Jobseekers have the leverage, but days are numbered San Diego jobseekers are going into interviews with perhaps more leverage than they've ever had before, but their days with the upper hand are increasingly numbered. and last updated 2021-07-26 20:38:13-04 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- San Diego jobseekers are going into interviews with perhaps more leverage than they've ever had before, but their days with the upper hand are increasingly numbered. "This is an employee's job market," said Phil Blair, CEO of Manpower Staffing. "That has not happened in a long time." Blair said employees have leverage when it comes to negotiating hours, pay, benefits and a hybrid work model. That's the reality in a time that Covid and childcare concerns are keeping some workers on the sidelines, while the federal government is boosting weekly unemployment checks by $300. Some workers are now earning more staying home than they did when they were on the job,.