I work 60+ hours a week at a plant that manufactures automobile parts. It was a temporary job I got after losing my old one, hired on through a quick temp agency. It sucks, but it keeps me alive. I live in a small town (less than 10k population) thus there isn't many places elsewhere local to work. We have fast food, Walmart, a few mom & pop shops, and that's everything else we have to offer.
Obviously I want to find a full time job that doesn't require as many hours. Finding work here is hard enough, but when you, as an employer, go onto local Facebook groups and scream “WE'RE HIRING ANYONE WITH ARMS & LEGS WHO CAN PICK UP BOXES AND WORK MONDAY – FRIDAY” get applicants and then never call anyone back, THEN complain about “no one wants to work” – have you ever thought that maybe YOU as the employer are the problem?
I understand a candidate not making the cut for a particular job. But when you are desperate to hire workers to sling boxes for you or stock shelves (which anyone can do) don't cherry pick when you only get one or two applicants for that job. Give SOMEONE them a chance. They're not “handing out too much free money”, you're just being a choosing beggar. A phone call doesn't hurt. An interview wouldn't kill you. Hell, an automated rejection email would be better than not calling me back, then proceeding to write some ignorant “biden made everyone lazy” propaganda on your social media page right after you post about how you're hiring still.
I think I'm starting to understand why movements like antiwork started and why people are focusing more on themselves rather than handing their life over to millionaire corporations who would replace you no sooner than your foot hits the doorway. Hopefully one day, I'll have a career I enjoy and enough savings to fuck off if something ever happens to my job again. Maybe if enough people are fortunate enough for this to happen as well, big wigs will stop being so picky with who they hire and learn to treat their existing employees with respect.