Your overall pandemic experience

[Stupid Fitz]

Mine has been ok. Lucky both of us have jobs still, none have been sick, etc. I like working from home so that has been great. They are prob going to make me go back a couple days a week for no apparent reason, which is annoying. I don't work with anyone located in my office so its pretty pointless. Cooked more, figured out good takeout (Joes KC app and pickup  ). Also, managed to stay and probably get more fit during all of this. Since I'm home more, I can get a good hour/hour and a half of kicking my ass in each day, which has been great. I have discovered lately that I am really bored though. Like bored with everything. We still go out a bit, but Mrs SF is starting to worry a lot more now with cases rising and kids getting it more. Went to a couple concerts last week which was fun, but it was hard to not think about all of the unvaxed dumbasses the whole time. Not really sure what I need, but I need something to get me out of the funk that I mostly attribute to the pandemic or at least I think that is what it is.

have you ever been to therapy? I know it can be hard to find folks but my wife had really good luck with betterhelp.com

I thought that is what this was? Kidding, I've thought about it. Pretty sure my company even pays for it. I think I'm just in a bit of a rut and will see how it goes for a bit. Thanks for the tips.

[Spracne]

It was difficult for us married folks in the lifestyle to adapt for a long while. But post-vaccination, things have been on the upSWING, iykwim.

[Pete]

as someone who was just starting to begin my mixed martial arts career, covid has really had a big impact on me

the gyms have been very limited in terms of training time and a lot of sparing is done via AR.  i’ll be ok but it’s just a tough hill to climb when you have goals like I do in the art

Hope everyone at your dojo is healthy, obviously, but it would be nice if they let you vaccinated guys and gals get back in there.

[catastrophe]

My job is one of those currently experiencing massive attrition because there’s practically no separation of work and life in the full flex WFH world. They keep trying to throw money at us which I guess is nice in the long run.

I think things will be better overall in a couple years but it’s definitely been an adjustment.

[pissclams]

as someone who was just starting to begin my mixed martial arts career, covid has really had a big impact on me

the gyms have been very limited in terms of training time and a lot of sparing is done via AR.  i’ll be ok but it’s just a tough hill to climb when you have goals like I do in the art

Hope everyone at your dojo is healthy, obviously, but it would be nice if they let you vaccinated guys and gals get back in there.

mind’s eye a needle on the front of my foot like roadhouse but it’s filled up with vaccines

[Daddy Claxton]

Glad everyone here is doing so well. 
A reminder of how the other half lives:

At the end of January, the data indicated, more than 24 million adults had not had enough to eat sometimes or often in the previous seven days. That is five million more than in August 2020, when food hardship was already higher than before the pandemic. Human Rights Watch found that more than half of food-insecure households include children, raising serious concerns about the long-term consequences on children’s health and their academic outcomes. More than 45 percent of food-insecure households are in the lowest income quartile, making less than $35,000 a year. Racial disparities are high, with Black and Latinx adults living in food-insufficient households at more than twice the rate of white adults.

Low-income households were particularly likely to have lost work or income. Among households making less than $35,000 a year, 57.3 percent experienced income or employment loss during the pandemic, compared with 34.6 percent of those making more than $150,000 a year.

Tens of millions of households are estimated to be facing multiple stress factors simultaneously, including no work in the previous week, income loss, food and housing insecurity, or symptoms of depression. Low-income households are particularly prone to compounded layers of stress factors. One in nine adults living in households with an annual income below $35,000 experienced at least one of the five stress factors; 60 percent experienced at least two, and 30 percent struggled to manage three at the same time. Concurrent stress factors are much less frequent among highest earners, with only 18 percent currently experiencing more than one stressor.

People of color are also more likely to experience overlaying stress factors. Close to 45 percent of Black and Latinx adults live in a household that faces multiple stressors, compared to 30 percent of white and Asian adults

https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/02/united-states-pandemic-impact-people-poverty

[michigancat]

yes we are very very lucky

[chum1]

 
A reminder of how the other half lives:

Appreciate this, for sure. There's norhing just about any of it.

[cfbandyman]

Yes, got to keep things in perspective for sure

[bucket]

Glad everyone here is doing so well. 
A reminder of how the other half lives:

At the end of January, the data indicated, more than 24 million adults had not had enough to eat sometimes or often in the previous seven days. That is five million more than in August 2020, when food hardship was already higher than before the pandemic. Human Rights Watch found that more than half of food-insecure households include children, raising serious concerns about the long-term consequences on children’s health and their academic outcomes. More than 45 percent of food-insecure households are in the lowest income quartile, making less than $35,000 a year. Racial disparities are high, with Black and Latinx adults living in food-insufficient households at more than twice the rate of white adults.

Low-income households were particularly likely to have lost work or income. Among households making less than $35,000 a year, 57.3 percent experienced income or employment loss during the pandemic, compared with 34.6 percent of those making more than $150,000 a year.

Tens of millions of households are estimated to be facing multiple stress factors simultaneously, including no work in the previous week, income loss, food and housing insecurity, or symptoms of depression. Low-income households are particularly prone to compounded layers of stress factors. One in nine adults living in households with an annual income below $35,000 experienced at least one of the five stress factors; 60 percent experienced at least two, and 30 percent struggled to manage three at the same time. Concurrent stress factors are much less frequent among highest earners, with only 18 percent currently experiencing more than one stressor.

People of color are also more likely to experience overlaying stress factors. Close to 45 percent of Black and Latinx adults live in a household that faces multiple stressors, compared to 30 percent of white and Asian adults

https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/02/united-states-pandemic-impact-people-poverty

What about all of this crap I've been reading about the stimulus lifting people out of poverty?

[catastrophe]

One thing I have absolutely noticed is service industry type jobs having trouble filling vacancies. I don’t quite understand the issue, but I am constantly noticing signs on restaurants about “now hiring all positions.”

[steve dave]

One thing I have absolutely noticed is service industry type jobs having trouble filling vacancies. I don’t quite understand the issue, but I am constantly noticing signs on restaurants about “now hiring all positions.”

the issue is they pay less than a living wage

[passranch]

One thing I have absolutely noticed is service industry type jobs having trouble filling vacancies. I don’t quite understand the issue, but I am constantly noticing signs on restaurants about “now hiring all positions.”

the issue is they pay less than a living wage

I saw a sign on a pizza restaurant while on vacation advertising $20/hour.  Pretty good pay for a pizza joint.

[catastrophe]

One thing I have absolutely noticed is service industry type jobs having trouble filling vacancies. I don’t quite understand the issue, but I am constantly noticing signs on restaurants about “now hiring all positions.”

the issue is they pay less than a living wage

I believe it. But either way just seems like a broken economy. Employers struggling to find work and workers struggling to makes ends meet. You’d think price would just adjust to the demand, but maybe the concern is that demand evaporates if price increases?

[sys]

I believe it. But either way just seems like a broken economy.

wages are rising and productivity is increasing.  the market is working.  it's pretty textbook.

[bucket]

One thing I have absolutely noticed is service industry type jobs having trouble filling vacancies. I don’t quite understand the issue, but I am constantly noticing signs on restaurants about “now hiring all positions.”

the issue is they pay less than a living wage

I saw a sign on a pizza restaurant while on vacation advertising $20/hour.  Pretty good pay for a pizza joint.

I thought about being a high schooler in this economy. These are the richest high schoolers ever.

[Pete]

$20 an hour is great if you can piece together 40 hours a week and get benefits as well.  I wonder how many of these jobs are offering full-time employment and health care?  If they are offering that and still cannot fill the job in the midwest, what the heck is the working environment like?  Makes me question the employer.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Overall, I came out of the pandemic in better shape than I went into it. There were a few rough months, though. It really bothered me that I couldn't go to the grocery store and reliably get whatever cut of meat or piece of produce I had in mind for a meal. If anything, it was an experience that taught me what pampered, privileged, unappreciative little shits all of us are, and just how much harder life would have been had we been born even 50 years earlier. Hopefully I can keep that perspective moving forward.

[Stupid Fitz]

One thing I have absolutely noticed is service industry type jobs having trouble filling vacancies. I don’t quite understand the issue, but I am constantly noticing signs on restaurants about “now hiring all positions.”

yeah, eating out is tough in a lot of spots. Went to a place before the Garth show this week and they told us they couldn't seat anyone right now because they were closing off sections because 2 people didn't show up. Felt bad for those working. Other places I've been are similar. Just short staffed all around and wait times are brutal. I'm def sympathetic and tip way more than normal just because I know these poor fuckers are just getting yelled at all day by assholes.

[chum1]

These are the richest high schoolers ever.

Not ever when adjusted for inflation. But it's been a while. Far too long.

[Rage Against the McKee]

It's probably still harder for high schoolers to find work than it used to be, but I'm guessing that if the job shortage continues, more employers will get desperate enough to hire them.

[IPA4Me]

It's not from my experience. My kid got hired on her first application at local mall.

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[steve dave]

I believe it. But either way just seems like a broken economy.

wages are rising and productivity is increasing.  the market is working.  it's pretty textbook.

Yep

[sys]

It's probably still harder for high schoolers to find work than it used to be.

it's super easy!

[passranch]

$20 an hour is great if you can piece together 40 hours a week and get benefits as well.  I wonder how many of these jobs are offering full-time employment and health care?  If they are offering that and still cannot fill the job in the midwest, what the heck is the working environment like?  Makes me question the employer.

This isn't about full-time career type jobs though.  This is just a response to the earlier discussion about service industry jobs being so hard to fill for some reason.  Largely (and especially in resort areas) these jobs are going to be temporary, seasonal jobs perfect as summer employment for high school kids or as a fill-in during off season months in winter resort towns.  People working these jobs aren't in it for full time employment and benefits per se.

$20 an hour for a summer job at a pizza joint is pretty dang good.  Two years ago they'd be lucky to get $10/hr for that same job.  If I'm a high schooler that wants to save up for a car or for college or something it would be great.  Not sure why employers are having so much trouble filling those positions.