Any demographers in here?
I wonder if this has anything to do with the baby boomer generation all hitting retirement around now, and the incoming cohort being smaller than the retiring cohort.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the baby boomer generation all hitting retirement around now, and the incoming cohort being smaller than the retiring cohort.
Meanwhile, large conglomerates use the supply chain scares to arbitrarily raise prices causing real inflation.
At some point, the BS required to do an entry-level / retail job isn't worth it (min wage doesn't pay enough these days), or you're simply incapable of doing what you could before.