This is what infuriates me about these reports and talking heads. Who cares how many jobs were added if wages remain low, or better paying roles are replaced by lower wages and no benefits, or workers are losing job security, or their stifled wages afford less?
When they say things like this they’re not talking to regular people. They’re reporting sales numbers to investors and CEOs.
Don’t forget those “temporarily embarrassed millionaires” voting against their own interests.
Incidentally, Marx identified this precise problem in Das Kapital
Who cares? The employers who have to provide benefits for people who work >X hours, that’s who.
Wage growth surpassed inflation every month this year.
Not saying you’re wrong or I disagree with your sentiment.
For who?
Across all wages combined? What if you just look at people who make <100k?
I’m pretty wrecked after my 1 full time job. I would rather turn to crime before I get 2 more jobs.
Most of these jobs are not full time. So people do work more than 40h a week, but not necessarily more than 8h a day. For example working on weekends or off days of the “main” job.
But it’s fucked regardless.
When I was working multiple jobs none of them were over 40 hours but I’d regularly be working 12+ per day 7 days a week.
Not to mention the commute times between them.
Fucking hell I’m happy I’m working only 1 now that pays almost $30 per hour, the only issue is if my rent keeps going up at the same rate per year and my wages keep going at the same rate I’ll be priced out of my shitty apartment in 5 years. 10 years max.
It’s also the constant switching and commuting and different routines. 40 h between two (or more) jobs I found more stressful than 40 h in one job. It was like work never ended when I had two part-time jobs and one from home.
The lack of consistence and hours is what I hated about part time jobs. I hated those shifts that would eat up my entire day, now at least I work every morning and done by 4.
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25 or 6 to 4!
Join a Union. I’m in a plumbers union and after I finished my apprenticeship and got my journeyman’s license I’m pulling $46 an hour.
People underestimate the trades
I get the sense that is changing… People are worried that many jobs will soon be automated and see that the trades will be safe from that for quite some time.
Most people don’t have the manual dexterity or mechanical intuition to get into trades. Millwrighting, welding, plumbing and electrician-ing all require a person who is clever enough to understand and repair equipment that they have only just seen. Most people have a hard time applying a screen protector for a phone they have owned for months.
Domestic manufacturing is where Canada/USA should be aiming to create jobs. All skill levels are required and automated facilities still need humans. The positions are a lot more varied now, with most tasks being those that would require expensive vision systems or minor problem solving. Domestic manufacturing might help with some of the bull shit global supply chain issues as well.
Steal from the poor, give to the rich
The American dream.
American Reality*
I have even better news if you live in the USA. The unemployment rate increased so the rich people can finally hire for lower wage and increase their profit margins…I mean the economy can finally get a handle on inflation
Poor moron: “The stock market is doing great!” Me: “The stock market has nothing to do with YOU! Stop simping for billionaires. It’s embarrassing to watch.”
It’s honestly hard to believe the job reports. Things sure don’t feel better
Knowing a certain number of jobs are filled tell us nothing about how people are actually doing.
Employment could be at 100% and it wouldn’t matter when the majority are making nothing.
Yup. “Hooray, Bob Cratchit has a job!”
This is funny, cause in Germany we say the same shit about the reforms of the SPD. Yes, the SPD is our last big workers-party. It’s a shame.
They were. Nowadays it feels more like CDU-light. Seems to be more profitable. Heck, even our chancelor is involved in a financial scandal.
It’s a bit more complicated. It’s a tactital decision, which was made back in the 19th century under Bebel. If you start a research about Kurt Eisner you will find the first debates about it. It’s also one of the reasons why they supported ww1 and betrayed the revolution. And of course they’re our last big workers-party, which makes it so tragical.
Until the rampant greed gets under control globally this will never change. It’s always been there but shit is turned up to 11 the past few decades.
“Who needs a UBI! We’ll just require that employers provide a living wage and benefits to all their full-time employees.”
Why does your entire staff get scheduled for 38 hours a week?
“Have you seen this new Shiny
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