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In reply to the discussion: KRUGMAN: The Fake Skills Shortage [View all]mn9driver
(4,423 posts)My spouse is an administrative attorney with over 25 years experience. After being laid off 2 1/2 years ago, the best work she could find paid $18 per hour, no benefits, working literally shoulder to shoulder in a windowless, poorly ventilated room with 40 other lawyers doing document review. Many of them were fresh out of law school and had massive debt. Others were like her; formerly employed by large corporations to run contracts, etc. and now laid off. They had to ask permission to use the restroom. These were licensed attorneys who had passed the bar.
She recently got a contractor job with a former employer that pays $23 per hour and lets her work from home. She's thrilled because that's about as good as it gets for laid off admin attorneys these days. Even highly experienced ones.