What are the most requested jobs in the US, but the ones that nobody wants to have anymore?

Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of workers in different parts of the world have resigned from their jobs. Some have changed careers, while others have left the workforce altogether, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Data for August 2022 puts the labor force participation rate 1% below the level of February 2020. According to the BBC, people have been quitting their jobs due to the bad conditions Y minimum wage.

Among the jobs with the most resignations are those hotel and service industry workers, dishwashers, truck drivers, retail workers, food servers, airport agents, and home health aides.

Experts argue that this is because people want better wages and have chosen to switch to a better job. For their part, the companies that have been affected are trying to get their workers back with bonds but they are not enough.

However, the desertion is not only due to the pandemic, since in 2017 a total of 53.8% resignations were registered in retail workers, 72.4% of hotel workers and 30.6% of people in manufacturing jobs.

With the appearance of COVID-19, the problem became more acute because in some sectors, employees had to work longer hours and this contributed to burnout. In addition, it was more difficult for them to take care of their children and get to work, due to the closure of schools and the reduced public transport.

Likewise, workers were victims of rude customers, despite living in constant exposure to the coronavirus. Companies started offering bonuses, but few increased wages or offered hazard pay BBC reports.

In the first year of the pandemic, 68% of deaths in the US were workers in the labor, retail and service sectors.

In 2021, 64.6% of retail workers, 86.3% of accommodation and food service workers, and just under 40% of manufacturing workers quit their jobs.

The Great Resignation, as the dropout epidemic has been known throughout 2021 and until this year, it has left thousands of vacancies in all industries. Companies have had a hard time hiring workers because of the low wages they offer, says David Dwertmann, a professor at Rutgers University School of Business, Camden.

A Pew Research survey asked people who quit their jobs about why they left. Salary was the first, followed by “no opportunities for advancement” and “feeling disrespected”.

“If you’re flipping burgers or something like that, it’s not that easy to move forward. Not everyone is going to be a manager. A lot of people are stuck in these jobs for years and years and years,” says Dwertmann.

Furthermore, “workers just don’t feel like they’re valued enough, and they don’t feel like they’re being treated well enough.”

Another factor of resignations is due to the fact that the so-called baby boomers have chosen to retire and even more so because of the risk of getting sick with COVID-19. “That was a great reason to say, ‘You know what? I’m done,’” the researcher explained.

This has been aggravated by the lack of immigration in recent years, which has left empty the companies that normally hired foreigners, who worked with a low salary in between.

“Partly because of the pandemic, partly because of changes in policy, immigration to the United States has been cut in half,” he said.

In companies like Amazon, it was offered in 2021 that bonuses would be paid $1,000 for warehouse and transport work. Hilton Hotels began offering bonuses $500 and more for the maids and other staff.

“The pandemic arrives and the first thing companies do is lay off a large number of workers,” Dwetmann said.

“They were thinking that when he loosened up, everyone would show up again, but actually the employees are like, ‘You know what? You didn’t stay with me. I’m not going back to you,’” she added.

Source-larepublica.pe