https://www.businessinsider.com/over-4-million-workers-quit-record-labor-shortage-great-resignation-2021-10

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    another manager at my store is quitting in a month. nobody is being replaced. i'm leaving whenever i can when i can square away my CDL training. this is a grocery store so i imagine if things got bad enough the state would have national guard stocking shelves so the locals don't start a treat riot.

    • Multihedra [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I got a buddy who’s gotta get his CDL-A (he’s got his B already). He was supposed to take the test this week.

      I guess the guy who was gonna run the test that day got sick, so the testing company had to cancel and reschedule—3 months from now. Apparently instead of rescheduling everyone, the people from that day are just getting screwed and having to wait in line all over again. My buddy’s work tried to throw their weight around (big company) and pull some strings with the testing company, but no luck lol

      Sounds like a real disaster, where there isn’t even enough labor to really run the testing.

      Also turns out, a lot of the CDL licensing places are just privately-run. Fucking crazy stuff.

      So good luck, I hope you can make the changes you wanna make without having to wait too long!