She complained about being screwed and left out by govt programs, and about Facebook commenters who called for higher pay like it was something she hadn't thought of. Didn't notice any bashing of workers.
then she goes on a rant about how people don't want to work because "unemployment" during A PANDEMIC! Boo-hoo to someone who cares less about he health and lives of her employees than her bottom line. Again... this is coming from someone who is already financially stable with several successful businesses and a very successful spouse. Completely oblivious in her perspective.
Read the article again, this time slower and with fewer prejudices.
To point out one last thing: most restaurants fail. She is complaining about being successful but not as much as she'd like... while the US experiences a 4.2% unemployment rate, which is amazing given where we were a year ago. Talk about lacking any perspective.
> 4.2% unemployment rate, which is amazing given where we were a year ago
That's not exactly an accurate way to describe what's happening...
Look at the 25 year trends:
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/employed-persons
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/employment-rate
59% of the population is currently employed, down from 65% in 2000. We're down ~2.5% from where we were in 2020. Which doesn't exactly seems to jive with the reported "unemployment rate" - https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate
In 2020, 158M were employed, now 155M are employed (with millions increase in population). We're probably looking at a gap of at least 5 million.
Average working hours have not increased:
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/average-weekly-ho...
What is debatable is whether that matters. The unemployment rate is based on those seeking work, not those who are of age to work.
Seems to me, if unemployment an federal aid is not the culprit, then the simpler explanation is wages.
Wages are too low. This is precisely what the blog writer's argument is against: increasing wages.
Supply and demand didn't stop being a thing and your charts prove it.
[0] https://www.npr.org/2021/08/23/1028993124/these-older-worker...
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-09/child-car...
ETA: Looking on the other side, there is likely some unknowable number of 16-18 year olds that are not entering the workforce yet, that would have pre-pandemic.
She specifically says "I don't blame them" (emphasis hers) referring to those people on unemployment. she is complaining about the incentives created by the govt program, which I referred to.