I'm scared to ask this bc it seems like I'm trying to own the libs or something, but seriously, we just had another week where they didn't pick the garbage up on the assigned day because they don't have enough staff to make all the pickups. I would like to know what happened to all the people who used to have jobs, but now don't want those jobs because they suck, or don't pay enough, or some combo of the two.
I don't think the broad strokes of getting unemployment have changed, this far out of COVID? This isn't Sweden. So how are people surviving without jobs? Did 25% of the nation move back in with their parents?
I know it sounds like I'm being snarky but I seriously don't understand how a giant swath of the country is surviving now, since they apparently are not working. Surely there is a mountain of writing on this topic -- can someone point me in the right direction? Or drop some knowledge? (I'm putting this in tech because it's the closest relevant thing -- is some kind of work-from-home thing responsible for the lack of garbagemen?)