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As a teen, my wages bought my clothes and toiletries, bought my car, paid my car insurance, and kept gas in the tank. Additionally, money was saved to rent my first apartment and pay college tuition.
You're saying you'd prefer I was unable to provide those things for myself?
I didn't have much when I first entered the adult world, but I did have a reliable car and a few thousand in the bank. That little head start made a world of difference.
When I hire someone, my first concern is my customers. They pay the employee's salary and everything else.
The best worker at the market price for the work involved will get the job. Sometimes that person is a teen. Adults who are out of work often have difficulty adjusting to an environment where their actions have consequences. Workers have to show up, be clean, talk respectfully, not spend most of their time and energy dealing with family problems or legal problems, and have the skills needed to do the work or else the native ability required to learn them quickly. Every worker represents my company all the time. This is a long list of requirements and sometimes you have to pay very well to get these. You also have to reject a lot of people. The state of the American workforce isn't pretty and employers have to deal with that.
We also have to think about the next generation. A teenage worker who is or learns to be responsible, always will be.
I think too many now days enter the workforce and make decisions without needed experience. It was once very common for teens to work. I did and value the experience.
The jobs teenagers holds today are the references that will help get them a career tomorrow. This has been my experience both as a both a job applicant and one who later on was involved in the hiring process. Seeing a young person's resume with a job listing or two showing work experience even before college graduation meant the candidates had some prior knowledge regarding how to handle themselves in the workplace.
Even in this day and age not all teens go to college. The teen who seeks work without the plans to go to school is smart to being working as soon as possible. That summer job can lead to full time employment right out of high school. My cousin got a great job that way.
Anyone who wants to work and is capable of working should be able. I don't believe anyone should play "work police" and decide who should work and who shouldn't.
I believe that it disadvantages the millions of people who actually have bills to pay.
I understand that kids benefit from holding a job early. I want my children to be responsible and.competent when they get older.
However employment is not.a teaching tool-it is a necessity. As parents we are required to meet our childrens' needs until the ahe of 18. Basically the earnings go toward leisure.
Think about it-there are people facing eviction and without food. And it's hard for them to find work. So why should we hire someone who doesn't need the money?
There's another way to teach responsibility. It's called chores.
There may be exceptions- If the family's income is below a certain level, and of course any emancipated teens.
As an assistant manager I cannot discriminate based on need. But I do think if this was considered, it would help a llot of needy americans find work.
Wow, you have a sadly narrow view of the world. When I was a teenager, I couldn't wait to get a job. I got a job at 16 because my mother couldn't afford to pay for my car insurance. My parents couldn't help me with my college tuition, so the money I made as a teenager helped with that. It didn't all go toward leisure. I think more teens should be working. Of the six grandchildren on my dad's side, four of us (including my brother) got jobs as teenagers. Two of us (one of my aunt's children) didn't - in fact, my one cousin got his first job this summer and he's almost 21. I think he was coddled by his mother by her not wanting him to work until this summer. Her other son just turned 17 and she didn't want him to work this summer, which I think is too bad.
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