Lazy Older Men

[d000hg]

To what extent is the number of people in work reduced by the ~200k Covid dead?

[vetran]

plenty of people screwed over during the pandemic have re-evaluated their future and decided it doesn't mean working flat out till they die sounds like a result

[SueEllen]

Seems all of you between 50-70 with degrees have given up and retired.

https://www.ft.com/content/a91ed719-...a-db8ecb550561


It is not obvious that the country has a jobs issue when unemployment is almost at a 50-year trough, but these official figures tell only part of the story. Unemployment might be historically low, but that does not mean employment is high. The number of people in work or self employed is still 500,000 lower than the pre-pandemic level with roughly 900,000 fewer working today than the Bank of England expected in forecasts made just before coronavirus struck.