Is job hunting difficult these days?

@uikakarotuevegeta it wasn't I that made the baseless claim of the last 15 years. Get your calculator out to figure out what 2024 - 15 =.

It is amazing that some of the 'adults' of today not only depend on prospective employers to contact them instead of the other way around, they also resort to childishly blocking you when you say something they don't like. Isn't that right, young adult??

@DDonde and explosion of jobs that very few people want

@uikakarotuevegeta by the way it is extremely hard for someone who is in their late twenties to find a job when they've never actually held a job working for someone else.

@dale74 that's completely irrelevant and a little inappropriate for you to be writing that

@XDHyperGirlXD1 When I managed stores and restaurants I did my best to be fair and balanced, I expected each of my employees to do their jobs they were assigned to.

@NativePortlander1970 While anecdotal, I think that is largely true. Of course, there are exceptions and sometimes complaints are reasonable. I find that when presented in a productive way though, most managers are open to hearing complaints and considering alternatives and solutions. Many times, it's a matter of how those complaints are communicated. Likewise, there sometimes are managers who are simply not open to any challenges to the status quo which creates workplace conflict.

@meJess Dad humour?

@MarkPaul He had none, hospitalised me at age 8, not seen him since.

@meJess Thanks for sharing and sorry for your loss, but I didn't mean your Dad. I meant to suggest you were using "Dad" humour... not "your" Dad's humour. I didn't know the man.

@Pfuzylogic and which would that be

@uikakarotuevegeta
Taught Industrial Electronics with a graduate degree and a 22 year career in the Navy as a Chief.

@uikakarotuevegeta Not so much the ones where speaking English is needed.

I think a lot of the undesirable jobs are being taken by illegals etc because most Americans will not do them.

I mean Americans are just not going to dig ditches or work construction clean-up for minimum wage. It just is not worth it.
I know in some countries, the amount we call "minimum wage" is a fortune for them, so it works out.

@CestManan even low end retail and restaurant jobs are being taken by international students and new immigrants let's be honest here (not sure if illegals and refugees are though). have you ever noticed how as soon as a Desi gets to a manager position, suddenly the workplace is filled with Indian staff?

@uikakarotuevegeta i notice a lot of gas stations are owned by indians, other places it is still a mix.

@hunkalove See that is the thing - I cannot imagine too many Americans are going to be willing to take those jobs for the pay that "illegals" are accepting.

If he manages to pull that off, it is going to create as many problems as it will supposedly solve.

@hunkalove lol only illegals are willing to accept wages below minimum federal/state wage because if they don't, they can't survive and they'll get deported faster

@Jenny1234 lucky bastard

@Nanori finding a minimum wage job is pretty much impossible unless you're an illegal, refugee, new immigrant, international student, or willing to work during the night shift.

@Selah it does boost the chances but not a guarantee

@empanadas Oh... Mr. Lopez. You have to be joking. I mean this would be slanderous.

@MarkPaul

@empanadas What the...? Oh, Mr. Lopez, this is THE most traumatic thing you have exposed me to. EVER.