Are Employers Trying To Take Advantage Of The Bad Economy?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

You betcha. I found this as I was perusing craigslist for jobs.




RE: AP/Bookkeeper - (Valencia East Campus)

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Date: 2010-12-21, 9:24AM EST
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You have got to be kidding! You expect to pay someone $7.50 for this job and you want them to have 4+ years of experience and a degree? Don't forget you get what you pay for. If you want someone with that qualification, pay them! You employers are so damn cheap, you want people to work exceptionally well but you don't want to pay them. I would never work for $7.50 per hour no matter how bad the economy is. Get a life!

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AP/Bookkeeper (Valencia East Campus)
Date: 2010-12-21, 12:57AM EST
Reply to: [e-mail]

Need a bookkeeper who has 4+ years experience in AP/Bookkeeper. Candidate needs to have AA degree in accounting or finance minimally. Have experience with at least (1) small business for more than 1.5 years and understand multitasking and result-oriented while maintain reasonable details. Candidate needs to have a valid FLDL, be able to provide certified copy of the degree, and references to call.



* Location: Valencia East Campus
* Compensation: $7.5/hr
* This is a part-time job.
* Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* Please, no phone calls about this job!
* Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.


•Compensation: Cheap Employer
•Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
•Please, no phone calls about this job!
•Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.



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[rfranklin]

1. There is a sad aspect to human nature...

too many people are not satisfied until they can have actual slaves. That includes most Republicans.

[2Design]

2. florida wages for degree people

[rucky]

3. I wouldn't trust a bookkeeper willing to work for that little. n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. Exactly.

I've known too many bookkeepers who supplemented their income illicitly.

[JVS]

14. How?

[lumberjack_jeff]

18. Stealing when they should have been buying.

There are as many embezzlement techniques as there are arrogant, dismissive, contemptuous and naive bosses.

But, even considering the jail time for the two specific examples I have in mind, it averaged out to a pretty good annual salary.

[Tippy]

4. K&R....

[hobbit709]

5. Next silly question?

[Starry Messenger]

6. This has been ongoing for at least the last two years.

Why wouldn't they take advantage of the bad economy?

[Kweli4Real]

7. And remember ...

This is only a part-time job!

[lovuian]

8. I have been seeing the same thing

they are really taking advantage of the workers

[T Wolf]

9. Do assholes shit in the woods? Of course they are. It is what they do. To expect them to act

differently is naive and deluded.

Just remember a post from last week where a DUer mentioned that his daughter, working on the same field as himself, is looking at jobs that

PAYS LESS per hour than his job did decades ago.

The dash toward a more-feudal society is gaining speed, in case you have not noticed.

[socialist_n_TN]

20. As you said T.........

It's what they do. Capitalism at it's finest.

[liberalhistorian]

10. And remember, these are likely the same

employers who are whining about not being able to find "qualified" employees and whining that no one has a "work ethic" anymore and that, sniffle, is why, even though they hate to do so, they are forced to outsource to other countries, where the employees know their place and are grateful for any crumbs they receive while working long and hard hours (no sarcasm thingie should be needed here).

[niceypoo]

11. Supply side economics drives wages down

The end result of all this will be, if you don't have an advanced degree you will make $3 per hour. Welcome to America of the future!!

[bluestate10]

19. Cry me a river. Anyone that let's the future happen, deserve the future that

they get. If you are concerned about poor wages and outsourcing, there are plenty of companies that are keeping jobs right here in the grand ole USA and that pay excellent wages and benefits. Find them and patronize their products and services. CHANGE the dynamic, stop crying about how badly the american worker is getting screwed, then turning around and buying offshore manufactured drawers from Walmart. I used drawers as an example, because guess what? I just purchased high quality drawers for less money than I would have paid for them at Walmart, Men's Warehouse or Macy's, AND the drawers were manufactured on the mainland USA.

[Lugnut]

13. Is snow white?

Is grass green? This is the new normal and it makes me retch.

[mudplanet]

15. Guess what? The real function of the Fed Reserve is to maintain an unemployment

rate that will keep wages down.

Why would the applicant need a Florida Drivers License? At $7.50 an hour they ain't driving a car. If you live more than ten miles from work you're burning up 20% of your daily wage just getting to work and back. Another 25% deducted as taxes so the rich won't have to pay their fair share. That's actually a wage of about $4 an hour. I haven't calculated in the deduction for insurance, if it's offered. Of course, you could but private insurance at $1300 a month. Can't afford that? Go home and die.

And people wonder why we need unions. sigh. This is how they are going to treat you if they can get away with it.

[DainBramaged]

16. People need to clog their phone lines and denounce them for mimicking China

Only way you can let them know you know they are blood-sucking scum.

[HughBeaumont]

17. $7.50 an hour wasn't an adequate wage in 1995.

You gotta wonder how long the American people are going to put up with this.

Pretty long, if last month's election is any indication . . . round and round and round we go until you voters actually buy a clue, I guess . . .