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[D&D]

My youngest worked at the university during undergraduate studies. My oldest gets a research grant to do his PhD work. It’s pretty slim, but his wife is employed as a teacher.

My they was implying a broader scale than just your two.

But during all those years, they weren’t participating in the labor pool.

So they did work, but because they were in college it doesn’t count?

 

[D&D]

Graduating from college with a 4 year degree has become diluted. It used to be a special thing. Now it seems like almost everyone goes to college.

Society has been taught to shun you. oh, you only have an associates degree? You have a masters degree but it came from a state school?
Ridiculous the excuses people come with. The piece of parchment doesn’t make one smarter, it gives an illusion that you are.

 

[D&D]

Still spiking here.
Wouldn’t mind knowing when the “spiking” might stop.

Oucn, bleed a poor man dry.

 

[5030]

Now I have to scan my own groceries and watch robots work at McDonalds.

I would not eat that McDees garbage if it was the last fast food emporium on the planet. Uch.

 

[5030]

Society has been taught to shun you. oh, you only have an associates degree? You have a masters degree but it came from a state school?
Ridiculous the excuses people come with. The piece of parchment doesn’t make one smarter, it gives an illusion that you are.

That is exactly what is transpiring at Kubota, sadly. The 'college educated' are changing the corporate structure and not for the better either.

College education has it's place but in reality, blue collar workers (trade educated and practical experience) is what moves the economy and produces hard goods. Then we have the people who borrow money to pay for college that cannot pay it back because the liberal arts degree they obtained is basically worthless in today's job market so they wind up working for minimum wage and basically just surviving.

 

[Citydude]

That is exactly what is transpiring at Kubota, sadly. The 'college educated' are changing the corporate structure and not for the better either.

College education has it's place but in reality, blue collar workers (trade educated and practical experience) is what moves the economy and produces hard goods. Then we have the people who borrow money to pay for college that cannot pay it back because the liberal arts degree they obtained is basically worthless in today's job market so they wind up working for minimum wage and basically just surviving.

That and while having fun in college, they get a neck tattoo of the devil, nose ring and rainbow colored hair and can't understand why they can't land that dream job.

 

[Hay Dude]

You are overlooking the fact that the US is basically at full employment (economists say 3% unemployment is full employment). This is largely due to the retirement of boomers and a smaller workforce of young people. Just about every business is recruiting employees now. Employers are competing for employees and that drives up wages.

I bet it’s because people unemployed from Covid are now running out of G____ment handout money and returning back to the work force

 

[jyoutz]

My they was implying a broader scale than just your two.

So they did work, but because they were in college it doesn’t count?

Grants aren’t listed as being employed and therefore not in labor pool, but working spouse. Lots of older students these days with working spouses. But my point was labor participation rate is a murky statistic. It’s simply a ratio of people of workforce age (18-65) to the number officially in the labor force. There are lots of people in that age group not in the labor force for lots of reasons, besides not being able to find work or being on welfare. Unemployment is a ratio of people seeking work to those who are employed. Two different things.

 

[5030]

That and while having fun in college, they get a neck tattoo of the devil, nose ring and rainbow colored hair and can't understand why they can't land that dream job.

Tats don't impress or depress any employer in a trade related field but they do deter job seekers when looking for that white collar job. I see that too. Tats are nice (I guess) when you are young but as you age and your skin changes, the tats also change, they get uglier with age.

Guy down the road a ways has a chain tat around his neck that goes up and ends by his left ear and he's college educated but drives a garbage roll off truck because no one will hire him... He looks like a hoodlum.

No tats here, never will be.

 

[WM75Guy]

The price of West Texas Intermediate just went past $88 per barrel this morning. That's about a $10 increase since August 24th.