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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of jobs available. When you can stay at home and get X an hour- is it worth it to go back for only X +$5 more an hour? We do have vaccines now and it’s not like it was last year. I think a lot of people are reluctant to return to normal but that’s what is needed. [/quote]

They are not “reluctant.”  They are lazy.  [/quote]

Maybe some, but there are other concerns at play too. In some industries, particularly hospitality, people are reluctant to go back to work and off of unemployment for fear that they will be laid off again. Many people waited weeks or months to get the unemployment benefits to which they were entitled the first time around, and are afraid of being back in the same situation in a few months. [/quote]

Its not just fear of being laid off. Everyone should read this thread about what happened to restaurant workers in the pandemic but in short:

[twitter]https://twitter.com/ericriveracooks/status/1390306648158212101[/twitter]

- They saw their co-workers die because they took shifts and were exposed
- The restaurant owners double died in free government money that does not need to be repaid 
- The government pay was not passed on to workers
- The employees who stayed saw their shifts cut in half and income severely reduced with no remorse
- The owners still refuse to offer benefits like healthcare (which is covered under the 2020/2021 pandemic acts)
- Some owners shut down restaurants entirely for 5-6 months with no discussion and expect former employees to come crawling back
- The employees who are taking on new jobs are doing so with better compensation rates at places like Amazon warehouses than they were in hospitality/restaurant industries
- Restaurants are hiring back currently at reduced hours in major cities - that means reduced paychecks
- No one knows if a 4th wave is coming so employees could be right back to where they started with uncertainty if it hits and they believed their bosses[/quote]

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