I am getting so fucking sick of hearing this. First of all, there is work and plenty of it. People just either do not want it or are not educated/skilled enough for it.
I am hearing way to many employers including mine using this shit as a defense to all the crooked bullshit that they do to employees. My company is working with a total of 12 people right now. One year ago we had 27 and two years ago we had over 40. Business is slow, i get this. Times are tough, i get this too. But when your employees get sick and tired of doing 3x as much work for the same pay because the company does not want to hire a few more people and the response is "be happy you have a job". Dont tell me I have to work harder and put up with more bullshit because you think this is the only job I am qualified for.