Posted on 04/14/2006 6:44:37 AM PDT by Panzerlied
Many 20-somethings find themselves moving home to live with Mom and Dad, just like the movie 'Failure to Launch.' Blame it on the inertia -- and some very real challenges.
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I recruit Science and Engineering majors....and some of the issues you typically run across are:
- I only want to work someplace cool (near the beach, hot, happening town with lots of funky nightlife, large dating pool with endless recreational activities, etc.)
- I want to work only for an employer who is sufficiently
"Environmentally and Socially Responsible" (whatever THAT means!)
- I want the same starting salary as people who have been in the business for 10 to 20 years.
- I want a raft of vacation time, sick, personal, holidays, long weekends, flex time, work from home, etc.
- Don't tell me to put on a tie, or take off the jeans, shave, get a haircut, or wear shoes to the office
- I want to to work in a fun office that has video games, ping-pong tables, cappacino machine in the lunchroom, or anything else to distract me from performing actual work.
- Prove to me that you offer every possible protection and preference for my particular protected color/race/sexual preference group.
- I want to be promoted to my boss' level or higher within the first 24 months
If what you have to offer is a typical 9-5 position at a starting salary in Cleveland or Rochester someplace, 18 of of 20 candidates will turn it down out of hand. They'd rather live at home with Mom and Dad until all of these demands are met. Spoiled brats!
I would like my daughter to stay at home when she graduates too, but it's not going to happen. We had my husband's son with us for years after he graduated and I hated it. He didn't contribute anything toward his stay there. I didn't want money, but I did want help around the house and a feeling that he was a part of the family. He now lives with his 87 year old grandmother and still doesn't help contribute--time or money. He's a moucher. I've told my daughter the same. She can stay but must be a part of the family. She wants to leave. She could save money to help buy her own place if she would. All kids are different.
It's because the feds and the state have jacked up the number of regulations that colleges have to comply with to get state and federal funding, and those take man hours to deal with. The amount of middle management at the university level to deal with financial add and research grants are staggering, you'd never believe it unless you saw the org charts. This past year, I understand that the local university has 30% cost increases on all heating and power costs. That's a couple of million just to power computing and keep the lights and heat on in all of the billion.. As most state governments are keeping costs the same, and adding regulations that need to be complied with and monitored, of course costs are going to increase.
And what about lettuce picking? John McCain is offering $50/hr for anyone willing to commit to an entire season of picking lettuce in Yuma, Arizona!
Good for her. And for you. Sounds like she's going to turn out just fine.
...well, it is reasonably close to a beach...and I guess a tie and shoes WOULD be optional....
The colleges also accept a huge number of students who have no qualifications except the money to pay. These kids are used to gliding past in high school. When they go to college, they flunk out in droves. The colleges laugh as they take the money to the bank.
Actually, English majors --those who can actually write--find employment. As one can tell by reading what we put up here, good writers are rare.
Good for you, congrats and well done. A few more could learn from your example. I'm 50 and still look for ways to cut back when I need to manage my money and improve my situation. The ethic instilled in you will last a lifetime and you'll do well.
My niece is graduating this June with a degree in political science. What the heck is that? No wonder she's coming home after graduation to live with mom.
Many Europeans, and 19th Century Americans, live with family until they married (sometimes after). There is something to be said by having that support groups and economy of scale.
And there is something to be said for getting the hell out of the nest.
Attitude will get you much farther than talent or a mindful of fresh college mush. When you come to me looking for a job you'd better display a willingness to learn, manners and a healthy respect for the fact you know nothing about life yet. I might look at you then.
The dirty little secret is that it costs almost nothing on a per-student basis, given the number of students shoehorned into an average class. College tuition mostly goes to non-academic purposes from which the student paying it sees no benefit.
Lame. My children are all moving out, permanently (to college, and then to their own rented apartments or whatever after that) when they are 17.
There are 6 of us now living in a 4 bedroom 2000 sq ft house; my husband and I want their bedrooms! We want an office, an exercise room, a guest room, maybe even a home theater. Wow, the possibilities are endless.
In 8 years the first one moves out--he CAN'T move back in; his room will be gone!
Maybe she wants to be on "Dancing with the Stars".
More options: work for a non-profit organization, or work for the government!
OMG! You just made me choke on my tuna salad! That is just way to funny (and probably very accurate too)!
When a little bit older friend of mine moved out of his home in the 70's.. he made 7$ an hour at an lighting shop. His rent was 160$ a month two blocks from the ocean in an apartment.
Today the exact same apartment still there, is 1200$ a month, and the same type of job is 10$ an hour. So before it was 25 hours work a month for the apartment.. today 120. Keep in mind this is in a no-growther democrat city.
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