Having walked those lonely streets--with Pentax in hand and without, I suspect it
is a lot more humorous to those who have jobs -- satisfying or not -- than it is
to those who don't or have good reason to believe they are at risk of joining
those ranks. Given the short term focus of investors and somewhat less than
stellar anticipatory planning/ management skills in the front offices of many of
our leading corps., I have a sad feeling we will see more rather than less of
this for awhile -- even if the economy recovers.
IMHO, employees might be best served by taking more control of their destiny, not
depending upon any one source/employer/industry for achieving career goals,
planning on changing employers from time to time if necessary to leave high risk
arenas before the game is called, and building a little reserve for unforeseen
reversals that visit even "successful cos." these days.
Otis Wright
Doug Brewer wrote:
> This is pretty funny, considering it's in response to someone who has
> been working in a car plant to pay for an advanced degree.
>
> Doug "Can you spell irony?" Brewer
>
> At 4:23 PM -08001/31/01, Gerald Cermak caused thus to appear:
> >jeepgirl writes:
> >
> >> Please be thankful you have jobs.
> >
> >This is exactly the kind of mentality that the CEOs of corporate America
> >would love to return to: ala the workforce of the 1990 recession, happy just
> >to have a job, willing to take pay cuts along with more work hours, and say
> >"thank you" and the end of the grueling soul-destroying day.
> >
> >I say "No, thank you", I don't want that, I refuse to take that attitude. I
> >am doing my employer a favor by working for them, not the other way around.
> >
> >Unlike the barely skilled autoworker, I went to college for 15 years in
> >order to have a career that would remain fruitful and enjoyable. While the
> >money is still present, the enjoyment here is going. All my hard work
> >educating myself to be productive should get me more respect than it does
> >around this place.
> >
> >BTW, the hand-writing has been on the wall for some years now regarding
> >barely skilled workers like autoworkers - their labor rates are too high
> >compared to most of the rest of the world, and downsizing (and outsourcing)
> >is then a natural course of events. One can thank the UAW for making this
> >type of labor so expensive. Why should some unskilled worker in Detroit
> >earn more than a high tech worker with advanced degrees and capabilities an
> >auto worker can't even dream of acquiring? It just doesn't make any logical
> >sense.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Gerald
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