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Zorro

(15,740 posts) Sun Jun 7, 2020, 12:48 PM Jun 2020

'I don't know if that counts as a job': Fewer hours, less pay & more anxiety greet returning workers

The local library near McHenry, Ill., is slashing Helaine Oleksy’s hours.

At a country club near Latrobe, Pa., Claudia Martin is worried whether she’ll earn enough in tips to make ends meet.

And at a luxury hotel in Miami, Iracema Arrieta is cleaning more rooms than usual — without much of a boost to her pay.

As millions of Americans return to work amid the worst economic crisis in a generation, they’re unexpectedly discovering their old positions are far more burdensome than they used to be. Their hours have been cut, their pay has been slashed and their responsibilities are now magnitudes greater. And their job security — despite President Trump’s recent proclamations about an economy on the mend — remains anything but guaranteed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/06/workers-pay-cuts-coronavirus/

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'I don't know if that counts as a job': Fewer hours, less pay & more anxiety greet returning workers (Original Post) Zorro Jun 2020 OP

K&R,yeah..." go die for dollars" isn't a sound career path uponit7771 Jun 2020 #1

Die for Dollars - our economy in 3 words. Thank you for this. Native Jun 2020 #6

Great post. Many Americans are in denial. shockey80 Jun 2020 #2

agreed Skittles Jun 2020 #3

Perhaps a long, rocky ride. empedocles Jun 2020 #5

This is a real issue for Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #4

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

1. K&R,yeah..." go die for dollars" isn't a sound career path

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 12:51 PM

Jun 2020

Native

(5,942 posts)

6. Die for Dollars - our economy in 3 words. Thank you for this.

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 01:37 PM

Jun 2020

shockey80

(4,379 posts)

2. Great post. Many Americans are in denial.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 12:58 PM

Jun 2020

We are at the beginning of a pandemic. We are at the beginning of an economic crisis. Many Americans do not have the patience to deal with the reality of what has happened. They want things to get back to normal and it will probably not end well.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

3. agreed

Reply to shockey80 (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 01:02 PM

Jun 2020

It's going to be a rocky ride

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

5. Perhaps a long, rocky ride.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 01:20 PM

Jun 2020

When I think of restaurants in particular. They are labor intensive. Cooks, wait, bus, cashiers, cleaning , purchase, stock, management, accounting, security, maintenance. Many labor hours to be covered over the course of a week. Many restaurants not expected to reopen. Many reopenings may be fast food - less labor.

Many opportunities for employers to cut labor costs in many ways.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. This is a real issue for

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 01:16 PM

Jun 2020

folks who work as Waiter and Wait Persons. Talked to the Niece's Son yesterday,he is a the only Bartender back to work at a Casino in the Midwest. Yesterdays tips,4.25. Twelve hours at 2.92 plus tips. Whooppie. His Girl Friend made 50 cents and was sent home early do to lack of customers.

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