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If $600 a week is enough to make someone refuse to work for you, you& #39;re not a job creator, you& #39;re a poverty exploiter.
There& #39;s no way I can respond directly to all the comments, but I’ll say this on some themes that people are bringing up. Right now some employers are frustrated people aren’t jumping to come back to work for them. They& #39;re blaming added unemployment benefits in the CARES Act. 2/8
Some policymakers are echoing those complaints. This is bad and wrong, and it’s not just about the money. If you can’t make people come to work right now, consider these reasons: 3/8
1) There’s a pandemic happening! Your pre-pandemic pay and benefits don’t cover today& #39;s risks to an employee and their family. 4/8
2) Your workers are not given the agency, opportunities for advancement, or simple respect that would inspire them to believe the job is meaningful and important enough to take that risk for what you are paying. 5/8
3) They are staying home to take care of family members. Schools are closed. Child care is non-existent or unaffordable. Nursing homes are DANGEROUS for many elders. 6/8
If anyone’s response to my original tweet is one of these, “people are too lazy / rural workers deserve less help / some sort of math problem”, then I would encourage you to open your eyes to the fact that we live in a society, not a soulless exchange of currency and labor. 7/8
Good employers care about their employees. They provide meaning and safety in work or they pay lots of money to make up for that lack of meaning and/or safety. If you can’t do one of those, you need to get over it during this global crisis. 8/8
