The Slackers on Unemployment

Sitting on the sofa, the laid-off may have reassessed their value

The piece by Sydney Ember in the New York Times May 16, 2021 on job search requirements was perhaps more enlightening because of reader responses and thumbs up than the article itself.

Topping the charts with 465 such thumbs was CC who wrote “Quit whining, take the job that’s available”.

Close behind was BNS with “Everywhere are help wanted signs. Businesses can’t find employees. Inflation rampant. Stop the checks NOW”.