The Great Resignation Part 1

 The pandemic has created a historic mess in the labor markets.

Shutdowns, layoffs, work at home (WAH), medical leaves, changing business models, quick reaction to new events, --- all of this has made a mess of the labor market.

Some employers took the pandemic seriously, others treated it as a personal and business insult to be worked around.

So what do we know:

 Employers prefer employment-at-will, that is an employee can be let go anytime for any or no reason. Employers forgot that employment-at-will goes both ways, the employees can walk at any time.

A lot of older employees took the retirement option. Can they be seduced back into the work force? Worth a look.

Moms are having trouble with day care. We need both business and government to work this probblem. so far not much.

After decades of minimal bargaining power for employees, and the proliferation of low wage service jobs, the situation has been reversed. Employees are taking advantage and the market is playing catch up with wages.

"Bad bosses" the screamers and bullies are having trouble retaining help. This also covers supervisors, many of whom have minimal training and minimal skills.

Part-time jobs with irregular hours are difficult to staff, except perhaps for young people looking for less than full time. 

More information and recomendations in Part 2.