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High unemployment rate

22 Day 27, 00:00 USA
As more Citizens are born in Erepublik the Economies are starting to face more problems. High unemployment rate is one of the big issues that we've spoted in some countries.
Posible causes could be that:
a) there is little demand for products. Possible solutions:
- how the products are used: even if will be used just when wars will start, weapons are cheaper in time of peace and a good stock will help the future soldiers win their fights; houses now offer extra wellness;
- Hospitals are too expensive - Presidents or Mayors can make agreements with the Hospital industry companies to give them in advance a part of the money for the Hospitals.
- Presidents can create institutions that are representing the State and buy food or weapons to use them in times of need (war, famine, etc). Kaleb came up with this interesting idea: http://www.erepublik.com/en//www.erepublik.com/en//www.erepublik.com/forum-Contracts-66.html
Some of our Citizens also reported us that the tax donations are creating problems for the Banking system. We decided to take out the tax on the Gold donated.

PS: Today we want to resolve the Alerts problem so that Citizens can see when they have new alerts.

 
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Aurum
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Aurum Day 27, 15:22

I think you guys have got it a little backwards....

If products don't sell, that's because they are worthless. Instead of trying to make the products cheaper for a player in the short term by asking big brother to step in on behalf of the players and essentially subsidize the products... make the products themselves cheaper (or at least more useful).

And when a manger isn't very active, I highly doubt he will bother selling his company. Why not force inactive managers to retire or something.

 
Hopeless
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Hopeless Day 27, 15:23

people are asking a too high salary, this is why they get unemployed !

 
Don Pixelschrubber
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Don Pixelschrubber Day 27, 15:27

Or they don't even answer the hiring-proposal. Maybe too many fake accounts?

 
Joe Baynham
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Joe Baynham Day 27, 15:39

Well I will work every day and I am asking for 1 pound a day..

 
PHuSiOn9
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PHuSiOn9 Day 27, 15:40

For general managers inactive, when they die of starving they should lose everything to the state, or to the employees.

 
Kaleb
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Kaleb Day 27, 16:49

two big 'functional' problems causing unemployment: 1) people don't realise they've actually been offered a job. hopefully this is now fixed. 2) as phusion just said, inactive general managers. would be good if there was way to appoint a deputy manager or some other system to wrest control from the sleeping manager.

 
JKD003
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JKD003 Day 27, 16:50

The reason people are not buying houses is because they don't work.
FIX HOUSES!
jezz how am I supposed to pay my workers If all I'm selling is air?

 
Kaleb
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Kaleb Day 27, 16:50

and Aurum - I think you've gotten the wrong end of the stick slightly. my proposal is not a state subsidy. I'll try and explain it more clearly in the forums and the economic theory behind the idea

 
Kaleb
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Kaleb Day 27, 16:51

and Aurum - I think you've gotten the wrong end of the stick slightly. my proposal is not a state subsidy. I'll try and explain it more clearly in the forums and the economic theory behind the idea

 
Kaleb
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Kaleb Day 27, 16:52

p.s. the link to my suggestion is here: http://www.erepublik.com/company-1380.html

 
Lanin
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Lanin Day 27, 17:59

yeah... i think so , coz i working every day just for 1 IDR hahaha..

 
Albanian
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Albanian Day 27, 19:12

I would hire people but i haven't been able to send a job proposal in days...
( did not upgrade company so thats not it)

 
Amroth
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Amroth Day 27, 20:16

same as Albanian :X

 
Cardinal Richelieu
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Cardinal Richelieu Day 27, 21:38

@Albanian and @Amroth - guys, I am hiring people, why you can't do that? Have you reported to the admin?

 
Amroth
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Amroth Day 27, 22:51

yes we have! and it's not only us, there are several other players complaining in the forum since saturday...

 
UR MR PAKISTANI
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UR MR PAKISTANI Day 28, 23:04

'two out of five of our products are worthless due to bugs/not implemented, so it's the companies fault'

 
juan carlos
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juan carlos Day 28, 10:19

I can send job proposals no problem and new alert system makes everything very clear but the admin should make it easier to find people in the hr market

 
Hopeless
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Hopeless Day 28, 11:00

hiring people not did not work also for me

 
Chepibola
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Chepibola Day 29, 23:10

We need people on brazil, Read this:

http://www.erepublik.com/forum-topic-856.html and this http://www.erepublik.com/forum-topic-857.html

 
Dgames
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Dgames Day 29, 18:24

that's because many ppl quit playing in the first day

 
Anjing
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Anjing Day 30, 19:19

the reason for high unemployment is because some people didnt continue playing their account..!! this is problem should be solved immediately,otherwise in next 1 or 2 month we will see thousand inactive citizen!! which's make every country leaves unemployment..

 
frau sparris
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frau sparris Day 37, 19:50

I get a job by my friends.