 an hour makes a difference. The lower you pay them the less chance they will stay the higher you pay them the higher chance they would stay and be more productive. Money is the No1 motivation here.

[@thewayiseeit2069]

Lol your right but they don’t want to admit it

[@peterschupp7667]

Left food business after 18 years. Covid made me find something better. It’s not just wage in this industry it is finding a work life balance. I work too many weekends and holidays. Never again

[@harissonbond7499]

They are probably leaving cause they found some place else that will pay them a higher salary.

[@lisahope4582]

Who has money burning in their pockets??????????????

[@msdemeanor6057]

Maybe employers should hire more people, instead of expecting existing staff to work 70, 80 hours a week to cover for the employers' cheapness. Working from home has not affected people's desire to work. It's the constant drive for extreme profits, the constant demands to do more with less, and employers exploitation and surveillance of workers.

[@FitChickGlows]

In Australia where the exchange rate is EXACTLY the same as Canada they believe in paying their employees a LIVING WAGE. So their minimum wage is $25 an hour AND benefits. Compare that to Ontario’s which is around $15 or $16 with NO JOB SECURITY. No one can live on that in Toronto. No wonder they don’t show up for interviews etc. Thing’s need a BIG DISRUPTION in the workforce to make employees people again and give them to start a LIVING WAGE AND JOB SECURITY again. And a culture change us a MUST.

[@YumikoFang]

Why don’t these management people work and fill the jobs they want to fill? They should FEEL how it is.

[@kvmairforce]

When you become a manager you will understand. Everyone starts from the bottom, and thinks how you do. Then they get promoted and then understands. One day when you get to management, you'll understand too.

[@omalleysmith9100]

Because they've probably already DONE those jobs for years on their way up to becoming a manager. Most managers know exactly how it is.

[@RaphPorsche]

There is no shortage of workers, people are applying and not getting hired.

[@Pheonix384]

Plain and simple you need to pay more so people can survive if you don't pay more people will leave and go to a job that has a higher wage. You cannot live on minimum wage I think that provinces need to wake up to the fact that minimum wage is no longer enough to survive on. A person a minimum wage depending where you live in the country you can't even rent a room can you imagine a family of four living in a room with two people working. Most of it is because housing is not affordable. So bigger solutions are needed here. We need workers so we need immigration but we don't have the housing and it's not affordable. We are in a huge dilemma but it is now a worker's market. If you don't like a job you just quit and get another one if you don't like how much you're getting you quit and get another one plain and simple.

[@stephanienguyen6992]

Pay more salary. More vacation days. More sick days. More extra benefits. More extra pay for work overtime. More bonus packages. More flexible hours - WFH. We did not get anything, so I don't think people will stay long in current job. Even the companies are making more profits, but these profits gain are going to Managers and Vice Presidents and above to their shares and bonus and other packages. Lower employees got - Nothing, so we decide quit and move on.

[@Itoshimi]

I guarantee the Asian guy pays his workers $10 an hour or less and the lady pays her workers $15 with no benefits

[@bluefalcon0001]

It’s funny how for the last 6 months or so, the talk of town was that Canada has 1 million infilled jobs, but who is going to tell that those jobs are mostly low paying and less benefits with not much job security. A business never runs out of compassion or charity, they will always make money.

[@vincentmartin4063]

We wanted world globalization, we have it. Manufacturing companies were happy to find cheap labour in China or Bangladesh. Construction companies have taken advantage of immigrants paid minimal wage with no benefits. Now that employees have the option to work for foreign companies with better work conditions and salaries, it's a problem? Like many I left my job during the pandemic. I am now looking at starting my own business as a one man operation. My last ten years on the job market has been terrible. I have become very cynical, and I will run my future business with as many automation systems as possible in order to avoid having to deal with people.

[@grantboucher2696]

small operators need to consider attracting employees with profit sharing etc

[@derinaries]

I worked as a cook for years; first in restauramts then in LTC. Both treat their cooks like crap. Long hours, no overtime, no respect. Just more work. I blame the employer. Its been a long time coming, but they are getting what they deserve. Treat employees well and they will stay.

[@chanceryan7760]

Not sure what you meant by no overtime, because that's federal law you work over 40hrs then OT pay kicks in. If staff allow this to happen then they're to blame as well, because they're not holding employers accountable

[@canadianmonte]

When it you are asked to perform the work of 3 or 4 people, and they aren’t willing to pay you properly for one job….finding dedication at that point is next to impossible.

[@tim2269]

For nurses Work more with less is dangerous.

[@unitednorthamericanallianc3401]

All you need is a skilled manager! Although similar experience doesn’t always equate to how excited one is to do this type but having a diversified experience manager may just lead your team. I don’t believe referral hiring believe everyone needs a chance to be interviewed at all costs.

[@spooderdoggy]

There is no labor storage. There’s plenty of people around. There is a participation shortage. The question I keep asking is: How are these people paying their bills?🤔🇺🇸

[@TimErwin]

They aren't. But the thing is, the wages being offered are so low that most people can't pay their bills anyway. Some people are simply choosing to lose faster rather than slowly.

[@justlistenfornow]

Employer's definition of loyalty is work harder and harder and harder, and pay employees less in term of benefit, wage.

[@mikeklement7223]

We all need to be paid more and be respected is the bottom line. Corporations and their CEOs are making record profits. The cost of being alive has sky rocketed, nobody is going to take a job for crap pay, you can't survive. The rich need to share the wealth before capitalism truly implodes on itself and people start revolting.

[@powerofloveism]

Nobody wants the poke and risk their lives for a few bucks when they can start their work life over and avoid the coercion of medical procedures. Its a really obvious thing for me.

[@justlistenfornow]

Employers are willing to pay the least amount in wage, not a a living wage.

[@thelivingancestor2168]

I wish I were sitting at that table. I worked in the construction industry and got fired in 2022. My mom is a nurse - at 65 and nowhere near retirement lol. My sister a small business owner…. I have so many comments lol

[@Twilight.Sparkle796]

Restaurants are dumps and they under pay and you have to work every holiday and weekend

[@soniakorchynski]

No money burning a hole in my pocket. Over privaliged much. I had to work through the pandemic.

[@bhikaribaba34]

Everybody Get Ready - Here Comes - Cheap Foreign Labor 🤣🤣🤣

[@TalwinderDhillonTravels]

That’s the fuel Canada runs on

[@myrnasmith7664]

Dude where have you been? That's all North America runs on.

[@tdotguy4004]

Maybe Gov. DeSantis and Abbott can send some of those buses to Canada

[@globetrotter_nic]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hoghs1]

I truly think people are realizing they are happier broke but without a job. People are realizing that slaving away to make others rich is a silly game to play. Might be happier just going on a really long walkabout. Go travel the country. This idea of trading away your life is asinine. I think people are prioritizing and your business’ success means nothing to them. To bad they treated people so awful that’s gonna bite them to.

[@happinessinheart5340]

They need to pay people more!! That guy should buy a dishwasher!

[@ydnar5]

Problem was deserving people for wage increase was only a dream for majority of company. Employers rather hire more people rather than giving salary increase to certain deserving individual. Time thef salary theft high taxes what else can you ask for. People simply tired of the system nothing more. You cant keep the good tomatoes because they rather be their own boss. They already awake and know their time value already.

[@chanceryan7760]

There's a giant disconnect in these conversations, income and cost of living was never brought up, the restauranteur briefly quipped "It's not about Money" dismissing it out of hand as a legit basis or argument for worker shortage. 1st we'd have to agree on what's a liveable wage, if you look up what the Govt says it is you'd be horrified. The truth is the service industry doesn't pay enough for people to live off of PERIOD the lockdowns exacerbated things, they were saying people weren't working because of the govt unemployment yada yada, when that wasn't enough to actually live off of, next they went with people aren't working well unemployment #'s were at it's lowest EVER precovid and have returned to those same #'s, so we have to look deeper, once you look at the industries who are saying they can't fill job openings, you'll see that they all have a lot in common likely service industry jobs or the lower rung paying jobs, ie jobs that typically don't pay living wages or pay just enough to get by

[@O0o__.]

workers are NOT EXPENDABLES

[@KrokodilKirill01]

I can't find work in construction, positions get filled in very quickly

[@quakers200]

There was a time when one person witking a full time job would make enough to rent a house or appartment, own a car, raise a family and ger a pension. Now it takes two people in a family woring th do the same thing. This has been a slowly evolving thing that the pandemic has made worse. Corporations sold out jobs to outside countries to cut costs and increase profits. What has taken the place of manufacturing in this country? Finance for one. Banks make money in everything you purchase with that plastuic card. Buy a refrigerator, the stiore wants you to finance it, buy coverage on it why to make interest on the purchase to get that insurance money. Then there is the service industry cooking all your meals, servicing your car. Dong your taxes, painting your fingernails?? Even retail is going away. Why shop when amazon and the food delivery business will do it for you. This country must have immigrants to fill all the jobs. What has Trump and the Republican party done? They are fear mongering immigration, reducing immigration at w time when we need more. Just my opinion.

[@CBCTheNational]

We're going to keep covering the labour crisis and want to hear your stories - your struggles, your solutions. You can leave us a comment here or email [e-mail] ^nc

[@Simoncanada]

Thank your for bringing up the idea of “folks just don’t want to work these days”. I think with the advent of social media and communication, workers are starting to realize when their employers are taking advantage of them, or offering less in way of compensation then competitors. Workers now have the option to pick and choose the job that best serves their needs. Employers have to keep up with that competition.

[@venusianlilac]

Thank you for reporting on this. I suggest focusing on how common it is in the service industry to sidestep labour laws, expecting servers to work without breaks - and in general, reasons that people are FED UP being underpaid and overworked. And then, wondering - why do business owners feel the need to do this?? Like one business owner said in this video, it often feels like her "hands are tied". I believe minimum wage needs to be drastically increased, regular people deserve health benefits, everyone deserves a decent home to live in, ETC

[@AGCanadaeh]

Please continue covering the labour crisis and reporting on a quarterly basis.

[@emilymontoya2339]

An observation: many 20-somethings are not able to afford their own homes (renting or owning) and live with parents longer. The parenting style of this generation permits adult children to “wait for the next best thing” or quit jobs whenever they are unhappy, partially because the adult children live cost-free for longer. This reduces the collective drive to work to provide for oneself, and could result in fewer members of the workforce.

[@valentinadumi8172]

There is a solution: release open work permit for all us the immigrants, I applied 2 years ago and still waiting for it, my son turned 18 years old two months ago, he wanted to help me ( I'm a single mother) , he applied for his work permit and he is still waiting as many many others. There are so many people inside Canada that they still are waiting for a decision.

[@HamidA-to8vy]

Expectations of employers are not always realistic. I am talking about the jobs related to construction. The last 9 months could be the slowest in six , seven years. It is not hard to find a job still if one accepts 20% to 30% less compensation than wages pre the pandemic. For example, I see job advertisements for a vital position that could legally require a degree and license for a half of normal compensation! Employers advertise for positions under the apprentice and non skilled categories just to offer lower compensation. I see ads for physical dangerous jobs such as removing Asbestos or operating Table Saw for almost minimum wages!.

[@chanceryan7760]

I'd really like to know what industries outside the service industry are experiencing shortages? If there are any IMHO you'd see a lot of similarities between these vacant jobs. Thing is it's not as simple as just paying more $$ because of every company paid a true living wage, many would go out of business, others would slash their workforce and goods and services would jump in prices to offset those #'s and we'd be right back where we started. Business owners and boards of corporations all want to make $$, they'll never lose $$. There is never a way to take $$ out of their pocket, if they want a 30% earning or return on their expenses they will NEVER decrease that amy

[@James-vj5hz]

Huge shortages in the skilled trades. I'm loving it, and I hope more people retire. There are not enough young replacements entering the workforce after decades of propaganda. I hope people are looking forward to paying their electrician and plumber $120-150/hr.

[@Fienly0109]

Direct business is the future....The Middle man era is over

[@gozimusable1]

well it must be me then because I haven't gotten anything other than Uber Eats Since covid started

[@flywithme7]

If you don't like your wage start-up your own business you need to work for what you have.

[@davefischer2344]

2:11 good on her

[@vut2000]

Atleast they can afford rent

[@MommaKnowsBestest]

Pay more money. At a certain point people will want to work and use their time in exchange for money.

[@cdnsilverdaddy]

Today's kids have no sense of class nor understanding of what is right

[@Itoshimi]

Todays boomers are so detached from reality. They have no idea what it means to treat others like how you’d like to be treated.

[@speciallevo3170]

Lol. Thank goodness Trudope scared away most investors and Capital investment is down 80%. Then there would really be a labour shortage.

[@grantboucher2696]

at 58 i had saved rrsp tfsa and had a pension all my ducks were lined up good bye employer kma

[@donnacruz1993]

I know exactly the actual game in food Industry.But white peole don’t experience those abuse.Ask Asian worker they know a lot of the real situation. When I complain of harassment I was told to report in work safe BC but nothing happen the company give a suspensin to the chef 3 months then when he’s about to get back they cut my 5 days into two.Is like saying just leave.I was once tols my pay as a cook is like next to dishwasher so I will be only pid 1 dollar more and never get a raise for two months.But because of my degree They let me do some job of the kitchen Manager in inventory but paid like next to dishwasher.I was once wish there will be a lockdown because Since I can’t fight back as Asian.2 years after lockdown happen.And so since yhere is staff shortage so many cooks has an option to chose job and stay away from a nasty restaurant habit.

[@CanadianClub]

In the restaurant business, and perhaps retail in general, COVID and smartphone apps have created a heavily weighted population of consumption, not production. People have been conditioned to order and take delivery of their lunch at their comfy, remote work or home office locations. The Server in a restaurant has boldly and courageously taken courses to become caregivers of IT Servers in AWS, Google, and MS Azure data centers. Welcome to the Big Switch.

[@YumikoFang]

And?

[@askallthequestions8476]

This happened to me exactly!!!

[@unitednorthamericanallianc3401]

People also lie on resumes.

[@engchoontan8483]

When politicians and billionaires combined, the masses voted against your new world order. When troubles are created in asia, the propagation of consequences are evident worldwide. The masses around the world are targetting those who took advantage of them. No free lunch in this world. After taking then ask price is too late. Always ask price before taking

[@Anthony-dj4nd]

All the workers are probably busy doing onlyfans, podcast, youtube and tik toks. Lol

[@Itoshimi]

All the owners are probably sitting at home while paying their employees $7 an hour with no benefits no vacation and only hiring part time.

[@alinuurtube]

I need job I am jobless

[@ilikeshroomgals]

Guy i gotta find a country B

[@cheehincheong6719]

it is a capitalism society what we vote for,don't complain,government is not on our side even though they want to do so.

[@canadians4804]

Propaganda.

[@sanadaHIRO]

Money is the issue here my delusional employers. You can’t hired ppl at 15-18$ an hour anymore since inflation plays the biggest factor. With taxes and superannuation the employees can’t save enough to pay their bills.

[@canadianmonte]

Restaurants are the shittiest business models going for the staff. Work for me, but I am not going to pay you a full wage, and its up to the customer to cover the rest of your wage, which isn’t guaranteed! But the owner gets their cut no matter what. You want to fix the supply chain, close the restaurants again.

[@Itoshimi]

This comment takes the cake. But the owner in this video is oblivious

[@georgevenckus]

What a glorious time to find work if your ambitious, better than doing it in the 80’s where you had to break the door down

[@DaydreamStation]

The 80s were quite the opposite of now, at least, in Canada they were. You could walk into any business and ask for a job, with or without a résumé.