But total part time only went up 137,000
And remember...many of those part time for economic reasons are people who have full time jobs, but had a slow week.
I guess you couldn't read "ECONOMIC REASONS" ADDED... As I said LYING LEFTIES!
Obviously I did since I used that exact phrase. Try reading my post again.
Oh, so you think a SLOW WEEK is the reason? A MONTH before the biggest RETAIL SALES of the year! LOLOL!
Most of the seasonal hiring is done in October, actually. November is never as big.
But let's look: The survey reference week was 8-14 November. Breaking down those working part time for economic reasons into 2 groups:
The number of people who worked fewer than 35 hours that week due to slow business went from 3,251,000 to 3,466,000. A change of +215,000
The number of people who worked fewer than 35 hours that week because they could not find a full time job went from 2,173,000 to 2,215,000. A change of +42,000
Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
So yes, it was mostly slow business.