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MarieSkiis t1_jdt9mal wrote

Reply to comment by No-Practice-8038 in Looking for cleaning services that go to Greenville by forced_to_delete

That's odd because it says they service only 3 zip codes in downtown Jersey City. It's impossible to hire now - everywhere I go I see giant HELP WANTED signs and I try to be more patient in restaurants because it seems like no one wants to work anymore. I remember in NYC when people were complaining about dishwashers earning $15/hr but hey, we all have to live and pay inflated prices for rent and groceries so everyone's demanding $ per hour more I guess. Picked up my income taxes and the CPA was telling me that all of his McDonald's franchise owners were selling now because employees were demanding higher pay and corporate won't raise menu prices fast enough to cover. We're in a weird place with the economy right now.

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No-Practice-8038 t1_jdv68i8 wrote

I am not saying you are wrong in a sense. But it’s not that people don’t want to work. But people are tired of being exploited.

Real wages have not gone up for decades for most. Yet workers are being more productive than ever before for less.

My friend has a good job for a huge medical hospital system. But Management is driving them hard to do about 11 to 13 hours of work in a 8 hour shift. She is getting burnt out.

Inflation has been used by corporations to line their pockets with record profits while increasing prices for most goods.

McDonald’s can afford to raise wages and many other corporations as well. It’s just corporate and greedy investors don’t like sharing the trough with the peasants.

The economy isn’t in a weird place. Late end capitalism is real Ugly and people are tired of being slaves.

How is it that a few decades ago, you could afford a house, a car, maybe even college…. by working at a grocery store or working at the post office?

Oh those poor folks who have to sell their franchises. So many of them underpaying their workers for decades. At least they helped the workers apply for welfare. And made sure they didn’t work too many hours… so they weren’t required to give them benefits.

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