"1 final note: It's a LOT easier to find people for jobs if you offer better salary. Nobody ever mentions that when they're complaining that they can't find people to hire. Instead, they blame the 'market' or the 'government' and keep their offered salaries low."
This is something I see over and over. You'll a NYT article or whatever about how this or that business is _totally_ hiring! And then they mention what they're offering in terms of pay, and it's no wonder.
In times like these, companies can offer less pay and rely on people being grateful that they have jobs. There's no real security beyond "I have a job right now," but you've got paychecks for now. Commensurate with that, companies offer less pay and fewer benefits to new hires.
My guess is that a substantial number of people find these offers laughable and, structuring their lives around what the role used to be worth (e.g. children, aging parents, mortgage), they can't afford it. However, it costs a company next to nothing to leave those offers open.
This is something I see over and over. You'll a NYT article or whatever about how this or that business is _totally_ hiring! And then they mention what they're offering in terms of pay, and it's no wonder.
In times like these, companies can offer less pay and rely on people being grateful that they have jobs. There's no real security beyond "I have a job right now," but you've got paychecks for now. Commensurate with that, companies offer less pay and fewer benefits to new hires.
My guess is that a substantial number of people find these offers laughable and, structuring their lives around what the role used to be worth (e.g. children, aging parents, mortgage), they can't afford it. However, it costs a company next to nothing to leave those offers open.