JFC!
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Itās gone beyond that.
Theyāve already moved.
The smart businesses have recognised this and cashed in and set themselves up with good workers for a decade.
The ones clinging to the old āget what we give youā are dying.
And as gratifying as that is in the short term, we actually do need the luddites as a society.
The ones paying 60k for what are now 100k jobs, and scale it forward or back as you will.
Employees are obviously, generally, far quicker to pick up on this than employers.
But the downside is that businesses Will Die.
Small ones first, medium ones later.
The pool has shrunk!
Those that recognise this will win.
Still a major, if not The, issue for the nation.
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Haha I obv meant Chardonnay.
But yeah I do not get this move from Albanese.
I think the machinations are underway for business/Labor right to get their people in.
And Joshie Frydenberg has been lining up his fairfax interview I noticed to get a profile as a future leader for team blue.
Anyhow it wonāt matter, we need a change of clothes. Bring in the red team. Even if itās being undermined before even getting into power.
Sure would be nice to see a few more candidates of non Anglo decent being parachuted into safe Anglo seats?
Wonder how that would go down politically?
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An ethnic Asian recently successful in a traditional ALP seat in a NSW by election.
But yes, well educated white professional women in the ALP have a better chance of preselection and election. IDK how many brown and black women are into politics and how many are putting up their hands to be chosen.
Might sound counter intuitive but this is actually a good thing.
If a small business closes because itās uneconomical to provide its services while paying its employees $60k but all those employees are now working elsewhere for $80-$100k. It means overall the economy is more productive and real wages have risen. As a nation we are better off.
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Iāve probably misread this but youāre saying itās better to keep those businesses who didnāt look after their staff because we need the luddites in a job and that we somehow need more options for them even if their employment sucks?
Iām saying ā ā ā ā businesses still need to be replaced.
From scratch.
And Iām not just talking about the corner shop.
Yes, itās a bad thing.
Bad businesses should die. Just like bad employees should be sacked.
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Although government service are different. Being short on nurses, teachers, cops and all the support staff for them isnāt really optional.
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We donāt even have boats that can go underwater and they want to take on space?
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We donāt even have the capacity to launch anything into space. New Zealand does.
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Yeah, Iām getting cold calls from IT recruiters wanting to talk about roles offering ~$50k more than my best guess of what Iām worth. Iām twitchy as hell about it to be honest. Itās all very nice now, but as soon as the migrant workers are allowed back in large numbers, the boss will be looking for any reason to get you off the books. I suspect thatās why so many of them are short-term contracts on a daily rateā¦
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If we can get Labor into power maybe we can launch the LNP into space, send them to Pluto.
Pluto has a heart. You sure you want them there?
When the NBN came on board and started to grow they pilfered the existing work forces of the current telcos with large pays. Over the last few years most of those people have been made redundant and they now only offer contract work on lower wages.
Itās some sort of sick joke on making promises they wonāt even be alive to deliver.
I think in IT itās being driven by the huge backlog of projects(at least were I work). Every company put a hold on descretionary spend during covid and IT projects even more so. The IT functions had a huge shift in focus to make sure everything worked remotely and nobody wanted to load any big projects and itās associated change into a remote workforce allready struggling.
Now everyone realised they didnāt do any IT for 3 years and suddenly want data lakes, upgrade cyber security, ERP and CRM upgrades, new and improved e-commerce, data visualisation etc. Itās not like tech stood still for 3 years so companies are now playing catch up.
Not sure how long that boom lasts and yeah all those project roles get let go at the end of it.
Iām annoyed Labor are replacing completely capable local candidates with these career politicians with no connection to the electorate.
Keneally shouldnāt be representing Fairfield. Itās an absolute farce. And it sounds like this guy from Bellevue hill might be in exactly the same boat.
Sucsusfull parties need a mix of both good local members and exceptional careerists with potential to be ministers. First help you win elections and stay connected to your constituents the second help you govern the country.
Shot into Uranus would be better.
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