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Jamie Dimon Says Americans Don’t Feel Like Working Now
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, suggested Thursday that some Americans don’t feel like working now. As a result, many companies are having problems hiring workers to do the jobs.
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Lots Of Money Nowadays
During a House Financial Services Committee Meeting yesterday, Jamie Dimon said that people have lots of money nowadays.
Because of that, many “don’t particularly feel like going back to work” despite the many job offers. Dimon, who earned $31.5 million in total compensation last year, did not elaborate. Many industries, such as restaurants and factories, did confirm their struggle with hiring new workers.
The House Finance Committee also asked Jamie Dimon and other major bank CEOs what they think about the record-high 8.1 million job openings available last March.
Dimon said many factors affected the job market. This included challenges with reopening schools and the enhanced unemployment benefits given to the jobless during the pandemic.
Three Main Causes
Economists cited three main causes for the worker shortage. They are lingering health concerns, a lack of childcare, and the $300 boost to federal unemployment benefits.
Combined, these factors make it harder for companies to fill up lower-wage positions. As a result, many GOP-run states removed the enhanced unemployment benefits to entice people to get a new job.
For example, Honeywell, the world's largest industrial company by market value, is having hiring problems. Despite increased wages, “we have far more openings than I'd like, frankly,” CEO Darius Adamczyk told CNN Business last week.
‘Inept’ Public Policy
In addition, Dimon did have some parting shots for politicians about the US economic challenges. He reiterated his recent criticism of public policy, specifically around infrastructure, healthcare, taxation, immigration, and regulation.
“American leadership really matters. If we don't get our academic act together, we won't be a leader in 20 years,” he said.
During his annual shareholder letter Wednesday, Dimon wrote that the Covid-19 pandemic, the George Floyd BLM issue, and the slow economic growth since the 2000s are all part of a bigger problem.
They are all results of inept public policy and government dysfunction. “Unfortunately, the tragedies of this past year are only the tip of the iceberg.
They merely expose enormous failures that have existed for decades and have been deeply damaging to America,” Dimon wrote.
Worker Shortage a ‘Serious Concern’
The House hearing included testimony from the leaders of the six largest US banks. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan called the worker shortage a serious concern. Meanwhile, Jamie
Dimon also reiterated that he’s optimistic about the economic recovery and the jobs market. “Rest assured, I think we are going to see a completely booming economy and a lot of people going back to work. Hopefully, it will continue for quite a while,” he said.
Watch the CNBC Television coverage of the House Banking Committee where major bank CEOs testify before the Senate Banking Committee:
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TOO MANY GIVE AWAY MONIES BY THE GOVERNMENT, MANY PEOPLE TOOK THEIR GOVERNMENT MONIES AND WENT TO LAS VEGAS OR RENO OR OTHER CASINOS–NOT TO SMART!!
The faulty new government is giving people money to sit home and do nothing! They keep adding more and more to lazy asses. People may “pretend” to stay home for a lot of reasons but the main one is, “why work when I can get paid to do nothing?” If jobs are available, people should have to return back to work when the company calls or they get NO MONEY!
If everyone was paid like that dumb ads out of touch moron is paid, make their own hours do nothing all day and talk shit they wouldn’t mind coming to a do nothing job like him! That dumb ads diamond should try working the jobs other people work and only get paid a BULLSHIT wage that he cannot afford to barely pay rent food and credit cards because diamond and his shit heads don’t pay a fare wage, then see if he wants to come to work 5 days 8 hours with only w weeks vacation and he can’t afford to go any place! See if diamond likes it!!!!!
Diamond supposed to be smart?!?!? He and friends should have ideas to improve education and motivation for society to become successful! They don’t do shit on anything including their own jobs! Never ever see chase bank Coca-Cola GM or others involved in promoting education teaching children how to successfully trade stocks bonds and other ways to make money. The reason they don’t is because if all people are successful the diamond and his friends won’t feel better than anyone else. The human brain is shit and craves EGO. ALL HUMANS ARE EVIL MORON GARBAGE!!!