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This is a good sign, it means somebody is hurting for labor.
I don't see how how this fixes their problem either. They are still short on people to work.
Obviously this is anti worker behavior and it can't be tolerated
I'm not sure where you get that they're hurting for labor. In recent years, companies have mostly been laying people off or outright firing them, to downsize in favor of AI and automated replacements, while the CEOs pat themselves on the back with fatter pay raises for themselves and their own bank accounts.
And let's not forget about the orange menace, one of his favorite things to say and do is "You're fired!" to government workers.
https://lemmy.world/post/33844724
Do tell me fellow lemming, what companies are actually hiring these days?
It's been the trend since 2021 that fewer people are willing to accept jobs that pay ridiculously little or otherwise abuse workers.
THAT'S the kind of labor they're hurting for: the kind who are so desperate/stupid/timid/more than one of the above that they'll put up with literally anything.
Which is often a mistake that leads to long term lack of labor in exchange for short term share dividends.
Firing people doesn't necessary mean that those people aren't needed. In the case of the kinds of companies you're talking about, it more often means that the company is run by greedy and shortsighted idiots.
Which is the most idiotic of it all, since the technology and systems to do so effectively don't even EXIST yet! No matter how much Silicon Valley pushes it as the miraculous solution that will make all workers superfluous, it can't actually do that. At least not yet, and hopefully not in our lifetimes.
Yup!
Many are TRYING to hire while offering pay and terms that nobody in their right mind would accept, except if forced by the consequences of oppressive laws such as this one
Unemployment numbers been running in historical low since covid and along with the demographic shift with boomer retiring.
Young workers entering the work and some feds are hurting but these numbers are barely impacting unemployment
https://wolfstreet.com/2025/08/01/slowing-supply-of-immigrant-labor-slowing-job-growth-keep-the-job-market-in-balance-and-the-unemployment-rate-low-push-up-wages-powell-talked-about-it/
That's 84k in labor force that's pushing 170m
Middle level hiring is brisk with expectation of tech along anything blue collar from factory work to services. This of course is regional just like housing market.