Do you have a career? Because if so, you are probably an Old or a Rich, given that they are not just letting people have careers anymore. See, careers are now for the idle wealthy, and the rest of us people can look forward to a life of hustling from one freelance gig to another, scraping together enough cash to live paycheck to paycheck and maybe even avoid crushing poverty if we’re lucky enough to never get sick or injured or require a sustained amount of medical attention. Doesn’t that sound nice? Here, we will talk about our future as temp workers, using this cheery Forbes article called
Actually he's a Nobel-Prize-winning practitioner of the Dismal Science. And he's right to point out the inter-generational friction this will cause. The same way big business busts unions by negotiating \"tiered\" benefits and wages, the Republicans want to destroy support for Medicare and Soshecurity by pitting the Youngs against the Olds.
There's another delightful aspect to being a temp...you're the red-headed stepchild of the workplace.
Oh...and here's something funny. In the last month two groups started at my employer. I was in one. Of the 12 people starting 4 are permanent and 8 are temps (including me).
All of the permanents are under 30...all of the temps are late 40s and above.
Hmmmm, you don't think there's an age thing going on here, do you?
This is so true. Engineering companies, which had never provided anything for their employees beyond old furniture and pencils, we're now being told by young whippersnappers that they had to buy $5000 IBM PCs for every goddam employee. And not only that, you couldn't just make endless copies of Lotus 1-2-3 for every machine in the office.
Tarring and feathering has undeservedly fallen out of fashion. What you do is rent one of those roofer's propane-fired tar kettles, hook it up to your trailer hitch, and meet your helpers (who'll all have brought feather pillows) at the victim's home or workplace. You drag him outside, dip him in the molten roofing tar, rip open the pillows and shake the feathers all over him.
Come to think of it, this is really weird. But we won't know for sure until we try it out on Todd Akin.
But you'll still happily pay your Medicare tax so us genuine Olds can keep getting our sweet, sweet, single-payer, government-negotiated-rate health care, won't you? Because Krugman is making me doubt this, with his whiny little column today.
In the early days, all Mittens and Ann had to sustain them in their basement apartment was some stocks they could sell off. Why can't Today's Youth do the same?
Don't worry; the estate tax will be permanently repealed, so all their money will go to their children or mistresses or whatever. So it'll be creating just as many jobs as before (none).
Actually he's a Nobel-Prize-winning practitioner of the Dismal Science. And he's right to point out the inter-generational friction this will cause. The same way big business busts unions by negotiating \"tiered\" benefits and wages, the Republicans want to destroy support for Medicare and Soshecurity by pitting the Youngs against the Olds.
There's another delightful aspect to being a temp...you're the red-headed stepchild of the workplace.
Oh...and here's something funny. In the last month two groups started at my employer. I was in one. Of the 12 people starting 4 are permanent and 8 are temps (including me).
All of the permanents are under 30...all of the temps are late 40s and above.
Hmmmm, you don't think there's an age thing going on here, do you?
This is so true. Engineering companies, which had never provided anything for their employees beyond old furniture and pencils, we're now being told by young whippersnappers that they had to buy $5000 IBM PCs for every goddam employee. And not only that, you couldn't just make endless copies of Lotus 1-2-3 for every machine in the office.
Just pronounce it "dessert-ation". Mmm, dessert....
Usually it isn't at all me. But the hackles got raised at my daughter's high school orientation.
Actually he's a Nobel-Prize-winning practitioner of the Dismal Science. And he's right to point out the inter-generational friction this will cause. The same way big business busts unions by negotiating \"tiered\" benefits and wages, the Republicans want to destroy support for Medicare and Soshecurity by pitting the Youngs against the Olds.
There's another delightful aspect to being a temp...you're the red-headed stepchild of the workplace.
Oh...and here's something funny. In the last month two groups started at my employer. I was in one. Of the 12 people starting 4 are permanent and 8 are temps (including me).
All of the permanents are under 30...all of the temps are late 40s and above.
Hmmmm, you don't think there's an age thing going on here, do you?
This is so true. Engineering companies, which had never provided anything for their employees beyond old furniture and pencils, we're now being told by young whippersnappers that they had to buy $5000 IBM PCs for every goddam employee. And not only that, you couldn't just make endless copies of Lotus 1-2-3 for every machine in the office.
Tarring and feathering has undeservedly fallen out of fashion. What you do is rent one of those roofer's propane-fired tar kettles, hook it up to your trailer hitch, and meet your helpers (who'll all have brought feather pillows) at the victim's home or workplace. You drag him outside, dip him in the molten roofing tar, rip open the pillows and shake the feathers all over him.
Come to think of it, this is really weird. But we won't know for sure until we try it out on Todd Akin.
I subscribed once, and can report that<i> Forbes</i> is depressingly snark-free.</i></i>
But you&#039;ll still happily pay your Medicare tax so us genuine Olds can keep getting our sweet, sweet, single-payer, government-negotiated-rate health care, won&#039;t you? Because Krugman is making me doubt this, with his whiny little column today.
In the early days, all Mittens and Ann had to sustain them in their basement apartment was some stocks they could sell off. Why can&#039;t Today&#039;s Youth do the same?
It intimidates the people at your kid&#039;s high school when you need it.
Don&#039;t worry; the estate tax will be permanently repealed, so all their money will go to their children or mistresses or whatever. So it&#039;ll be creating just as many jobs as before (none).
Just pronounce it &quot;dessert-ation&quot;. Mmm, dessert....
Usually it isn&#039;t at all me. But the hackles got raised at my daughter&#039;s high school orientation.
Actually he&#039;s a Nobel-Prize-winning practitioner of the Dismal Science. And he&#039;s right to point out the inter-generational friction this will cause. The same way big business busts unions by negotiating \"tiered\" benefits and wages, the Republicans want to destroy support for Medicare and Soshecurity by pitting the Youngs against the Olds.
There&#039;s another delightful aspect to being a temp...you&#039;re the red-headed stepchild of the workplace.
Oh...and here&#039;s something funny. In the last month two groups started at my employer. I was in one. Of the 12 people starting 4 are permanent and 8 are temps (including me).
All of the permanents are under 30...all of the temps are late 40s and above.
Hmmmm, you don&#039;t think there&#039;s an age thing going on here, do you?
This is so true. Engineering companies, which had never provided anything for their employees beyond old furniture and pencils, we&#039;re now being told by young whippersnappers that they had to buy $5000 IBM PCs for every goddam employee. And not only that, you couldn&#039;t just make endless copies of Lotus 1-2-3 for every machine in the office.