Re: Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages
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Originally Posted by
mavs>spurs
What did you go to school for? did you make good grades? there's got to be more to the story than that. maybe you didn't look hard enough for a better job or gave up after a while. Are you still actively applying to better things? How come after years and years in retail you haven't moved up to management? Some things just aren't adding up.
there're alot of deadend jobs where you never get a chance to get promoted however hard you work, like most of the jobs that you can find in this economy tbh. so if you could sincerely get a good job with the possibility of future promotions and the access to some new knowledge, there's no reason to let the chance pass by tbh. colleges may suck these days but your knowledge doesn't lie, and your efforts will pay off sooner or later
Re: Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages
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Originally Posted by
Jacob1983
It's a long ass story but I'll give you a summary of it. To sum it up, I graduated from college right after the economy got fucked in the ass by Bush and Congress and I honestly had no plan for life after college. I've been stuck in retail because I have an unhealthy fear of failure. I don't want to settle anymore. I don't want to just leave my current job and get something that is either worse, the same, or just a little better. I'm not expecting the best job ever or a million dollars. I check the classifieds every once in a while and send my resume to some places every couple of months but I don't do it enough. I know it's on me. And I accept that and the fact that I'm really fucked up in the head.
At my current job, I won't ever move up because I have been told by my superiors that I'm not the promoting type. I've burned too many bridges there. I don't kiss ass either so that's that. I'm surprised I haven't been canned yet because I've called out my bosses at least a handful of times. A couple of weeks ago, I told one of my bosses that I thought the store I work was a sweatshop and that he was a slave driver. I've bitched at my bosses because I get shafted and shat on with a shitty schedule and an unfair workload. At the store I work at, that is a no no. You have to play ball and do the yes and nod and also kiss ass. It's too late for me to change there so I basically keep quiet and do the yes and nod but no kissing of the ass. Lately, I've been tanking or half assing mainly because I just don't give a fuck anymore.
i apologize for assuming u an immigrant if you were truly not one tbh. seems u got stuck in a deadend job, you got a college degree and the knowledge that you worked hard for during your school years, it seems the job you're currently employed at was never the right one for you in the first place, and to be honest with you, it's NEVER too late to fix what you've done wrong. if its truly a deadend job as you described, you should quit the shit out of it as soon as you can and get back to school, or at least try some other jobs where you can get the chances to get promoted regardless of the pay, or at least the chances to learn some new knowledge and skills, which will be beneficial your whole life.
and don't blame the boss for not promoting u, you should've known what kind of job it was before you took it. it's not worth frittering a few years of time on such a shitty job for the forlorn hope of getting promoted imho. you don't get the life you originally wanted because you stopped pursuing it, and it was not the fault of anyone else. i have no idea how old you are or if you're married or not, but you should never give up on your life anyway tbh
Re: Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages
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Originally Posted by
Wild Cobra
My comment, or Ace's?
Why should I have a desire to move to a job field that has effectively the same wages as mine. I wouldn't start at the same level, I would lose money until I gained the experience for the way those parts are put together.
"Parts is parts."
Most things I have worked on in different jobs were the same types of parts, put together differently. I have entertained the notion of working on Hospital equipment before, but I prefer to stay fixed. For those who like to travel, it's better for them. Just not for me, to lose money, be able to make the same later, and deal with travel.
I like being "fixed station," rather than roving service.
thats where globalization and scale of production efficiency price wise comes into play, when labour prices are too high....businesses will go offschore to cheaper destinations, forcing the current labor market to go back to retrain skills....so what happens when most jobs (production/manufacturing) end up by automated robots? only the highly skilled will be kept while the majority their skills become obsolete....
office jobs are starting to become like that now, only the specialized skilled are kept, while most basic office duties are in the process of being sent offschore for processing...data entra, book keeping, admin...
Re: Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages
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Originally Posted by
TDMVPDPOY
thats where globalization and scale of production efficiency price wise comes into play, when labour prices are too high....businesses will go offschore to cheaper destinations, forcing the current labor market to go back to retrain skills....so what happens when most jobs (production/manufacturing) end up by automated robots? only the highly skilled will be kept while the majority their skills become obsolete....
office jobs are starting to become like that now, only the specialized skilled are kept, while most basic office duties are in the process of being sent offschore for processing...data entra, book keeping, admin...
It's the automation equipment, some that uses robots that I fix! Some jobs cannot be off-shored because of the transportation costs involved.
Re: Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages
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Originally Posted by
mavs>spurs
Rogue the economy here sucks tho and even a guy with a GPA as great as 3.91 out of 4.0 can only land a couple of interviews so far...ok even though I've only applied to 2 jobs :lol
:lol
Sounds like you need to diversify. A GPA is simply a number and weights even less in an economy like this.
Don't feel bad though, most young folks fall into this trap.
Re: Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages
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Originally Posted by
Agloco
:lol
Sounds like you need to diversify. A GPA is simply a number and weights even less in an economy like this.
Don't feel bad though, most young folks fall into this trap.
Eh I just got a little cocky acting like I was only going to apply to a couple of places I hand picked as wanting to work at and just walk up in there and get the job first try that easy. And I still may, they won't be making a decision until mid next week (about 50 other people interviewed as well). Pretty much my biggest mistake is being lazy as fuck these last 3 weeks and taking a little vacation since I finished :lol I really need to start applying to more places. Basically, the grades just get you the interview. I'm applying to about 7 more today though, still don't think I'll have a problem finding something.
