Yes, you can get “A job” at close to minimum wage anywhere.
A job that allows for a decent life is often another story entirely.
If the job can be handled by illegals, even less satisfactorily, and you are over fifty or so, you had better have some special leverage with management.
No one talks about it but Illegals are the greatest enablers of age discrimination.
No one talks about it but Illegals are the greatest enablers of age discrimination.
Actually I'd say that health care costs are the greatest enabler of age discrimination. No company wants to pay for health insurance for someone who's 50+. If anything I think illegals mostly depress youth employment more since the jobs they take tend to be oriented towards manual labor. Not a lot of 60 year olds lining up for landscaping jobs.