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		colejohnson66 on May 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The bulls**t Canonical wants you to jump through b... I’ve seen quite a few suggest that the “labor shortage” of this past year isn’t actually a shortage, but just people believing they’re worth more. Especially in the tech community; people are just more selective about how much BS they put up with in hiring.

salawat on May 18, 2022 [–]

Anytime you hear "labor shortage", remember there is an employer going, "I want someone else to do this for me, but not for that much".

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