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In reply to the discussion: The lowest jobless rate since 2008 [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)does your daughter have and how much of a demand is there for it? What I find in the place I work, a lot of management cut corners, to hire less people, for more profits. They contract Temporary workers when the season gets busier. The more people out of work gives them a bigger pool to hire from. They don't have to pay people benefits either. They negotiate contracts based on how fast the job can get done. They cut corners in efficiency also, when the time is cut back for the employee to get the job out. That gives the employee less work.
I also find it is usually the same people in management positions and gives nobody else opportunities. They perform several jobs that could be tasked out to other workers. Those people in those positions sometimes form long term relationships also and hire within these companies other people they know through mutual relationships. They have sort of a glass ceiling. It is hard to get in the company.
Lets take a look at Government jobs. Everybody knows the V.A. has a large backlog. What is their problem on hiring employees to take care of it? What about the Postal Service? Why are those jobs being shifted to the private sector? Why are Public Education jobs being cut back when there is a serious need for teachers? The claim being made, there is nobody qualified by management. Even people seeking social services find it hard getting services on time. The Government jobs being cut, use to hire a lot of people, and the private sector competed to get skilled people in the Labor pool. When you see countries with very low unemployment, you usually see some Government control. The highest rate of job stability as far as less discrimination was in the Government because workers had better recourse against the employer. Government workers have been demonized. Minority workers are being targeted most because they have fairer chances of employment in the Government and so do women. Employers in the private sector can pick and choose, and they don't have to hire anybody. The main concern is profits. And when these companies buy up other companies, they have lesser competition. They can dictate their own terms. The less Government intrusion, the more they can do this. Sure the growth in jobs have been increasing but they are also gobbling up Government jobs because of the hostile attack for lesser Government. It is happening on the Federal and State levels. The biggest employer in this country was Government. If a person graduating could not find a job in the private sector, they usually found one in the Government. The private sector competed for those applicants by offering better wages. The more people losing their jobs will also go into the private sector where there is less job security. It reminds you of serfdom.
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