By many metrics, the US economy is humming along. The jobs market is robust; consumers are spending again; and inflation has eased to a three-year low.
Some of us “essentials” pretended that nothing was going on at all and kept going to work because an actual shutdown of core parts of society would have been a total disaster. I’m totally for WFH situations where it makes sense, but some jobs require a physical presence even in a pandemic, otherwise the wheels stop for everyone.
I continued to work in fast food through the height of the pandemic. I was able to take a couple months off while I was between jobs, but food wasn’t gonna buy itself.
You got to stop working? I just worked from home.
Some of us “essentials” pretended that nothing was going on at all and kept going to work because an actual shutdown of core parts of society would have been a total disaster. I’m totally for WFH situations where it makes sense, but some jobs require a physical presence even in a pandemic, otherwise the wheels stop for everyone.
I continued to work in fast food through the height of the pandemic. I was able to take a couple months off while I was between jobs, but food wasn’t gonna buy itself.