Jobs are being lost and moved overseas. I know dozens of IT workers that can't find work due to being overqualified or don't have the degree (masters and up) for jobs they are supposed to be qualified for. Yeah sure work McDonald's or Help Desk, tried that, overqualified. It means they don't want them there as they would be promoted and threaten the supervisors and managers who don't have IT skills. Fast food places don't want IT workers either. Sometimes they get lucky and work for Walmart as a salesperson or maintenance person as Walmart will hire anyone as long as they agree to work for low low wages and long long hours and no no benefits.
It is not a matter of money it is a matter of wealth. Many of us invented things only to have management take credit. Steve Jobs had 300+ patents to his name but had thousands of employees at Apple come up with them for Apple. Employment contracts state that anything invented while working for the company shall become the company's property. Since a company cannot be listed as an inventor on patent forms they usually add in manager names instead. Owning a patent is wealth, it is capital, it is used to create more wealth and defend one from lawsuits or sue others to get more wealth.
Education, many are denied one. It is not because they are lazy or stupid, but cannot afford a college education. I had to drop out of UM Rolla due to not being able to afford it and I went to a community college and graduated and then later in life went to earn a bachelors later. I was lucky enough to get a student loan. Many are not, they don't qualify, or they don't have credit. My parents cosigned my first student loan, without that I would not be able to get one. I worked minimum wage jobs to earn money for college when I first started out, working fast food, as a janitor, as whatever I could get light industrial factory work, etc. People still work those jobs and don't qualify for financial aid. In order to get Pell Grants one must live in a cardboard box with less than $4000 a year in income. Most of these qualifications have not been adjusted for inflation or minimum wage increases.
Companies need to provide better benefits if they are not going to pay a higher salary. Part time employees need benefits too. Health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance. If you don't take care of your employees they will not be loyal or they will get sick and not visit a doctor or hospital and die or get disabled.
Managers are paid too much at the upper level. The executive managers that earn millions. Cut their salary instead of laying off workers. Make their contracts state that they get paid based on how well the company does. We don't want executive managers making millions when the company cannot earn a profit, and then lay off workers to compensate for it. Cut executive manager salaries when the company is not profitable and going into debt, they are the ones responsible for that. Fire the board of directors and replace them with new people if you have to, as they are responsible for that too. When you fire workers, you are creating more unemployment and poverty and taking money away from loyal workers who didn't do anything wrong. You are punishing them for success while rewarding the executive managers for their failures.
Well I'd post more but I'd get the TL;DR comments.
It is not a matter of money it is a matter of wealth. Many of us invented things only to have management take credit. Steve Jobs had 300+ patents to his name but had thousands of employees at Apple come up with them for Apple. Employment contracts state that anything invented while working for the company shall become the company's property. Since a company cannot be listed as an inventor on patent forms they usually add in manager names instead. Owning a patent is wealth, it is capital, it is used to create more wealth and defend one from lawsuits or sue others to get more wealth.
Education, many are denied one. It is not because they are lazy or stupid, but cannot afford a college education. I had to drop out of UM Rolla due to not being able to afford it and I went to a community college and graduated and then later in life went to earn a bachelors later. I was lucky enough to get a student loan. Many are not, they don't qualify, or they don't have credit. My parents cosigned my first student loan, without that I would not be able to get one. I worked minimum wage jobs to earn money for college when I first started out, working fast food, as a janitor, as whatever I could get light industrial factory work, etc. People still work those jobs and don't qualify for financial aid. In order to get Pell Grants one must live in a cardboard box with less than $4000 a year in income. Most of these qualifications have not been adjusted for inflation or minimum wage increases.
Companies need to provide better benefits if they are not going to pay a higher salary. Part time employees need benefits too. Health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance. If you don't take care of your employees they will not be loyal or they will get sick and not visit a doctor or hospital and die or get disabled.
Managers are paid too much at the upper level. The executive managers that earn millions. Cut their salary instead of laying off workers. Make their contracts state that they get paid based on how well the company does. We don't want executive managers making millions when the company cannot earn a profit, and then lay off workers to compensate for it. Cut executive manager salaries when the company is not profitable and going into debt, they are the ones responsible for that. Fire the board of directors and replace them with new people if you have to, as they are responsible for that too. When you fire workers, you are creating more unemployment and poverty and taking money away from loyal workers who didn't do anything wrong. You are punishing them for success while rewarding the executive managers for their failures.
Well I'd post more but I'd get the TL;DR comments.
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