tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post5164377871623323038..comments2023-11-16T05:28:12.324-05:00Comments on _It Don't Make Sense_: No One Wants To Work Anymoresig94http://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-1115435188290349632013-08-28T09:59:21.409-04:002013-08-28T09:59:21.409-04:00Have a buddy with a commercial electrical business...Have a buddy with a commercial electrical business. This is suburban, non-union. He can't get completely inexperienced apprentices starting at $23/hr. He'll train them right through to their own license if they want to put in the book work on their own time. Very few applicants. Youngsters will call about he ad in the local rag and never be heard from again when they hear the words, "fax me your resume". <br /><br />What's a resume? Why do I need that, this isn't an office job?<br /><br />Roughly half of the youths he finally hires wander away 'cause the work is somewhat difficult, often dirty, hot in the summer and sometimes cold in the winter. Too tough for them. And losing their driver's license for DUI/DWI is a chronic problem. They can't work if they can't get to HQ or drive the truck to the work site.<br /><br />No, most kids do not want to work. I wasn't in any way atypical of most of my friends growing up. Paper route at 10 or 12ish, part time work at 14 - in my case cleaning offices (yes, that included toilets and, in those days, ashtrays and plenty of ashes), odd jobs for the outfits whose offices I cleaned. Loading trucks for UPS at 16, promotion to sorting since I could remember lots of zipcodes and pass the test (loading those trucks was tough work in the summer!). Summer jobs at local warehouses... we all had jobs all the time - very few exceptions.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09245646229814895145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-2092456295170652112013-08-26T20:46:13.261-04:002013-08-26T20:46:13.261-04:00It's not too late, if folks would get back to ...It's not too late, if folks would get back to basics. Remember "E pluribus Unum"? God"? Work or starve?IanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874490886311041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-5244870929176556852013-08-26T10:35:08.155-04:002013-08-26T10:35:08.155-04:00We're done alright.We're done alright.Woodsterman (Odie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00423574390748358762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-56797055631957619112013-08-25T23:52:15.512-04:002013-08-25T23:52:15.512-04:00That's about the size of it.That's about the size of it.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com