The Off Topic Topic

[CountDeMoney]

It's the American Way! 

[Admiral Yi]

I feel sorry for the people who think that makes any sense.

[Ed Anger]

Not with 40+ year olds though.

HEY NOW

[CountDeMoney]

I feel sorry for the people who think that makes any sense.

Makes more sense than the economic estorica you pull out of your ass on a daily basis, fucknut.


http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2014/01/24/why-are-us-corporate-profits-so-high-because-wages-are-so-low/

[jimmy olsen]

Well, at this point in time it's quite normal. If HR goons implement a "if you've been unemployed for longer than (insert an arbitrary period of time) then you're essentially unemployable anymore" we'll end up with an unemployable lost generation.

I'm guessing we already have one, made up of 40+ yo dudes whose employer went under or were laid off in an ERE.

Eastern Roman Empire?

[Ed Anger]

County got hit by a tornado. I enjoyed the time spent in the basement with no power.

[The Larch]

Well, at this point in time it's quite normal. If HR goons implement a "if you've been unemployed for longer than (insert an arbitrary period of time) then you're essentially unemployable anymore" we'll end up with an unemployable lost generation.

I'm guessing we already have one, made up of 40+ yo dudes whose employer went under or were laid off in an ERE.

Eastern Roman Empire?

Expediente de Regulación de Empleo. It's a mechanism for mass layoffs or drastic employment changes at a company in Spanish regulations.

[Sheilbh]

Yup, those are really fucked up, young people can still bounce back but a 40+ or 50+ person laid out in these last few years, even more if blue collar, have very few chances in the future.

I think they're generally fucked. But so are young people who aren't getting any work experience. Who'll want, in five years time, to hire a bunch of 30-somethings to entry level positions?

[Ed Anger]

I'd rather have a 30 year old instead of some snotty 22 year old with a shitty attitude.

[derspiess]

Oh sure, and you give me the  when I say it.

Valmy was 74% less snarky in his post.

[Grey Fox]

I'd rather have a 30 year old instead of some snotty 22 year old with a shitty attitude.

Hi.

[derspiess]

County got hit by a tornado. I enjoyed the time spent in the basement with no power.

We barely got any rain.  Saw lots of lightning in the distance, though.

[Josquius]

Yup, those are really fucked up, young people can still bounce back but a 40+ or 50+ person laid out in these last few years, even more if blue collar, have very few chances in the future.

I think they're generally fucked. But so are young people who aren't getting any work experience. Who'll want, in five years time, to hire a bunch of 30-somethings to entry level positions?

Yes. Thats the big worry. Even when things normalise and people start hiring young and inexperienced people again...what happens to those who are no longer young and inexperienced?
If I want back to the UK for instance I would no longer fall under the government statistics as a young unemployed person....

[Iormlund]

Yup, those are really fucked up, young people can still bounce back but a 40+ or 50+ person laid out in these last few years, even more if blue collar, have very few chances in the future.

I think they're generally fucked. But so are young people who aren't getting any work experience. Who'll want, in five years time, to hire a bunch of 30-somethings to entry level positions?

The youngins have more options though. They can go to school or emigrate more easily.

Older folk have obligations (kids, mortgages) and in Spain rarely speak English (French was the foreign language in school for the generations raised under Franco's tutelage).

[Valmy]

The youngins have more options though. They can go to school or emigrate more easily.

Older folk have obligations (kids, mortgages) and in Spain rarely speak English (French was the foreign language in school for the generations raised under Franco's tutelage).

So you are saying the older folks have a tremendous language advantage that makes up for their obligations?