The recession will make the labor shortage go away but it’ll take a bit

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May 13, 2022
11:26:23am

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JollyGreenGiant

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Just left the Home Depot in AF and the labor “shortage” is on full display.

DraperCoug22

5/13/22 10:49am

Why did it take you an hour to buy 2 items? There are lots of self checkout

Sid Vicious

5/13/22 10:50am

The hour was spent waiting on the tool rental department.

DraperCoug22

5/13/22 10:52am

I thought most tool rentals had to be done online and then you just pick them up?

IBC

5/13/22 10:58am

The guy had to check me out apparently. Plus I needed their ramp and

DraperCoug22

5/13/22 11:06am

Being back in Utah for the last week and shortages are crazy here.

rad dawg

5/13/22 10:54am

Home Depot was a mess even before pandemic. I've noticed they are hiring any

UNLVcougar

5/13/22 11:02am

Haha perhaps you are right. It seems I used to have better experiences there.

DraperCoug22

5/13/22 11:07am

I had to explain what business days were to about 5 different home Depot

IceCreamButt

5/13/22 11:10am

They probably were passing you around as a joke because you kept trying to tell

Sandy Lyle

5/13/22 11:18am

No trust me, they did not know what business days were.

IceCreamButt

5/13/22 11:23am

This was an experience I had last year.

UNLVcougar

5/13/22 11:27am

From best I can tell, they hire one "expert" per department, but it's all luck

UNLVcougar

5/13/22 11:22am

Just curious, can you have a recession and a labor shortage at the same time?

EEcougar

5/13/22 11:07am

I’ve had the same thoughts and question. I’m not a biologist though 🙂

DraperCoug22

5/13/22 11:09am

I think there is a good chance that one of those will resolve the other

Clark Addison

5/13/22 11:11am

The recession will make the labor shortage go away but it’ll take a bit

JollyGreenGiant

5/13/22 11:26am

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