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Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?
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It's honestly a major contributor to the labor shortage. For anyone with a decent job, it's significantly cheaper for the spouse to just stay home until the kids are old enough to take care of themselves.
Don't let the media force you to twist your words-- it is not a labor shortage, but a wage and cost of living crisis.
"Nobody wants to work anymore" == "I pay so shitty wages that no one can even afford to come work for me."
I've run into dozens of people who are complaining about how they have applied to literally everything and never heard back or get rejected for things like gas station cashier and yet those places always put up the help wanted signs. Shortage seems like a fabrication when these places hire nobody and keep the ad up