If it’s not enhanced unemployment benefits,
why are people turning down jobs?
Posted By: NorthernDog, 5/22/2021 8:31:09 AM
Employers say they’re having difficulty filling jobs. Jobless Americans say they want to work. So what’s going on? (Snip) But a recent survey of 1,000 unemployed workers by CNBC and Morning Consult told a different story. Respondents said the trickle-down effect of job openings had not reached them — at least, not yet. Some 87% said they had not received job offers in the last six months. What’s more, 65% of those surveyed said unemployment benefits were not a factor in their rejecting a job. Instead, they cited too-low salary (36%), concerns about COVID-19 (35%) and the need to care
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Regardless of the reasons they are giving, they are making more money sitting at home instead of working.