A lot of crappy jobs out there

[Dirty Socialist]

I am looking for employment, and I have noticed and experienced a lot of crappy jobs out there. Bad companies, bad jobs, bad cultures, bad bosses, and bad pay. Perhaps the decline of unions have something to do with this.I guess it could be worse. I could be coal mining. Just puttin' it out there.

[NutmegYankee]

1. The collapse of Unions are a significant cause.

And people now parrot what the talking heads tell them like zombies. "Consume Consume Consume, unions are bad, Consume Consume Consume"

[Adsos Letter]

2. So much of the decent paying manufacturing has gone overseas

What a freaking disaster that is.

[Brigid]

3. But . . .but . . .

The economy is recovering!! Or haven't you heard?

[JaneyVee]

4. Depends on where you live.

[raccoon]

5. Another thing, when the job market is tight, people tend to hold on for dear life

to good or even so-so jobs. Thus, many openings that do occur are for crappy jobs.

[bigwillq]

6. It's still so tough out there

for those folks looking for employment or better employment.
Good Luck.

[Art_from_Ark]

7. Things were pretty bad during the Reagan Recession, too

Then, as now, there were "bad companies, bad jobs, bad cultures, bad bosses, and bad pay". But in the meantime, a lot of decent-paying jobs have been lost, so it's probably worse now.

[panader0]

8. I'm a bricklayer and I need a laborer.

15 bucks an hour. Must mix mortar in a large mixer, wheelbarrow it onto the slab, keep masons supplied with bricks or blocks and plenty of fresh tempered mortar. In your spare time you will build scaffold and stock them with block. And hurry up every chance you get. Oh, and if you pass the drug test, you're fired.

[titaniumsalute]

9. LOL///Nice...

[Brigid]

10. Um, don't you mean *flunk* the drug test?

[panader0]

11. It's a joke. In the old days, before testing....

I never got tested in 40 years and I never tested any of the dozens of employees I had. On one large federal job at a meeting of foremen, one suggested that the bosses should test. Old Hugh, second in command said "you wanna lose the whole crew?"

[woo me with science]

12. Your impression is correct. Low wage work has replaced better jobs.

The jobs that have been created in this "recovery" are mostly low-pay service jobs. The truth is that it was not a recovery. It was a restructuring to benefit the One Percent.

April 28, 2014: Most Of The Jobs Added Since The Recession Pay Low Wages
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/28/3431351/recovery-jobs-low-wage/

Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/economy/recovery-has-created-far-more-low-wage-jobs-than-better-paid-ones.html?_r=0

Low-wage jobs proliferate as middle class ones disappear: job growth patterns since the recession
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/low-wage_jobs_proliferate_as_m.html

Low-Wage Jobs Replace Middle-Income Work, Study Finds
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/low-wage-jobs_n_1846733.html

Careers Are Dead. Welcome To Your Low-Wage, Temp Work Future
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2012/08/30/careers-are-dead-welcome-to-your-low-wage-temp-work-future/

In addition, the TPP that Obama is hell-bent on supporting will DESTROY jobs and cut wages for over 90 percent of American workers:

Study: "Trade" Deal Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html

No, the chocolate ration has not been increased.