[JayCT]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

And it is the refusal to accept the facts that is most concerning.

Yes it is. Jay

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by LateNiteCruisin

True: GE moved in and Malloy made it seem like it was no great shakes to CT. Keep voting for these inept lumps. I really love Bloomy Mr. stolen valor worth 80 million dollars. Oh he invested well on his 174k gov.salary.

Yes, because the Connecticut Republican Party has shown such great leadership. I suggest you read the Connecticut Republican Party - Will it Change with the Times thread for examples of how the party has failed our state. Here is a link to it. Jay

https://www.city-data.com/forum/conne...nge-times.html

[CT_Yank]

Originally Posted by JayCT

To my knowledge, A&E and Discovery do not have any offices in Connecticut. A&E is based in New York. Discovery in Maryland. Be interested to know where he worked and is looking since it kind of shows that age discrimination is not exclusive to our state. Jay

I don't think it is age discrimination so much as salary discrimination. Young people can be had for less, period. Employers will try to get 10 years + experience but pay them lower salaries. There seems to be no negotiation. They will wait it out and extend hirings until they get someone desperate. It will get worse bc people are starting families later and need peak income through 50s. I would ask that people get a map of the United States and draw a big red circle starting from Philly through NJ, NYC, CT and finish in Boston. Why? Pew did a study of where H1B visa workers ended up bw 2010 -2016. Approx 850k H1B workers were in the US and 350k ended up in that red circle, about 40%. That is insane and I am astonished that we debate why it is getting harder to survive here. Big corps have a plethora of cheap labor options and they are using and abusing it...unchecked by our govt., even cheered by them, like Infosys Hartford site. A lead development engineer should not be paid 75k in crazy expensive area like FFC yet there it is hanging in the office kitchen. Gee, wonder why wages are stagnating and home prices getting beat up.

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by C9Vette

My brother is in the same position. 54 years old worked for A&E and Discovery Channel for 27 years. Now looking for work. He gave up. He was in sales and marketing. Napa offered him a job at 12.50 per hour. That's good pay for his kids 2nd year tuition at Hofstra U right?

I know many like him in Ct. Perhaps try Amazon, although its grueling work. At least they seem past the days when at Pa DC, ambulances were stationed outside all day.

I was making that tele-marketing 35 years ago during college. OMG.

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by beerbeer

The Harford, New Haven and Bridgeport metro areas were the three slowest-growing job markets in the country over the past five years, according to a new report from a national mortgage insurance company. Not among the slowest-- "the three slowest."


Nothing to see here. Everything is fine. Connecticut has no economic problem.



https://www.courant.com/business/hc-...bhm-story.html

Even I had not realized we had achieved this horrible trifecta.

[C9Vette]

Originally Posted by JayCT

To my knowledge, A&E and Discovery do not have any offices in Connecticut. A&E is based in New York. Discovery in Maryland. Be interested to know where he worked and is looking since it kind of shows that age discrimination is not exclusive to our state. Jay

He worked in Manhattan. Ran the Metro for years.

[C9Vette]

Originally Posted by CT_Yank

I don't think it is age discrimination so much as salary discrimination. Young people can be had for less, period. Employers will try to get 10 years + experience but pay them lower salaries. There seems to be no negotiation. They will wait it out and extend hirings until they get someone desperate. It will get worse bc people are starting families later and need peak income through 50s. I would ask that people get a map of the United States and draw a big red circle starting from Philly through NJ, NYC, CT and finish in Boston. Why? Pew did a study of where H1B visa workers ended up bw 2010 -2016. Approx 850k H1B workers were in the US and 350k ended up in that red circle, about 40%. That is insane and I am astonished that we debate why it is getting harder to survive here. Big corps have a plethora of cheap labor options and they are using and abusing it...unchecked by our govt., even cheered by them, like Infosys Hartford site. A lead development engineer should not be paid 75k in crazy expensive area like FFC yet there it is hanging in the office kitchen. Gee, wonder why wages are stagnating and home prices getting beat up.

Bingo!! The wet behind the ears greenhorns are the ones coming up now. My brother told me that many of his clients called him and asked him to come back. The newbies lack the social and camaraderie of the old goats.

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by JayCT

To my knowledge, A&E and Discovery do not have any offices in Connecticut. A&E is based in New York. Discovery in Maryland. Be interested to know where he worked and is looking since it kind of shows that age discrimination is not exclusive to our state. Jay

A&E Networks does have a Stamford office and has for a while

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by JayCT

To my knowledge, A&E and Discovery do not have any offices in Connecticut. A&E is based in New York. Discovery in Maryland. Be interested to know where he worked and is looking since it kind of shows that age discrimination is not exclusive to our state. Jay

Age discrimination happens everywhere, not just CT. That said, the states that have significant job growth (like TX, FL, CA) have more available jobs so older, unemployed job seekers have more available to them.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Stylo

A&E Networks does have a Stamford office and has for a while

Their website does not list a Stamford office. The OP indicated the brother worked in New York. Just saying. Jay