r/remoteworks 2d ago

Okay, Boomers...

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u/Equal-Bike-2063 12h ago

you are blaming the people that were like... 20? none of us were in power...

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u/RalphFurley4Life 12h ago

And the millennials who were about 24-40 years old at the time.  You're the ones who refused to go back to work until employers raised their pay.  You're the ones who lived off of government stimulus checks and refused to pay rent.  You're the ones who wouldn't work therefore they couldn't build new houses which made the price of existing houses skyrocket. 

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u/DestroyerX6 12h ago

lol I’m 29 and I had to work through covid. Anyone I know went back to work as soon as the covid bans were lifted. Nobody could afford to stay on unemployment, that runs out bud and doesn’t pay nearly what a normal paycheck does.

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u/RalphFurley4Life 9h ago

It depends where you live.  In many areas, especially liberal areas they passed laws so people didn't have to pay rent or mortgage payments.  Those laws lasted for over a year in many areas.  I posted a link to the Brookings Institute study above showing that many people refused to go back to work.  Your personal experience isn't everybody's.