Soup is Good Food
Since 2020, the American workforce has been through a meat grinder. First came COVID. Then inflation. Then everyone quit their jobs. And now? Robots are lining up to take your spot. This ain’t just a coincidence of timing. It’s a chain reaction that reshaped work as we knew it. Especially for entry-level and frontline employees. You know, the ones who kept everything moving while the rest of us were hoarding toilet paper and pretending to bake sourdough. COVID Cracked the Foundation When COVID hit in early 2020, the U.S. job market imploded. Unemployment skyrocketed to nearly 15% overnight. Restaurants, hotels, call centers, retail, all the places where entry-level workers clocked in, went dark. Those who kept working did so at great personal risk: grocery clerks, delivery drivers, healthcare aides. Heroes, underpaid and overworked. That stress didn’t just disappear. It simmered. The Great Resignation Wasn’t Just a Trend, It Wa...