I didn't realize people were still getting extra unemployment money, I thought that ran out in September? --50.82.xxx.xxx

Locally, pretty much ALL employers are begging for workers...while they sit home and collect unemployment. Or, work jobs under the table while collecting. It's a sad way for our nation to go into deep debt and devalue our dollar. --69.80.xx.xxx

Don't worry: our dear leaders will soon fix all of these problems with UBI. That will certainly motivate people to get out there and work hard to earn a living. --107.216.xxx.xxx

People working under the table while collecting: it's illegal and they are evading taxes, but hey they are working at least. --50.82.xxx.xxx

South Carolina has more than 81,000 job openings. --184.63.xxx.xxx

I saw an article that Montana has done the same, as per yesterday I think. Hopefully all states will do the same, but I doubt that will happen. --24.180.xx.xx

Our country need more shame - really. "Nobody" is embarrassed by their bad behaviors anymore. They aren't even labeled "bad". --68.229.xxx.xxx

NH is running job fairs and reinstated the you need to be looking for a job to qualify requirements. --75.67.xxx.xxx

My McDonald’s has a sign out front offering a $300 signing bonus for hourly workers. Never seen that before. I will say my teenage son, who already has a job, was tempted. --100.34.x.xx

Guess we will be seeing the word "unexpected" and "unexpectedly" a lot more in the news. --174.208.xx.xxx

the rate went up MAP bc no one actively in the job mkt bc they collect more on all the free $ schemes. the jobs are out there. no one wants to work. Heck. I wouldn’t either. --107.77.xxx.xxx

Hey, we have thousands of people sneaking in and they will be our new workers. --24.233.xxx.xx

And yet nobody is giving this leader h*ll --73.120.xx.xxx

The same morning I got the call about this I was driving to the house that was also getting a new roof. I got there at 8:30 a family of hispanic workers was already up on roof, had the tarps up and half the old shingles off. And speaking with the project manager later in the day they had been using this family for over a year and half and yes they were legal folks who worked like dogs getting that roof replaced and cleaning up after themselves. --73.20.xxx.xxx

Ubi will become the new welfare. The unmotivated will cry about it not being enough. Any who thinks otherwise is painfully naive. --174.234.xxx.xxx

The labor shortage is ridiculous here too. Every time we have tried to go out for dinner , there is an hour wait even though the restaurant is only 1/4 full. They have plenty of open tables but no staff. Today our fearless leader said that unemployment wan’t the problem. He says that once everyone gets vaccinated they will magically want to go back to work. There are plenty of vaccines here. They are about as popular as jobs right now. --68.191.xx.xx

I drove down a business street the other day, 19 help wanted banners (not just signs in the window) in a 3 block drive. I can't imagine what it is going to be like by the end of the summer. --64.130.xx.xx

I hear down the road...this will only get worse. Personally I think we give them 1 months notice and then cut the pandemic unemployment off. Jobs may not be what they want, may not be glamorous, but they are there. Many have had a years paid vacation. As someone who has worked harder thru this mess I am over it. And since the Gov. Seems to want to be so generous with my money. If they insist on giving it out, how about giving the low income workers who have been working thru this caos a bonus. I know the convenient store clerk who always had my over priced coffee fresh deserves something for working as opposed to taking the easy route. --174.251.xxx.xxx

There’s chaos around every corner of this. I am an employer. Nobody got laid off but unemployment went up 10% anyway ( to pay for everybody else who had layoffs). One employee quit because he was mad that we wouldn’t lay him off so he could get that sweet pandemic bonus from the government. Now the cost of labor has gone up as well as supplies. On top of that, there is the new paid family leave law. So even if you find good employees, they can get 6 months off paid to take care of a variety of things involving them or their family. A lot of businesses have their part timers working full time, that means benefits they can’t afford. But, they deserve them if they are full time. --68.191.xx.xx

We drove from MO to Mobile, Alabama last week. Many of the places we tried to stop for dinner had help wanted signs out. In many cases, they had the drive through only open because they didn’t have staffing for the dining room. The fast food places are paying more, but nothing compares to being paid for not working. --67.43.xxx.xxx

I ran a help ad for a handyman. Full time position. All the applicants haven't held a job for more than 6 months or have tried running a handyman biz and is failing (eye roll). Basically, the ones that are not working... are the trouble ones (can't show up on time, give 100% effort 25% of the time, needs their hand held to complete the job, etc) --76.77.xxx.xxx

You can certainly add mandatory vax and forced face muzzles into some of this unemployment. A lot of moms now home schooling and a lot of people starting small businesses so they don't have to work at places like freaks. A lot of people won't work at places with mandatory vax. It's not all from UE. --174.198.x.xxx

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NE is on target as well. --73.120.xx.xxx