Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 05, 2016
June 04, 2016
June 06, 2016
Transcript:
bernice: how many jobs have you had? luann: jobs? well, let's see... luann: babysitter, cashier at the pool, server at the retirement home, library assistant and now i'm working with the kidz. why? bernice: this says that up to age 40, americans average a new job every 620 days. i guess that means a "job" becomes a "career" on day 62! luann: i think a job becomes a career the minute you start counting the days to your vacation.
The reality is, as I’ve seen for my nieces and nephews, no one wants to hire anyone long term anymore. They don’t want to deal with benefits or pensions, just hourly salaries, even for kids with college degrees. So several of my young relatives are working overseas, teaching ‘English as a second language’ to people in Thailand and Taiwan who intend to open businesses in the US!
It’s no surprise, in that atmosphere, that younger workers no longer feel a sense of long term loyalty to an employer…