Sorry Virginia, But Employers Aren't Social Workers

RCM ^ | 03/25/2013 | Jeffrey Dorfman

[SeekAndFind]

It is now almost four years since the end of the recession, yet unemployment is still at almost eight percent and would be much higher if so many people had not given up completely which means that they don't count as unemployed anymore. This is actually the third recovery in a row during which job growth has been more tepid than the historical norm. Further, employment has recovered more weakly each time: this is the worst jobs recovery, the recovery following the 2001 recession is next, and the recovery following the 1991 recession is the best (or least worst) of the three. The question we need to answer is: why is job growth getting harder to produce?

The problem is not any single cause, but it seems increasingly obvious that job growth is being impeded by the irresistible urge of too many people to use jobs as a vehicle to accomplish an ever expanding number of social goals.

Jobs exist for a simple reason. A job is created when a person is willing to do a task for less than the amount of money that labor can earn the employer. It is that simple. Employers are not interested in providing health care, life insurance, maternity or paternity leave, helping to correct past discriminatory behavior, or otherwise affecting social change. The employer wants a task done for a lower cost than what the output produced is worth. If the employer cannot make a profit through the addition of that employee, the employer will not hire the person. That is basic Economics 101.

[oldbrowser]

This is a good description of the unemployment problem from the employer's point of view.

[Vigilanteman]

Common sense, but try explaining it to the libtards which work in your organization. Fortunately, we have very few in ours, which is one reason our company remains relatively healthy in a sick economy.

Look around and see what your company offers which they don't have to-- matching contributions to 401Ks (even if capped at 2 to 5% of salary), coffee, lunch room supplies, even lower prices of snacks in your vending machine versus what is available to the general public. These are all clues that your company might be doing better than most.

You need to do your part to help management keep it that way by your own productivity, keeping unions out and keeping libtard employees at a bare minimum.

[Twotone]

What the brilliant libtards of the Portland (OR) City Council did...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/portland-city-council-votes-require-sick-leave-18724515

One company has already said they’ll move out of the city limits to get away from this. I’m sure more will simply go out of business.

[LucianOfSamasota]

would be much higher if so many people had not given up completely

Whether these people have given up completely is open to debate. That they are no longer counted in the 'unemployment rate' is a fact. Not reporting long term unemployment is certainly expedient for the ruling political class, who claim credit for 'reduced unemployment figures' after enough time has elapsed, whether actual unemployment is down or not.

This is why I prefer to look at the number of people employed, rather than the number of people categorized as 'unemployed'.

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000