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A quarter-century ago, there were 56 teenagers in the labor force for every "limited service" restaurant — that is, the kind where you order at the counter.
Today, there are fewer than half as many, which is a reflection both of teenagers' decreasing work force participation and of the explosive growth in restaurants.
But in an industry where cheap labor is an essential component in providing inexpensive food, a shortage of workers is changing the equation upon which fast-food places have long relied. This can be seen in rising wages, in a growth of incentives, and in the sometimes odd situations that business owners find themselves in.
Too many restaurants, not enough teens to work in them.
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A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by ledow on Thursday July 19 2018, @06:29PM
No permanent address?
In my country, that means no bank account, no credit card, no car insurance, no required tax forms, probably no ID (or ID on an address that you can't say you live at, which is an offence for some ID - e.g. driving licence, etc.), etc. etc. etc. Hell, getting paid in cash is rarer and rarer unless you work in a direct-service-industry (e.g. taxicabs, etc.).
It's actually harder to get a job and keep a job without a permanent address - employers don't want you up-and-leaving without a trace.
Sure, you could use a friend's address, until they realise your credit history affects them, or you have 10 people all living at that address that aren't really there. It only needs a couple of letters returned "undelivered / not at this address" and your accounts can be closed until you go to the bank and prove you have a permanent address again.
It's just not that easy in a modern world. That's why.
Sure, if you want to work in places that pay cash-in-hand, no tax, don't care about where you live, where you are going to carry all that cash around with you, where you have nowhere to secure to belongings, in a workplace that'll let you bring or leave your live-in crap in a secure place, where you have no need for a phone, a computer, the ability to buy things online, never pay any bills, get questions about what tax you were paying in that interval, etc. etc. etc. then feel free. That's a class of people who already exist, and have more than enough problems getting back into regular work and even renting accommodation, let alone explaining gaps in employment history etc. to future employers.
Cool for trekking through Asia, living off sketching people. Not so cool for any kind of regular or secure life. Certainly not compatible with things like electric-bikes... I'd give it a week before it was nicked and where do you leave it when you're at work?
Of course it can be done. It's called being homeless.