I'm an older working American. I have mutiple college degrees, decades of IT and Supply Chain experience. I've been stuck in an hourly job that I took just prior to Covid. I've tried to get something better, no one wants to hire someone at my age, I assume.
I am slowly sinking below the waves financially, on my current pay. In order to survive I filed for Social Security as early as I could.
Companies complain no one wants to work. Companies lie.