U.S. job quality is in trouble

[flexnor]

13. well there is some truth to that, and look where it got them

"Adapt! Adapt to change, like we did!"

we

1) came to the table with expensive high tech skills

2) worked heavy overtime for NO pay beyond 40 hours

3) sweated every change is super-complex skill sets and lost our careers on the slightest mis step

4) worked multiple projects at one time, usually not changing existing deadlines as new projects were added, and never complained about working conditions

5) were often the empty chair at family holidays as that was the only quiet time to implement new systems

6) trained our h-1b replacement and got a job at home depot

but no, i never personally said "Adapt! Adapt to change, like we did!" i always saw through that, and considered a manager in a plant (who worked his way up from union line job) the smartest guy on labor i ever knew - i once asked him how he liked working in a union, and his answer was as simple and legitimate as it could possibly get, that his boss didnt like him but it didnt matter because his boss had to deal with a steward. these guys understood workplace reality and chose to face reality. they werent lazy, they werent anti-company, they just didnt think kool-aid was a substitute for standing up for yourself and your fellow workers when it was honorable and just