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Loose Cunt
Location: North Bondi RSL
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Whitecollar unemployment...
As a rank white-collar worker myself, i found this article interesting. He is obviously talking about America, but it rings true in other Western economies as well...
Professionals have never had a tougher time finding a job. It's not just the economy; the rules of the game are changing. Quote:
I must admit that i don't know that much about the US economy, which is why i decided to post this. What's your take on the emerging rellocation of service companies to overseas countries, where ample talent can be bought at bargain basement prices? I see it happening here in Australia and it disgusts me, but why should i complain? We've had it so good for so long, do we really have the right to complain because competition is globalising?
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Dubya
Location: VA
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Just remember this when you cast your ballots, white-collar professionals.
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Super Agitator
Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A
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The thing I got most from this is people who work in technology are always coming around saying if you buy this new technology from us you can eliminate a lot of labor costs. Who has been the reason for unemployment - should we blame improved technology? It would seem for the thread that they are putting themselves out of work too.
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Junkie
Location: Right here
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@Meridae'n,
Unemployment figures over here only count people actively searching for work. If someone gives up, goes to school, etc. then they aren't counted in that figure. A certain portion of those blue collar workers joined the working poor, the burn-outs on their couches, or went to a junior college to obtain a certificate or trade degree as opposed to finally finding work.
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Mencken
Location: College
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Part of it is that way more people have college degrees now than did in the 80s. Part of it is that in the aftermath of one of the strongest economies in human history, it's going to seem doubly bad. Part of it is, this recession really is pretty bad. It's lasted a long while, and it's going to be many months before we recover.
However, althought the point of the article is that it's somehow different this time, the economy of today is not the economy of 1991, and the conclusions should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Loose Cunt
Location: North Bondi RSL
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I wouldn't be worried Sensei, my guess is he didn't stop looking until he found figures that agreed with what he was trying to say...
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Psycho
Location: 4th has left the building - goodbye folks
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HoHo. So its all fine when the blue-collars are laid off. That's just structural adjustment, taking up the slack, fine-tuning the economy, stream-lining the company, re-engineering the firm. But God forbid that the white-collars should go through the same thing!
The lesson for the new graduates of this world: white-collar is no longer top of the food chain. If you want to be seriously safe and seriously well paid then you'll have to make yourself a gold-collar worker. Otherwise get used to the fact that the management fads of the 70s, 80s and 90s have cut the bond of loyalty between company and employee. We are all now disposable.
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Upright
Location: MN, USA
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