tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496204323905769705.post73784863516707776..comments2023-10-11T04:18:22.898-07:00Comments on Essays on Sucking: Why Taking a Forced Gap Year SucksH. Cheadlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363445070021229602noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496204323905769705.post-76306952941571623892010-06-03T23:09:07.951-07:002010-06-03T23:09:07.951-07:00Turns out a BA in Creative Writing isn't the m...Turns out a BA in Creative Writing isn't the most marketable degree out there. Who woulda thunk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496204323905769705.post-84627235647960263532010-05-25T14:43:57.422-07:002010-05-25T14:43:57.422-07:00Good post but the situation is really a mixed bag....Good post but the situation is really a mixed bag. I'm at a company that had massive layoffs. The workforce is older and more expensive so they were laid off by an outsourcing/insourcing cycle (it is how you get around age discrimination). The new employees: young and are paid less than the old employees (not to mention lower health costs). <br /><br />The real problem is the expectation of constantly increasing profit. The old movies of my youth were about the economic depression my parents survived. The victim was the old widow who survived on the dividend that stock paid. Stock worked as ownership not as a bet that share price would increase. Or that our homes value would increase. Now retirement is tied to this concept (instead of a pension) which is going to lead to a disaster. Basically you're fucked regardless of age.End of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14251463412789159987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496204323905769705.post-87127911788382515222010-05-14T12:49:11.760-07:002010-05-14T12:49:11.760-07:00interesting post!interesting post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com