So I read all the responses, and can hardly believe the level of conceited contempt on display for folk who have to deal with this very real issue.
Maybe it’s that easy in the major metropolitan area’s, but out here in “Flyover country” it certainly is not.
Claiming that being a “Greeter” at WM (And I don’t think they even have those anymore)is a real job is insulting.
What has happened out here in the real world and our “Tight” labor market is that companies have gone to two twelve hour shifts.
Let’s use the Green darling company, Tesla, as our example.
Their location is a minimum hour long commute for almost all workers as there is NO local housing.
6 AM to 6 PM four days one week and three the next.
Then the shift is changed, 6 PM to 6 AM.
So the average worker is at work and commuting 14-15 hours a day.
As soon as they begin to get acclimated to the schedule, it is reversed.
No need to actively discriminate against the over 50 YO workers when the job demands handle that for you.
Tesla is hiring EVERY DAY, via SEVERAL job placement agencies.
Their turn-over is ridiculous, even the young workers cannot/will not take the grind of it for very long.
Throw in the common but never talked about heavy metal poisonings and it’s a surprise they still operate at all.
And nearly every other company in the area is doing the same.
Seems it’s easier to get enough workers for two shifts than three.
So long as there are enough younger workers available.
Since there really are not, many companies are soliciting illegals in Spanish, as if any genuine American citizen would not be able to speak English.
If our immigration laws were truly being enforced, the over 50 YO workers would have a much easier time finding work.
It may be going insulting to YOU, but it’s a real job for me insuring that I keep my house and my ability to care for my ex-sister-in-law who is mentally challenged and I’m the only family she has...i find YOU insulting...grrr
[Claiming that being a “Greeter” at WM (And I don’t think they even have those anymore)is a real job is insulting.]
Correct. It’s the people that check receipts that are at the door. They are part of the asset protection group. There are actually very few full-time jobs there but some people have been doing that for a long time, so there are a few.
]So I read all the responses, and can hardly believe the level of conceited contempt on display for folk who have to deal with this very real issue.]
Yes it is. I survived (barely) the crash brought on by George W. Bush spending like a drunken sailor in 2008 (no offense to drunken sailors) and the further disaster of the Obama administration. A lot of people didn’t survive. People know it all. Until it happens to them.
I get contacted by a few FReepers in FReepmail. Stories I won’t share with any detail. Only that a variety of things have happened (obviously) and they have survived by the skin of their teeth.
Everyone and I mean everyone is just one car accident, one medical diagnosis, one company bankruptcy away from being where some of us have been. Medical can wipe a person out though a 401(k) is protected in bankruptcy.
But people don’t believe it until it happens. It can happen and it does.
I’m old... Worked 13.5 hour days for 6 months straight (no days off) recently... It is a mind set.. Tougher mentally then physically...