And they can’t pay for it.
Unless the economy is lying, you’re SOL. Not to mention the fact that a vast majority of jobs in the country cannot use WFH in the first place.
And the French will take drastic measures. Even if their QoL goes down a bit, that leaves them in a much, much better position than the US.
France: “We’re raising the retirement age from 62 to 64”
riots
The US: “We’re looking to raise the retirement age from 65 to 70”
“We’re too beat down to riot, plz no”
They can’t pay for retirement at 62. They’re still markedly better off than you are. With far more protections than you can ever hope for.
I feel like right now is an awful time to quit your job, unless your have something else lined up for sure.
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As long as the federal government cracks down on a couple dozen kids playing high school sports, half the voters will go along with everything else. It’s those couple dozen kids playing sports that really matter.
/sigh
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Yawn. So you didn’t pay attention to what actually happened and why things like the Recession in '08 happened, but you simply hopped on the anti-corporate bandwagon because it’s convenient.
Right, right. I’m sure we can blame the economic state of the US on WFH in some twisted, convoluted way. Surely nothing else is driving that problem. Nah, it’s just those greedy people who see no real reason for the jobs that are applicable to WFH to involve forced in-office time. Surely it’s them. Obviously. Totally. Nothing else at all relates to our current economic issues, like handing people money to not work, or various international relations disasters. Nah, it’s all the fault of Bob down the street who works a completely WFH-able job.
It’s incredible how short-sighted US voters are. They’ll actively vote against their own self-interest because someone frothed 'em up by yelling something about being “woke”.
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Unemployment rate in the U.S. is its lowest in 54 years.
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More people working, less jobs up for grabs. Quitting is a bad idea.
The scary thing is that it honestly works both sides up. Participating in American politics at all nowadays is like picking which half of the feces sandwich you want to eat. No matter what way you cut it, it’s still what it is.
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You’re not paying attention. Not all jobs can be WFH, most won’t be. WFH made up a whopping 7% of the workforce before the pandemic and it’s projected be 10-14% by the time all the subsidies from the federal government and COVID-era savings wear off.
So fishing for pity because a handful of over-valued software engineers have to go to work in a crowd that has to commute to their jobs is not going to reward you any empathy.
Unfortunately they are both controlled by the same corporate donors.
I gotta say, the Democrats seem better than the Republicans though. Only one of your parties seems to be aware that there’s a cost of living crisis.
Right after the economy closed down for two years. I mean, really? You don’t say. Shocked. Shocked I am.
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The USA government is united against the American people. It’s all a uniparty sham.
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This poster doesn’t understand how living close to an office in Cali make drastically reduce QoL.
QFT. I’m much younger (millennial) and even I can see the BS.
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If you don’t like it find another job. Don’t blame the state or anything, it’s those evil corporate goons… that have no control over the cost of living.
Right, so because some people are in chosen fields that don’t have any way to WFH, nobody should get to. How about no? I say that as somebody working in an industry with no real WFH prospects. My work necessitating a physical presence doesn’t mean everybody’s does or should.
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Those evil corporate goons… have control over whether or not their workers can work at home. Or lose talent.
You’re probably just mad that you can’t work at home.
Man, I love the fact that I don’t have to commute, can live in a cheaper area further from the office, and can walk downstairs to my own kitchen to make my own lunch. God this feels great, you should be mad.
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