# The Job Market is Tight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-job-market-is-tight/941446 "2021-05-05T16:36:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-job-market-is-tight/941446/2 "2021-05-05T16:47:48Z")
Particularly for lower-paying jobs, yes, this is an issue right now. See this current thread: > [@The Nahployment 'Crisis'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117): > > Went to Popeye’s the other night, 8:15, it was Tuesday, 2-piece combo day - if you like Popeye’s, you know. Celebrating that there was only 1 car in line, I pull up only to find a sign saying they had to close because of lack of staff and their new hours are 11am-8pm until further notice. Dammit. Heart attack postponed! Settled on a Subway which had 1 person working, then swung by a Valero gas station where the woman I usually see at 8 am was still going at it 13 hours after I last saw her, one … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-job-market-is-tight/941446)._