Hotels turn to robots and room cleanings every 4 days to ease staffing shortages

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 6:15 AM UTC

missedthecue wrote: post #7

heavyset_go wrote: post #5

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People had ~3 years to find new jobs outside of hospitality after the industry basically shut down. No one is sitting at home, they found new jobs. There's also the toll COVID took on the workforce, and COVID-related disabilities.

This can't be the explanation. If it were true, the workforce participation rate would be steady. Changing jobs doesn't raise or lower that figure. A person is employed whether they scrub toilets or do brain surgery. But it's not steady. Literally millions of people have stopped working and looking for work since 2020.

Post by midoridensha » Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 6:17 AM UTC

KennyBlanken wrote: post #52

missedthecue wrote: post #6

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If they were able to adequately staff two years ago, and now 25% of a pay raise later they can't, there are likely some structural issues going on.

The primary structural issue is that low-income wages have completely stagnated if not fallen with the inflation over the last several decades while wages for mid-upper to ultrawealthy have gone up, dramatically. The number of places in the US that you can get a 2BR home, rental or owning, on minimum wage is basically non-existent. We're on the verge of large swaths of the US population effectively becoming serfs. Ho…

Post by redox99 » Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 6:23 AM UTC

thinking4real wrote: post #110

makeitdouble wrote: post #66

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> But how is it better to sit at home making $0 than working and having an income? I had that very discussion with a co-worker leaving. They told me working wasn't worth their time, and they'd better care for their home, family, themselves etc. instead. And it wasn't that they were rich or their partner had a high paying job, more that the cost of daycare, private teacher, eating outside every day, work related stuff…

Ok, but this is still missing a very important element - where the hell are they getting finances to live? The point OP is making us these people probably need ~$2000 a month to live at an absolute minimum. No luxury, no gadgets, just getting by. How does one decide “working isn’t worth it” but still magically has these funds?

Post by alphabettsy » Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 6:29 AM UTC

trevyn wrote: post #99

alphabettsy wrote: post #54

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> Marriage, land ownership, religion, tradition, real communities, family is still nominally there but there's little left of it. Curious about where you live and where you grew up? I ask because none of these rings true for me. Many of my friends have bought homes and started families, along the way, they’ve created their own traditions, and are part of communities where they know their neighbors. And this isn’t in…

The point is about a snowballing larger societal collapse, led by the US and UK. (But it will reach everywhere eventually.) If you and your friends are rich and dull enough, you can ostrich-hole it for a while yet. If you want to see the canary in the coal mine, try befriending someone who works in the service industry.

Post by TylerE » Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 6:35 AM UTC

Gigachad wrote: post #124

TylerE wrote: post #113

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A lot of people in that income bracket can’t afford a car

You can deliver food with a motorbike or regular bike. I imagine delivering food in an inner city area on a bicycle is actually pretty decent since your expenses are minimal. I see quite a lot of people delivering on e-bikes daily.