{"id":3799,"date":"2021-10-28T15:49:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=3799"},"modified":"2021-10-28T15:49:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:49:43","slug":"why-isnt-cheap-labor-working-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/why-isnt-cheap-labor-working-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Why isn&#8217;t cheap labor working anymore?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>T<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t45xnxkiIRc\">his week<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosm.pub\/podcast\">People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>, Joe and Elly talk about the Great Resignation as it applies to publishing\u2014specifically to the blue-collar warehouse jobs that our industry relies on yet often doesn&#8217;t acknowledge or respect. 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