Why aren’t companies hiring?   Why is unemployment growing again?   The answer is simple, for those people who currently have jobs, we’re currently doing the work of 3 people so why should a company go out and hire additional workers when one will do the work of three?

I have been working 12 to 18 hour days starting early in the morning and working late into the night.  I don’t dare complain because there are hundreds of people applying for jobs at McDonald’s.  The situation is pretty grim for most of my peers and few complain about it because they’re too deep in debt with their McMansions and other lifestyle perks.   Personally, I have sufficient cash to pay off all debt and be out for a while but right now is not the time to do it as the economy will continue to deteriorate over the next 12 months.  I continue to bank cash for the great fiasco coming.

At some point in 2012, I anticipate a huge labor crunch as people seek greener pastures in droves but that is over a year away!