In my experience, everybody wants to work, always have and always will, they just don’t want to work like that, or at least not for those wages. Either demand less from me, or make it worth my while. It’s some pretty simple mathematics even a CEO can figure out if they try.

People will even work without pay, if there is something they personally enjoy doing or find worthwhile. It’s called hobbies and volunteering. Make it make sense, and people will work. It’s what we do.

Have these soul-sucking corporations that are supposedly struggling to find affordable workers considered being less soul-sucking? Is that an option we can put on the table, maybe? Worth experimenting with? Just a thought.