Comments on: The worthiness and value of work http://www.cassyfiano.com/2010/07/the-worthiness-and-value-of-work Smokin' Hot Commentary Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roxeanne de Luca http://www.cassyfiano.com/2010/07/the-worthiness-and-value-of-work/comment-page-1#comment-25989 Roxeanne de Luca Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:49:54 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/?p=5239#comment-25989 First, a half-second of playing Devil's Advocate: I've had people ask me if I would take a temp position (e.g. receptionist) and be willing to do it as a permanent career. Yes, I've told those people to screw off, because what I'll do to pay the bills while I search for a job that uses at least one of my two professional degrees is not necessarily the job that I'll do for the rest of my life. That nonsense aside, it's downright comical how many people refuse to do work... and how this whole "Illegal aliens do the jobs that Americans won't do" garbage got started. First, a half-second of playing Devil’s Advocate: I’ve had people ask me if I would take a temp position (e.g. receptionist) and be willing to do it as a permanent career. Yes, I’ve told those people to screw off, because what I’ll do to pay the bills while I search for a job that uses at least one of my two professional degrees is not necessarily the job that I’ll do for the rest of my life.

That nonsense aside, it’s downright comical how many people refuse to do work… and how this whole “Illegal aliens do the jobs that Americans won’t do” garbage got started.

]]> By: lynn http://www.cassyfiano.com/2010/07/the-worthiness-and-value-of-work/comment-page-1#comment-25913 lynn Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:58:24 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/?p=5239#comment-25913 well, the first thought I had was about an Andy Grove article recently published and why exactly it is that so many companies are outsourcing. The best thing parents can do to make their kids competitive for a shrinking jobs market here is to help them understand the value of work (because it's getting paid) instead of waiting for their dream job to come along and refusing any entry level job that isn't an instant partnership. That's not how the PRC students operate....see http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/how-to-make-an-american-job-before-it-s-too-late-andy-grove.html well, the first thought I had was about an Andy Grove article recently published and why exactly it is that so many companies are outsourcing. The best thing parents can do to make their kids competitive for a shrinking jobs market here is to help them understand the value of work (because it’s getting paid) instead of waiting for their dream job to come along and refusing any entry level job that isn’t an instant partnership. That’s not how the PRC students operate….see http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/how-to-make-an-american-job-before-it-s-too-late-andy-grove.html

]]> By: ZZMike http://www.cassyfiano.com/2010/07/the-worthiness-and-value-of-work/comment-page-1#comment-25906 ZZMike Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:12:39 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/?p=5239#comment-25906 That does seem to give a little credence to the saying about "doing jobs Americans won't do". That does seem to give a little credence to the saying about “doing jobs Americans won’t do”.

]]> By: Cylar http://www.cassyfiano.com/2010/07/the-worthiness-and-value-of-work/comment-page-1#comment-25705 Cylar Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:00:09 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/?p=5239#comment-25705 If it's any consolation, I think the rotten economy has started to force a long-overdue adjustment in people's attitude toward work. Yeah, some people consider themselves too good or too educated for some jobs. Problem is, even those people have to eat, buy gasoline and pay rent. And they know it. Savings accounts are depleted, unemployment insurance eventually runs out, other government benefits are also exhausted (or unavailable in the first place) and those who think this way quickly find that these low-on-the-totem-pole jobs are all that's available. The competition for the few prestigious openings is simply too keen. The other 90% of applicants have to go someplace else - occupationally speaking - and stay there at least until the economy improves. We're seeing this already happening with a "graying" of the workforce in minimum-wage and entry level jobs. Teenagers who would normally take these positions are having the hardest time of all finding work of any kind; the jobs they'd usually take are instead going to the people I just described above, the ones who have families to feed. (Teenagers, more often than not, just want money to spend on luxury items, or at best, on higher education.) It's been a positive development for employers. The entitlement-minded are being whipped into shape, and the result is a motivated worker who shows up on time, takes instructions, and does the job without the complaints and attitudes present in many (not all) teenagers. If it’s any consolation, I think the rotten economy has started to force a long-overdue adjustment in people’s attitude toward work.

Yeah, some people consider themselves too good or too educated for some jobs. Problem is, even those people have to eat, buy gasoline and pay rent. And they know it. Savings accounts are depleted, unemployment insurance eventually runs out, other government benefits are also exhausted (or unavailable in the first place) and those who think this way quickly find that these low-on-the-totem-pole jobs are all that’s available. The competition for the few prestigious openings is simply too keen. The other 90% of applicants have to go someplace else – occupationally speaking – and stay there at least until the economy improves.

We’re seeing this already happening with a “graying” of the workforce in minimum-wage and entry level jobs. Teenagers who would normally take these positions are having the hardest time of all finding work of any kind; the jobs they’d usually take are instead going to the people I just described above, the ones who have families to feed. (Teenagers, more often than not, just want money to spend on luxury items, or at best, on higher education.)

It’s been a positive development for employers. The entitlement-minded are being whipped into shape, and the result is a motivated worker who shows up on time, takes instructions, and does the job without the complaints and attitudes present in many (not all) teenagers.

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