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For 17 years, she has counseled professionals, business managers, engineers, accountants, scientists — people who are mature, middle-aged, highly motivated, well-educated, well-spoken.
But in all that time, she’s never seen so many of the jobless with such impressive skills as this last year.
“Last week I had seven lawyers in this room,” she said. “I’ve had lots of folks from TV and The Baltimore Sun. This week I’ve got five human resources directors — I’ve never had that.”
The number of professionals and managers in unemployment programs at this suburban work-force center halfway between Baltimore and Washington is the highest it has been since the state first made this group a target for outplacement support in 1992.
In my experience (comparing to the European workplaces I've been in), US businesses tend to be a byzantine web of middle managers fighting over the dwindling number of *******s who actually know how to build, do and/or make things. Too many coxswains, not enough rowers.
If middle management is feeling the cuts, perhaps some businesses are getting their priorities straight.
As for the lawyers - the US has the highest rates of lawyers per capita of any nation, anywhere. It's not at all surprising that some will feel the pinch.
I feel for the people, obviously, but if US workplaces are focusing on keeping the productive employees over the overseers, that's a fundamentally sound philosophy.
For 17 years, she has counseled professionals, business managers, engineers, accountants, scientists — people who are mature, middle-aged, highly motivated, well-educated, well-spoken.
But in all that time, she’s never seen so many of the jobless with such impressive skills as this last year.
“Last week I had seven lawyers in this room,” she said. “I’ve had lots of folks from TV and The Baltimore Sun. This week I’ve got five human resources directors — I’ve never had that.”
The number of professionals and managers in unemployment programs at this suburban work-force center halfway between Baltimore and Washington is the highest it has been since the state first made this group a target for outplacement support in 1992.
In my experience (comparing to the European workplaces I've been in), US businesses tend to be a byzantine web of middle managers fighting over the dwindling number of *******s who actually know how to build, do and/or make things. Too many coxswains, not enough rowers.
If middle management is feeling the cuts, perhaps some businesses are getting their priorities straight.
As for the lawyers - the US has the highest rates of lawyers per capita of any nation, anywhere. It's not at all surprising that some will feel the pinch.
I feel for the people, obviously, but if US workplaces are focusing on keeping the productive employees over the overseers, that's a fundamentally sound philosophy.
But it's wreaking havoc on income tax revenue...
Income tax revenue dropped a whopping 44% while unemployment was only8.8% (2009 Q1). "6 million people lost jobs in the 12 months ended in April — and that means far fewer dollars from income taxes. Income tax revenue dropped 44% from a year ago." IRS tax revenue falls along with taxpayers' income - USATODAY.com
How can that be? Higher income earners pay a disproportionately high percentage of the income tax and they are among those who have either lost their jobs or have taken a pay cut.
This exposes the fundamentally unsound philosophy of depending on a certain segment of the population for a disproportionately high percentage of the income tax revenue.
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Well, to be brutally honest...
