[ 08 June 2008: Message edited by: bruce_the_vii ]

However the benefits of moving and constantly shifting jobs is not resulting in higher wages or better opportunities.

The movement is significant, but the wages are flat.

So what was true in the past is not in the present. Employers and Employees are rapidly losing the bond for one another. Temp services replace disgruntled workers on a dailey basis. Recirculationg the same labour force over and over again. Each year the number of people to move through the revolving door increases, wages continue to decline and the parasite in the middle continues to reap the rewards.

Quitting you job, without sustainable employment is not a wise choice.

Employers today are setting up operations with 80 to 85% of the labour supplied through permanent temp/placement agencies.

There are still many places with labour shortages and lower wages because of the agencies taking the larger cut.

Quitting your job today is a very risky endeavour, and for those who are forced from their employment through plant closures, are not going to benefit in the new economy.

Starting your own business is the best bet.

Find a good mousetrap

[ 09 June 2008: Message edited by: madmax ]

Firms with sound management practices who value their people will retain employees longer, and be able to pay lower wages.

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unfortunately things have only gotten worse since said era; the end of long-term employment and the beginning of drive-down wage no benefit temporary jobs is the modern era... it almost makes one miss those "dinosaur" days

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Whether or not wages/benefits are driven down, you are always dealing with a labour market. Good management practices will give you an advantage in attracting people, no matter what the job.

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Good management practices will give you an advantage in attracting people, no matter what the job.

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I won't comment if someone else's job is shitty or not because one can work at McDonald's or Walmart and be very satisfied while another person on who works in the frozen Tar Sands can feel shitty but get paid a lot better.

I will comment that I have had shitty jobs myself. Any job where a company thinks of you as a worthy "associate" is shitty. My former job as an associate at the now defunct Kmart Canada was shitty. As a sales clerk, a customer asked me where the health and beauty lady was. I told her that I was the health and beauty "lady" today. I had to find her a breast pump. As a pimply Simpsonesque kid, I looked at the women and thought to myself that she didn't need bigger breasts. If she did, she could always go to the bicycle section to look for a breast pump. In another case, a customer asked for scented tampons. Again, as a pimply sales clerk, I thought, "Who would actually want to sniff a tampon?" Gross! I couldn't imagine myself asking Mrs. 'Smith', "Golly Gee! Isn't that a sweet April fresh tampon you're wearing? Just to help you further, you could always go to the bicycle department for a pump."

I had no clue what a breast pump was.

[ 09 June 2008: Message edited by: Skinny Dipper ]