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Did the Covid "sit down money" kill work ethic (Read 220 times)
aquascoot
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Did the Covid "sit down money" kill work ethic
Mar 28th, 2023 at 5:16am
 
overall work rates are lower than they have been since the 1980s — and millions of workers who dropped out of the labor force during the COVID-19 lockdowns have yet to return. A peacetime labor shortage has erupted, yet vast numbers of men and women are still sitting on the sidelines of the economy.

America is renowned for its work ethic — and rightly so. The average worker in the United States clocks more hours each year than those in Canada, Australia, Western Europe and now even Japan.

But those are the work patterns of US men and women holding down a job. A “flight from work” in modern America is simultaneously afoot.

It first became evident among men in the prime of life, between 25 and 54. Today over 7 million of these men of “prime working age” are neither working nor looking for work. And now, in the wake of the COVID calamity, the “men without work” syndrome seems to be spreading, afflicting parts of the US workforce that did not suffer from it before the pandemic. Work rates for older Americans (55-plus) remain stuck at pre-vaccine levels. Warning lights seem to be flashing for prime-age women as well.


Ordinarily, prime-age men are society’s providers, but a steady retreat from the workforce has been underway among this crucial contingent for over half a century. Today work rates for prime-age American men are actually lower than in 1940, when America’s unemployment rate stood at almost 15%.


In the post-lockdown recovery, job openings soared. Since Labor Day 2021, unfilled non-farm positions have averaged over 11 million a month. For every unemployed man and woman in the United States today, there are nearly two open jobs. The current labor shortage affects every sector of the economy and every region of the country.



disturbing.

we have initiated a taker mentality.

usually this is fatal  Cry Cry Cry Cry
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Re: Did the Covid "sit down money" kill work ethic
Reply #1 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 6:52am
 
You got flagon gubba?
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AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.
 
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Re: Did the Covid "sit down money" kill work ethic
Reply #2 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 7:07am
 
Funny (well, not really) how aquascoot and others keep ignoring this:

Long COVID Sidelined Many American Workers

New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work

Long Covid is distorting the labor market — and that's bad for the U.S. economy

Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds

But, hey... it always has to be ABC (Anything But Covid) with people like aquascoot, doesn't it?

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usually this is fatal


Your "mild, nothing burger" SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus has been fatal for over a million Americans so far.
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** Repeat Covid infections exercise our immune system in the same way that repeat concussions exercise our brain **
 
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Reply #3 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 7:09am
 
Kinda true in a way Carl.
Covid knocked off 2/3rds of Brazil's coffee workforce.
Half a lung only goes so far.
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AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.
 
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Re: Did the Covid "sit down money" kill work ethic
Reply #4 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 7:40am
 
So fat 25 year old men who lived in their mother's basement
And play video games all day
In between masturbating to p***

Are doing so because of long covid

Carl

You are out of your freaking mind
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Reply #5 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 7:42am
 
However if you want to tell people it's ok to stay in their pyjamas all day
Because they can blame everything on kovid
And continue to collect a government check

I'm sure you'll have plenty of takers Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
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Re: Did the Covid "sit down money" kill work ethic
Reply #6 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 7:55am
 
Reading your posts is like watching a train wreck - I know I shouldn't look but I just have to.

And, while I do that I sometimes wonder about what sort of alternate reality you're living in.

I really do.
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Reply #7 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 8:14am
 
Ditto
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Reply #8 - Mar 28th, 2023 at 12:02pm
 

No.

It did not.

Don't be so blody stupid.
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