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My mother-in-law got fired from her job after being with the company for 18 years. She found a new job at AT&T within a week. Oh and she is in her mid-50's, so age didn't matter I guess.
at 8.50 an hour, I would hope not. Citi and ATT left this area...too many college grads wanted higher pay. Call centers love cheap mining towns.
When a job doesn't even pay enough to live off of, where's the motivation for someone to do it?
Yes, and that's part of the problem. Our safety net is too attractive
If we ended unemployment benefits at 3 months and had no welfare and food stamps, you would see unemployment drop dramatically. People would take those jobs.
We have created a nanny state which has removed some of our motivation to work.
Because they never actually HIRE anyone. They are looking for the perfect, yet non-existent candidate with years of experience who will work for minimum wage, any hours, any days. Worked for a company somewhat like that, the motto was the spirit of flexibility. (for the employee to be flexible, not so much for the employer.)
What it does accomplish is justifying the HR departments jobs with all the screening, interviews, etc.
Another option is that the business is a scam. Give us money to buy into this once-in-a-lifetime, get-rich-quick scam.
I know at nursing homes they keep ads in the papers to tell inspectors they are "trying to hire" more staff.
I just ran across this post I made some time ago. I think it is relevant to the OP's discussion of "structural unemployment".
Housing is a subset of the basic needs for human survival. These are, IIRC, Water, Food, Shelter and Medical Care. Now suppose we develop a technological system where almost all, say 99%, of the physical and 90% of the mental work was done by robots, automated mining and agricultural processing, and a very few employed programmers and managers. How would these necessities be provided if 90+% of the people did not have any work at all? How would wealth be generated and how would it be distributed? How would the machines be paid for when they are all manufactured by other robots?
Our current problem with the unemployable is already the result of a partial implementation of this technological “advancement”. Literally thousands of automobile spot welders have been replaced with groups of yellow robot spot welders. What has happened to the former workers? They have been joined by thousands of painters as well. This employment changes is not limited to the automotive industry but has, in kind anyway, happened in the aero tech and agricultural industries. What are all the meat processing workers going to do when the chicken processing industry builds a set of robots to replace the illegal immigrants on the disassembly lines?
I have been watching shows like "How it’s Made" and noted that most products made in other countries are not made in sweatshops but in highly automated state of the art factories using more robots then people.
Yes, and that's part of the problem. Our safety net is too attractive
If we ended unemployment benefits at 3 months and had no welfare and food stamps, you would see unemployment drop dramatically. People would take those jobs.
We have created a nanny state which has removed some of our motivation to work.
Actually, given that there's neither enough jobs period, nor do most of the jobs pay enough to get by on in this money system, you'd just have a lot more people on the streets and/or starving.
Not at my job. We're not even allowed to have phones on the floor.
Oh, we're not suppposed to even have our phones on us while on the clock, yet people still manage to stand around on their iphones. No not everyone does it but just about.
Why didn't he get a job at McDonalds or Home Depot? Plenty of jobs out there.
If it were that simple. Places like McDonalds and Home Depot don't usually hire people with advanced education and specialized degrees (like engineering). They're often told they're "too educated"-such companies believe these people will demand a large salary or have no company loyalty (LOL and who does these days?),
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thanks for the compliment. I love NY.
