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EC

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27. No, not the shit they
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:22 PM
Jul 2012

offer now. In the 60's and 70's people were actually trained to move up in the company. Employees (even part-timers) were seen a investments. High turn over was frowned on. When human resources hired someone, that someone was then considered part of the company and would be trained to do the job for which they were hired, in the way they wanted the job done. When there were new openings in other departments currant employees were actually encouraged to move up since the company already invested in them.


I know that now, it's all about the cheapest employee and no loyalty. There is absolutely no investment in employees anymore. No benefits, very little in the way of moral lifters (like a nice lunch room or clean bathrooms) and very little concern as to rather they are even earning a living wage.

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What a bold-faced lie gregoire Jul 2012 #1
Not if the right skills are scarce. hack89 Jul 2012 #3
So why are the skilled people out there being turned down for lesser jobs as 'overqualified'? pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #4
Tell me about it. I am being turned down for jobs that I am definitely TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #6
Thanks pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #7
Look at the industries that laid off a lot of people hack89 Jul 2012 #9
Our universities have continued to crank out skilled grads in all fields pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #14
They don't want to pay anything Aerows Jul 2012 #16
Employers forgot that they get what they pay for meow2u3 Jul 2012 #29
The skills are scarce because that $12 an hour nursing job paid $11 an hour in 1980. slampoet Jul 2012 #10
Scarce or too pricey? One_Life_To_Give Jul 2012 #12
Working conditions are part of the problem, too Aerows Jul 2012 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author crimson77 Jul 2012 #25
I saw how nurses work when my late mother and stepfather were hospitalized Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #30
They would be Aerows Jul 2012 #11
So why don't they go back EC Jul 2012 #2
That's all the rage these days Aerows Jul 2012 #13
That's nothing like the training that companies used to offer. gkhouston Jul 2012 #17
No, it isn't Aerows Jul 2012 #20
The bank my cousin worked for was sued for sex discrimination in the late 1970s Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #31
No, not the shit they EC Jul 2012 #27
Guy goes to nursing school, and becomes a nurse. I'm missing the "news" in this news story. TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #5
Well, if he can't get a job with decent pay Aerows Jul 2012 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2012 #8
Welcome to the new American economy pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #19
Are you crazy? bongbong Jul 2012 #28
So, it's possible to give more training to someone who moves chairs gkhouston Jul 2012 #21
They aren't Aerows Jul 2012 #22
Of course not, but have you looked at the job ads in the last few years? gkhouston Jul 2012 #24
At my school . . . Brigid Jul 2012 #23
The other problem is mobility Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #26
Bullshit lie, an excuse to import more cheap labor. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #32
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