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  1. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    My husband has summers off from his cushie university teaching position. His resume rocks and we bought new windows, so he's working this summer. He is working as an over-qualified chef for a large company overseeing food service of 4 full service operations. They are paying him $15 per hour. He IS the highest paid person on the culinary team, and that's a negotiated wage above what they were going to offer. Note- there are no benefits of any kind associated with this position.

    My snarky comment was regarding the interview. They said the average burger flipper is bringing in $15 per hour which is untrue. The average worker in "the 70% of created jobs" they discussed MIGHT be bringing in $15, but not burger flippers. Burger flippers, and their very educated managers, relish the thought.

    Here are the real numbers- and having actually LIVED on these pitiful "living wages" for a number of years, I hold the opinion that if you don't like your situation you change your situation. http://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/home.htm
     
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    cookderosa, Aug 6, 2013
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  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    If I had the knowledge that I do now, my situation would have been totally different. If only I knew what opportunities were out there... :sad: As it came about, my shot out of poverty, as I saw it, was to learn an entire language to native-level fluency from scratch! Three years out of HS and I had my first job that paid $30/hr as an interpreter (much more hourly now, but with trouble finding enough work in the current economy). It somehow worked for me. I'm kind of amazed, now that I think about it. My Plan B was borrowing a ton of computer programming books from the library, reading them page by page and hoping that I could eventually afford a computer to test out my book knowledge on. Turns out, in hind sight, that was a silly idea.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Aug 6, 2013
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  3. friendorfoe

    friendorfoe Active Member

    Interestingly enough, my organization has seen a shortage in what we would call "critical thinkers". I sometimes wonder if the business and technology emphasis in so many schools has removed the "thinking" aspect from education. Good Liberal Arts programs, especially programs like the Great Books Method, from my brief observation, seem to emphasize "thinking" over a given marketable skill. I wonder if we are experiencing the consequences of hiring "skills" and not "thinkers"...interesting. I also wonder if we are alone in this.
     
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