Where The Jobs Are: "55 And Older" A good jobs report? Sure, if one is 55 and over. In December the American jobs gerontocracy continued its relentless course, and as the two charts below summarize since Obama's first term, some 2.7 million jobs in the 16-55 year old category have been lost. The "offset": 4 million jobs for Americans between 55 and 69. For all those young people graduating from college (with $150,000 in student loans) who are unable to get a job, here is our advice: tell your parents, and grandparents, to retire already. Oh wait, they can't because Bernanke destroyed their savings. Oops - better luck next time.
Job "gains" for all Americans 54 and younger vs those 55 and older:
Quote: Heisenberg wrote in post #2Hiring people who qualify for Medicare frees employers from Obamacare laws.
You can't qualify for Medicare until you're sixty-five. Must be another reason..maybe dependability respect and responsibility. Most of these young people today are lazy, disrespectful and a hassle to employ.
One of my friends has a young employee in a small business. She asked him to take out the two trash cans and he took out one. She ask him about the other one and he said he would get it too, but after he has rested a minute.
There is a difference in the way older types approach a job compared to the younger ones. I've got about 1/2 youngsters and 1/2 "seasoned citizens". I have to admit the seasoned citizens just take their job more seriously and have a much better work ethic, in general. It may simply be that youngsters in general are more self absorbed and less inclined to go the extra mile, but I think it's a bit more than that. They just don't have the same values.
Quote: Sanguine wrote in post #4There is a difference in the way older types approach a job compared to the younger ones. I've got about 1/2 youngsters and 1/2 "seasoned citizens". I have to admit the seasoned citizens just take their job more seriously and have a much better work ethic, in general. It may simply be that youngsters in general are more self absorbed and less inclined to go the extra mile, but I think it's a bit more than that. They just don't have the same values.
You're exactly right, and think they should be paid more than they're worth. In defense of the youth workers, some of them make great employees but the biggest majority think life owes them a living. My nephew works in a supermaket and gets called in a lot because one of the other "kids" didn't show up. He gets very frustrated since he is a college student, also. Better to hire an older person that knows how to appreciate the job.
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