Well, service industry in specific tourist destinations are kind of a special case so those jobs aren't going away long term.
But we were already headed for a lot of lost jobs in the service industry as technology is utilized more and more and the need for a lot of employees directly interacting with the customer is reduced.
The response to Covid-19 was obviously not ideal, but eventually something would have to happen to make up for lost jobs in the service industry. The push to online and kiosk ordering and payment was happening anyway, but it's been greatly escalated in the past 3 months.
Now is the time for manufacturing to ramp up and start hiring low-skilled workers, while many of them are likely permanently displaced from a service industry that's taken a beating and had to adjust for minimal staffing.
Well, service industry in specific tourist destinations are kind of a special case so those jobs aren't going away long term.
But we were already headed for a lot of lost jobs in the service industry as technology is utilized more and more and the need for a lot of employees directly interacting with the customer is reduced.
The response to Covid-19 was obviously not ideal, but eventually something would have to happen to make up for lost jobs in the service industry. The push to online and kiosk ordering and payment was happening anyway, but it's been greatly escalated in the past 3 months.
Now is the time for manufacturing to ramp up and start hiring low-skilled workers, while many of them are likely permanently displaced from a service industry that's taken a beating and had to adjust for minimal staffing.